Renée Carl
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1875-06-10
Day of Death
1954-07-31 (79 years old)
Place of Birth
Fontenay-le-Comte
Renée Carl
Biography
Renée Carl (10 June 1875 – 31 July 1954) was a French actress of the silent era. She was born in Fontenay-le-Comte, Vendée, France, and died in Paris, France.
Between 1907 and 1937, she appeared in 186 films. A favorite of film director Louis Feuillade, she appeared in, at least, 150 films directed by him including the short Bébé and Bout de Zan comedies. Of the many characters she played in Feuillade's films, perhaps her most famous portrayal was that of Lady Beltham, mistress of the notorious Fantômas in the serial of the same name. She makes an uncredited appearance, as "L'Andalouse," in The Vampires.
In 1922, she directed and starred in the film A Shout from the Abyss, also known as Un cri dans l'abîme. In a 1924 interview for Mon Ciné magazine, she stated that she was introduced to film-making through her friend Léonie Richard.
Selected filmography
Acting
(1937)
Pépé le Moko
as 'La Mère Tarte'
(1935)
(1926)
(1925)
Les Misérables
as La Thénardier
(1923)
The Bachelor Girl
as Mme. Ambrat
(1922)
(1914)
(1914)
(1914)
(1914)
The Cavalry
as Mme de Moranges
(1914)
Severo Torelli
as Dona Pia
(1914)
(1914)
(1913)
Fantômas
as Lady Beltham
(1913)
(1913)
(1913)
L'Intruse
as La Breschard
(1913)
Bout de Zan Steals an Elephant
as Charitable lady
(1913)
The Agony of Byzantium
as The Wife of Emperor Constantine
(1913)
(1913)
(1912)
The Obsession
as Mme Trévoux
(1912)
Bébé n’aime pas sa concierge
as Bébé's mother
(1912)
(1912)
(1912)
(1912)
(1912)
The Heart and the Money
as Madame Mauguiot
(1912)
(1912)
(1912)
The Dwarf
as La mère
(1912)
In the Land of Lions
as La Morena
(1912)
(1912)
La cassette de l'émigrée
as Marie-Jeanne la lingère
(1912)
(1912)
(1912)
(1912)
Jimmy Pulls The Trigger
as Bébé mother
(1912)
(1912)
(1912)
Le suicide de Bébé
as La mère de Bébé
(1911)
(1911)
(1911)
The Trust, or The Battles for Money
as Juliette Michaud
(1911)
(1911)
(1911)
Bébé Corrects His Father
as Mother
(1911)
(1911)
(1911)
(1911)
(1911)
The Defect
as Anna Moulin, dite Nana
(1911)
(1911)
(1911)
(1911)
(1911)
(1910)
(1910)
(1910)
(1910)
(1910)
(1910)
(1910)
(1910)
(1910)
(1910)
(1910)
(1910)
(1910)
(1910)
(1910)
(1909)
(1909)
(1909)
(1909)
(1909)
Judith and Holophernes
as Judith
(1909)
Custody of the Child
as Mother
(1909)
(1909)
(1908)
(1908)
The Legend of the Spinner
as La Muse
(1908)
(1908)
A Very Fine Lady
as La dame vraiment bien
(1908)
(1907)
Crew
(1922)
A Shout from the Abyss
Director