Blanchette Brunoy

Biography

Blanchette Brunoy was a French actress born Blanche Bilhaud in Paris to a physician father, who later studied acting at the Conservatoire de Paris. She gained recognition for her roles in Jean Renoir's La Bête Humaine (1938) and Marcel Carné's La Marie du port (1950). A goddaughter of writer Georges Duhamel, Brunoy appeared in over 90 film and television productions between 1936 and 1998.