Suzanne Cloutier
Suzanne Cloutier | |
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 Cloutier with Peter Ustinov and daughter | |
| Born | July 10, 1923 |
| Died | December 2, 2003 (aged 80) |
| Occupation | Actress, producer |
| Spouse(s) | |
| Children | 3 |
Suzanne Cloutier (July 10, 1923 – December 2, 2003) was a Canadian film actress.
Biography[]
Daughter of Edmond Cloutier, the King's Printer in Ottawa, Suzanne Cloutier escaped an early unconsummated marriage to become an actress, first with Charles Laughton in New York and then the Comédie Française.[1] She appeared in films by Julien Duvivier and Marcel Carné, starred as Desdemona in Orson Welles' film of Othello (1951) and appeared in Doctor in the House (1954, the hit of the year in Britain).
She had acted earlier in London in a play by Peter Ustinov, and the two married in 1954.[2] They had three children, Andrea, Igor and Pavla, and Cloutier appeared in the film of his stage hit Romanoff and Juliet. The couple divorced in 1971, when Cloutier reconnected with Orson Welles, then at work on films never finished. Cloutier later resettled in Los Angeles, and eventually in Montreal, Canada, in 1988. The actress's age was often misreported, but she appears to have been born in Ottawa July 10, 1923 and died in Montreal December 2, 2003.[3]
Filmography[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1946 | Temptation | Yvonne Dupont | |
| 1949 | Au royaume des cieux | Maria Lambert | |
| 1951 | Juliette, or Key of Dreams | Juliette | |
| 1951 | Othello | Desdemona | |
| 1952 | Derby Day | Michele Jolivet | |
| 1954 | Doctor in the House | Stella | |
| 1961 | Romanoff and Juliet | Marfa Zlotochienka | |
| 1997 | The Countess of Baton Rouge | Virginie Beaufort | |
| 1998 | It's Your Turn, Laura Cadieux | Hôtesse du restaurant | (final film role) |
References[]
- ^ https://www.marcel-carne.com/la-bande-a-carne/suzanne-cloutier/biographie-filmographie-de-suzanne-cloutier/ reproduces an interview with Cloutier identifying her father as the King's Printer and lists a dozen movies in which Cloutier appeared.
- ^ She is elliptically mentioned in Ustinov's autobiography Dear Me (1977).
- ^ "Suzanne Cloutier (1923-2003) - Find a Grave".
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