| Jeanne Sully | |
| Birth Date: | 15 April 1905 |
| Birth Place: | Paris, France |
| Death Place: | Meaux, Seine-et-Marne, France |
| Nationality: | French |
| Occupation: | Actress |
Jeanne Sully (15 April 1905 - 28 June 1995) (born Jeanne Régine Champs) was a French actress.
Jeanne Marie Régine Simone Champs was born in Paris on 15 April 1905.Her parents were the actors Jeanne Rémy and Jean Mounet-Sully, and her uncle was the actor Paul Mounet.She attended the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique in Paris, where she was a pupil of Raphaël Duflos.In 1924 she obtained a second prize for comedy, and in 1925 won a first prize in tragedy. She made her debut in 1925 at the Comédie-Française in Jean Racine's play Britannicus, in the role of Junie.She played in many stage roles, and in some films.
She became the 394th member of the Comédie-Française in 1934.[1] She retired in 1946, but continued to make tours or give lectures both in France and abroad.[2] She died in Meaux, Seine-et-Marne, on 28 June 1995 at the home for actors at Couilly-Pont-aux-Dames, Seine-et-Marne.
Her theater roles included:
| Play | Author | Role | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Britannicus | Junie | ||
| Le Cid | Chimène | ||
| Andromaque | Racine | Hermione | |
| Phèdre | Jean Racine | Aricie | |
| Bérénice | Jean Racine | Bérénice | |
| Ruy Blas | la Reine | ||
| On ne badine pas avec l'amour | Camille | ||
| Le Malade imaginaire | Angélique | ||
| L'École des maris | Léonor | ||
| Cyrano de Bergerac | Roxanne | ||
| Le Gendre de M. Poirier | Antoinette | ||
| Chérubin | |||
| Twelfth Night | Viola | ||
| Le Soulier de satin | doña Isabel | ||
| La Reine morte | Inès de Castro |
| year | Film | Director | Role | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 | Oedipe-roi (La Légende d'Œdipe) | Antigone | ||
| 1934 | Une soirée à la Comédie-Française | Almanzor[3] | ||
| 1937 | Sisters in Arms | Louise de Bettignies |