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Florelle
Sign in to saveAlso known as Odette Élisa Joséphine Marguerite Rousseau, Odette Elisa Josephine Marguerite Rousseau, Odette Rousseau
Florelle (born Odette Élisa Joséphine Marguerite Rousseau, 9 August 1898 – 28 September 1974) was a French soprano singer and actress. She gained fame as Polly Peachum in the French film The Threepenny Opera, after which she had numerous other film roles. In the 1940s, she retired from the stage, but continued to make film appearances during the war.
Film & TV
Les Sables-d'Olonne, Vendée, France
Florelle was a French film actress.
Known for
- Gervaise — Maman Coupeau1956
- Blood to the Head — Sidonie Vauquier1956
- Oasis — Madame Natkine1955
- Three Women — The usherette1952
- Majestic Hotel Cellars — Charlotte Donge1945
- Sixième étage — Germaine Lescalier1940
- Un meurtre a été commis — Clara1938
- Clodoche1938
- Gigolette — Zélie Vauquelin1937
- The Black Angels — Aline1937
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Country
- France
- Active from
- 1898
- Active to
- 1974
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 3,014
- Total plays
- 30,281
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Marguerite
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Les Sables-d'Olonne
- Place of death
- La Roche-sur-Yon
- Occupation
- film actor
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Image
- Florelle en 1939 (Studio Harcourt).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1898-08-09
- date of death
- 1974-09-28
- name in native language
- Florelle
- birth name
- Odette Élisa Joséphine Marguerite Rousseau
- pseudonym
- Odette Florelle
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Florelle (born Odette Élisa Joséphine Marguerite Rousseau, 9 August 1898 – 28 September 1974) was a French soprano singer and actress. She gained fame as Polly Peachum in the French film The Threepenny Opera, after which she had numerous other film roles. In the 1940s, she retired from the stage, but continued to make film appearances during the war.
== Early life == She was born as Odette Élisa Joséphine Marguerite Rousseau on 9 August 1898 in Les Sables-d'Olonne, Vendée. She came from a wealthy family living in the district of La Chaume, the oldest in the town of Sables-d'Olonne. Her father, an employee of the town hall, left his job to go into business and the family came to live in Paris; her mother worked at the café La Cigale.
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