Juliette Clarens
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10 April 1887
Juliette Marie Charlotte Dietz-Monnin | |
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 Juliette Clarens, from a 1909 publication. | |
| Born | Juliette Marie Charlotte Dietz-Monnin 10 April 1887 Paris, France |
| Died | 10 October 1978 (aged 91) Paris, France |
| Other names | Juliette Dietz-Monin |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, singer, writer |
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Juliette Clarens (10 April 1887 – 10 October 1978), born Juliette Marie Charlotte Dietz-Monnin, was a French actress, singer, and writer.
Juliette Marie Charlotte Dietz-Monnin was born in Paris in 1887, the daughter of Jules Dietz-Monnin and Henriette Adrienne Marie Adolphine Hallier.[1] Her father's family, of Alsatian origin,[2] was socially and politically prominent; her grandfather was life senator Charles F. Dietz-Monnin,[3] and her grandmother Adèle is featured in a painting by Edgar Degas.[4][5] Because of their social standing, her choice of a stage career was considered newsworthy. She studied with Comédie-Française actress Thérèse Kolb.[6]
Career
Clarens was a stage actress and singer in Paris before 1920, a colleague to Cécile Sorel Geneviève Vix, and Yvonne Garrick.[7] Like them, she was considered a stylish beauty,[8] and she was often featured in fashion photographs in magazines and on postcards.[9][10] She lectured on fashion trends.[7]
Clarens appeared in dozens of short silent films made between 1910 and 1918; her longer works included appearances in Dette de haine (1915), Scènes de la vie de Bohème (1916), and the twelve-part serial Judex (1916), starring Musidora and René Cresté. Her final film was the seven-part serial Le travail (1920).[11]
Later in life, Clarens was a writer, publicist, and journalist,[12] author of D'avant-hier à aujourd'hui (1962).[13]
