Renée Carl
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
Acted in
Pépé le Moko
1937
as La Mère Tarte
Un monsieur qui a mangé du taureau
1935
Les Larmes de Colette
1926
Les Misérables
1925
as La Thénardier
The Bachelor Girl
1923
as Mme. Ambrat
L'aviateur masqué
1922
The Toledo Chest
1914
Severo Torelli
1914
as Dona Pia
At the Hour of Dawn
1914
The Wagon Child
1914
The Seneschal's Diamond
1914
Bout-de-Zan et le crime au téléphone
1914
The Cavalry
1914
as Mme de Moranges
The Agony of Byzantium
1913
as The Wife of Emperor Constantine
Bout-de-Zan et le cheminot
1913
Fantômas
1913
as Lady Beltham
Bout de Zan Steals an Elephant
1913
as Charitable lady
The Secret of Forçat
1913
The Open Eyes
1913
La vengeance du sergent de la ville
1913
L'Intruse
1913
as La Breschard
Bout-de-Zan revient du cirque
1912
A Race for Millions
1912
The Obsession
1912
as Mme Trévoux
The Dungeon
1912
The Dwarf
1912
as La mère
Napoléon, Bébé, and the Cossacks
1912
The Heart and the Money
1912
as Madame Mauguiot
In the Land of Lions
1912
as La Morena
La conquête d'Aurélia
1912
La cassette de l'émigrée
1912
as Marie-Jeanne la lingère
L'accident
1912
La maison des lions
1912
The Living Dead
1912
The Fate of Mothers
1912
Les Braves Gens
1912
Le Pont sur l'abîme
1912
Jimmy Pulls The Trigger
1912
as Bébé mother
Bébé veut payer ses dettes
1912
Bébé Corrects His Father
1911
as Mother
The Trust, or The Battles for Money
1911
as Juliette Michaud
The Defect
1911
as Anna Moulin, dite Nana
Bébé a le béguin
1911
Le fils de Locuste
1911
Thaïs
1911
Bébé nègre
1911
The Vipers
1911
Le Bas de laine
1911
La Souris blanche
1911
Le poison
1911
A General Strike
1911
Le Mariage de l'aînée
1911
Tant que vous serez heureux
1911
Le Chef-lieu de canton
1911
Life As It Is
1911
Baby Fisherman
1910
Bébé apache
1910
La trouvaille de Bébé
1910
The Fault of Another
1910
The Nativity
1910
L’aventurière
1910
The Seven Deadly Sins
1910
The Exodus
1910
Jephté's Daughter
1910
Esther
1910
Cursed Be the War
1910
Lysistrata or The Kissing Strike
1910
Le Festin de Balthazar
1910
André Chénier
1910
The Guardian of Camargue
1910
Crowns, I: The Crown of Roses
1909
The Imager of Mont Saint-Michel
1909
Custody of the Child
1909
as Mother
Judith and Holophernes
1909
as Judith
The Huguenot
1909
Le monsieur qui a mangé du taureau
1909
The Shipwreck
1909
L'hôtel du silence
1908
A Very Fine Lady
1908
as La dame vraiment bien
The Legend of Prometheus
1908
The Legend of the Spinner
1908
as La Muse
The Legend of the Spinner
1908
The Colonel's Account
1907