Person
Musidora
Acting · 1889–1957 · Paris, France
Biography
Jeanne Roques (23 February 1889 – 11 December 1957), known professionally as Musidora, was a French actress, film director, and writer. She is best known for her acting in silent films, and rose to public attention for roles in the Louis Feuillade serials Les Vampires as Irma Vep and in Judex as Marie Verdier.
Known for
Les chacals
1917
La Peine du talion
Rosa Larose
Judex
Diana Monti / Marie Verdier
Le furoncle
1915
Triple entente
1915
Musidora, the Tenth Muse
self
The Vampires or, The Arch Criminals of Paris
Irma Vep
The Cavalry
La danseuse Bianca Flor
La jeune fille la plus méritante de France
1918
Severo Torelli
1914
Filmography
- 2013Musidora, the Tenth Museself
- 2005Musidora ou le mythe revisitéSelf (archive footage)
- 1950La magique imageDirector
- 1926The Cradle of God
- 1924The Land of the Bulls
- 1922Sun and ShadowJuana
- 1921For Don Carlos
- 1920VicentaVicenta
- 1919Mademoiselle ChiffonChiffon
- 1918La flamme cachée
- 1918La vagabondaRenata
- 1918La jeune fille la plus méritante de France
- 1917Les chacals
- 1916JudexDiana Monti / Marie Verdier
- 1916La Peine du talionRosa Larose
- 1916Lagourdette, gentleman cambrioleurMlle Musi
- 1916For the ChildrenThe Artist's Maid
- 1916The Clutching Foot
- 1915The Vampires or, The Arch Criminals of ParisIrma Vep
- 1915The Story of Midinette
- 1915Triple entente
- 1915Le furoncle
- 1915The Great Breath
- 1915Jeunes filles d'hier et d'aujourd'hui
- 1914Severo Torelli
- 1914Miseries of the Needle
- 1914The Other Victory
- 1914The CavalryLa danseuse Bianca Flor
- 1913Bout-de-Zan et le lion
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