Fréhel

1891-1951

Biography: life and films

Fréhel was a French singer and actress whose birth name was Marguerite Boulc'h. She was born in Paris, France on 13th July 1891 and died in Paris, France on 3rd February 1951, aged 59.

Her best films as an actor include Fyodor Otsep's Amok (1934), Julien Duvivier's crime-thriller Pépé le Moko (1937) and Christian-Jaque's L'Enfer des anges (1941).

Fréhel appeared in 17 films.

She has most frequently worked with the following directors: Pierre Chenal (2 films).

Her most frequent genres include: drama (13 films) and comedy-drama (3).

Our average rating for Fréhel over all films is: 3.0

Filmography

Key: a = actor

Coeur de lilas (1932) [a]

Amok (1934) [a]

La Rue sans nom (1934) [a]

Gigolette (1936) [a]

Le Roman d'un tricheur (1936) [a]

Pépé le Moko (1937) [a]

L'Innocent (1938) [a]

La Maison du Maltais (1938) [a]

La Rue sans joie (1938) [a]

Le Puritain (1938) [a]

Berlingot et compagnie (1939) [a]

Une java (1939) [a]

L'Entraîneuse (1940) [a]

L'Enfer des anges (1941) [a]

L'Homme traqué (1947) [a]

Maya (1949) [a]

Un homme marche dans la ville (1950) [a]



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