Catherine Hessling

Biography

Catherine Hessling, born Andrée Madeleine Heuschling, was a French stage and screen actress and the first wife of film director Jean Renoir. Hessling appeared in 15, mostly silent, films before retiring from the acting profession and withdrawing from public life in the mid-1930s.

Known For

The Little Match Girl

7 June, 1928

Nana

25 June, 1926

Coralie and Company

7 June, 1934

La P’tite Lili

1 October, 1927

Charleston Parade

19 March, 1927

Whirlpool of Fate

20 March, 1925

Little Red Riding Hood

14 May, 1930

The Pursuit of Happiness

26 May, 1930

Backbiters

9 November, 1927

Yvette

30 December, 1927

The Sad Sack

18 July, 1928

Sea Fever

18 November, 1927

High and Low

8 December, 1933

Crime and Punishment

17 May, 1935

Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma

1978