Cécile Aubry

Cécile Aubry 3 August 1928 19 July 2010 was a French film actress author television screenwriter and director Born AnneJosé Madeleine Henriette Bénard Aubry began her career as a dancer At age 20 she was signed to 20th Century Fox She made her break as the star of HenriGeorges Clouzots Manon 1949 which won the Golden Lion at the famed Venice Film Festival That brought her a leading role alongside Tyrone Power and Orson Welles in American director Henry Hathaways feature The Black Rose 1950 She had a strong performance in ChristianJacques Bluebeard 1952 one of the first Frenchproduced films to be made in color For a short time she was a Hollywood success signing a lucrative contract with Fox employing her parents as a publicity team and regularly appearing in French film magazines as an example of the perfect hybrid of FrancoAmerican femininity Her film career was short It was interrupted by a secret sixyear marriage to Si Brahim El Glaoui the eldest son of the pasha of Marrakesh She announced her retirement from film in 1959 claiming that she had only enjoyed cinema for its travel opportunities She went on to write childrens books and scenarios for childrens television with considerable success She was known in France for her TV series for children Poly about a boy and a horse and Belle et Sébastien adapted for television from her books The main character in both series was played by her son Mehdi El Glaoui credited as Mehdi On 19 July 2010 she died from lung cancer in Dourdan Essonne France aged 81 Description above from the Wikipedia article Cécile Aubrylicensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia