Mini-Biography:
Maria Casarès was born under the given name María Victoria Casares Pérez on November 21, 1922 in A Coruña. She was a French Actress, known for Les Enfants du Paradis (1943), Le Testament d'Orphée (1959), Orphée (1949), Maria Casarès's first movie on record is from 1943. She was married to André Schlesser. Maria Casarès died on November 22, 1996 in La Vergne, Charente-Maritime. Her last motion picture on file dates from 1994.
FilmographyFilmography [Auszug]
1994: Someone else's America (Tudja Amerika) (Cast), Directed by Goran Paskaljevic, with Tom Conti, Miki Manojlovic,
1959: Le Testament d'Orphée (Cast), Directed by Jean Cocteau, with Françoise Arnoul, Claudine Auger, Yul Brynner,
1956: Le théâtre national populaire (Cast), Directed by Georges Franju, with Monique Chaumette, ,
1950: Gauguin (Voice), Directed by Alain Resnais,
1949: Orphée (Cast), Directed by Jean Cocteau, with Pierre Bertin, Roger Blin,
1948: Bagarres (Cast), Directed by Henri Calef, with Jean Brochard, Orane Demazis,
1947: La Chartreuse de Parme (La Certosa di Parma) (Cast: Herzogin Sanseverina), Directed by Christian-Jaque, with Renée Faure, Gérard Philipe,
1946: Roger-la-Honte (Cast), Directed by André Cayatte, with Paul Bernard, Lucien Coëdel,
1946: La revanche de Roger-la-Honte (Cast), Directed by André Cayatte, with Paul Bernard, Lucien Coëdel,
1945: Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne (Ladies of the Park, The Ladies of the Bois de Boulogne) (Cast: Hélène), Directed by Robert Bresson, with Nicole Regnault, Paul F. Bernard,
1943: Les Enfants du Paradis (Children of Paradise) (Cast: Nathalie), Directed by Marcel Carné, with Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Pierre Brasseur,
Bibliography
Reichow / Hanisch, Filmschauspieler A-Z, Henschelverlag Berlin 1980