Gabrielle Robinne

Gabrielle Anna Charlotte Robinne (1 July 1886 – 18 December 1980) was a French stage and film actress whose career spanned over sixty years.

Gabrielle Robinne
Born	Gabrielle Anna Charlotte Robinne 1 July 1886 Montluçon, Allier, France
Died	18 December 1980 (aged 94) Saint-Cloud, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1904–1973
Spouse(s)	René Alexandre

Career

Born in Montluçon, Allier, France, Robinne was a pupil of Maurice de Féraudy at the Paris Conservatory. In 1904 she entered the company of Sarah Bernhardt and for a year she joined the Theatre Michel in St. Petersburg, Russia. Her career blossomed while performing at the Comédie-Française in 1907 and she became a sociétaire in 1924 and remained there until 1938. She made her film debut in the 1906 Segundo de Chomón-directed short Le troubadour. She is often regarded by critics to be the first French star of the silent film era.[1]

Gabrielle Robinne alternated her time between the stage and film. Between 1906 and 1973, Robinne would appear in nearly fifty films. Her last film appearance was a role in the 1973 Stanislav Stanojevic-directed drama Le journal d'un suicidé (English release title: Diary of a Suicide).

Personal life and death

Gabrielle Robinne was married to actor René Alexandre from 1912 until his death in 1946. She never remarried. She died in Saint-Cloud, Hauts-de-Seine, France in 1980 at the age of 94.

Legacy

In 2006, after several years of restoration, the local theatre in Robinne's home village of Montluçon was renamed the Théâtre Municipal Gabrielle Robinne and was opened to the public by actress Audrey Tautou. Renovated at a cost of €2.5 million, the theatre was named in Robinne's honor and was mainly financed by the State, the General Council and the Regional Council.[2] The theatre was founded in 1912 and opened 17 January 1914, with Robinne present on the day of the first opening.

For her work in the French arts, Gabrielle Robinne was made an Officer of the Legion of Honor.[3]

Selected filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1908	The Assassination of the Duke of Guise	Marquise de Noirmoutier, maîtresse du duc
1913	Coeur de femme	Gabrielle Normand
1913	Plus fort que la haine	Gina Gioverni
1913	La leçon du gouffre	Gabrielle de Lanssay
1913	Le roi du bagne	Germaine Pradier
1914	La lutte pour la vie	Claire Préval
1916	Blessure d'amour	Marguerite
1916	Zyte
1917	La proie
1917	La chanson du feu
1917	Le dédale
1917	Le vol suprême	Hervinde de Montclard
1917	La bonne hôtesse
1917	La vie d'une reine
1918	La route du devoir
1918	L'expiation
1919	Les larmes du pardon
1919	Le calvaire d'une reine
1922	Destinée
1927	Lucile
1938	Rasputin	Tsarine-mère
1938	Adrienne Lecouvreur	La Duclos
1939	Girls in Distress	Le mère d'Yvette
1946	The Captain	La supérieure
1947	Rendez-vous à Paris	Lady Mermor
1947	Hyménée	Mme d'Aubarède
1963	Prostitution	Honorine
1973	Le Journal d'un suicidé	La vieille dame	(final film role)

References

1. Cyranos
2. "Bienvenue à Montluçon: Théâtre Municipal Gabrielle Robinne". Archived from the original on 23 April 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
3. "French Actress Postcards of the Belle Epoque". Archived from the original on 4 January 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2012.

External links

• Gabrielle Robinne at IMDb