Loleh Bellon

Marie Laure Viole Bellon generally known as Loleh Bellon 19251999 was a French stage and film actress as well as a playwright In 1949 for her role in Robert Desnos La Place de lÉtoile she was awarded the Prix des Jeunes comédiens She is remembered for her performances in Giraudoux Judith and in Claudels LAnnonce faite à Marie Bellon was also a successful playwright especially with Dames du jeudi 1976 Une absence 1988 and La Chambre damis 1995 For her play LÉloignement 1987 she was awarded the Molière prize Born on 14 May 1925 in Bayonne Marie Laure Viole Bellon was the daughter of Jacques Bellon a magistrate and Denise Simone Hulmann a wellknown photographer In 1947 she married the Spanish writer Jorge Semprún Maura 19232011 with whom she gave birth to Jaime Semprún 19472010 also a writer Following a divorce in 1960 she married the poet Claude Roy 19151997 in 1962 Loleh Bellon was the younger sister of the film director and screenwriter Yannick Bellon Bellon studied for the theatre under the Russianborn actress and drama teacher Tania Balachova the actor and theatre manager Charles Dullin and the actor Julien Bertheau After making her stage début in 1945 in J B Priestleys Dangerous Corner in 1947 she played in LAn Mil by Jules Romains In 1949 for her performance in La Place de lÉtoile she was awarded the Prix des Jeunes comédiens She embarked on her cinema career in the late 1940s working with JeanLouis Barrault and Jean Vilar Her first major success was the role of Marie in Le Point du jour 1949 directed by Louis Daquin She appeared in two more of Daquins films The Perfume of the Lady in Black 1949 and Maître après Dieu 1950 Thanks to her sister Yannick Bellon in the 1970s she starred in Quelque part quelquun 1972 and Jamais plus toujours 19763 As a playwright in 1976 her Les Dames du Jeudi was awarded the Ibsen prize Other successes included Lèloignement 1987 Une absence 1988 and La Chambre damis 1995 Loleh Bellon died on 22 May 1999 in Le KremlinBicêtre in the Paris suburbs Source Article Loleh Bellon from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30