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Jacques Varennes

Acting Born Nov 8, 1894 Mantes-sur-Seine, Seine-et-Oise [now Mantes-la-Jolie, Yvelines], France 24 credits

Biography

Jacques Varennes (6 September 1894 – 8 November 1958) was a French film actor who appeared in around seventy films during his career. He appeared in Maurice Tourneur's 1938 historical film The Patriot.

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Known for

Film

Orpheus

as Judge
Film

Diabolique

as Dr. Bridoux
Film

Le Rouge et le Noir

as President of the tribunal
Film

Royal Affairs in Versailles

as Colbert
Film

Dear Caroline

as Le marquis de Bièvre
Film

Poison

as Le procureur

Full filmography

  • Orpheus (1950) as Judge
  • Diabolique (1955) as Dr. Bridoux
  • Le Rouge et le Noir (1954) as President of the tribunal
  • Royal Affairs in Versailles (1953) as Colbert
  • Dear Caroline (1951) as Le marquis de Bièvre
  • If Paris Were Told to Us (1956) as Scherer
  • The Eagle with Two Heads (1948) as Comte de Foehn
  • Fric-Frac (1939) as Tintin
  • The Devil Who Limped (1948) as General de La Fayette
  • Three Sinners (1950) as Hervé Annequin
  • Wicked Duchess (1942) as The Duke of Langeais
  • L'Assommoir (1908)
  • Mandat d'amener (1953) as Attorney General
  • Une fille épatante (1955) as Le Président
  • Vautrin the Thief (1943) as Grandville
  • On Trial (1954) as Le juge d'instruction
  • From Joan of Arc to Philippe Pétain (1944) as (voice)
  • Poison (1951) as Le procureur
  • Murderers and Thieves (1956) as The president of the assizes
  • La Malibran (1944) as General de La Fayette
  • One of the Legion (1936) as Durand
  • The Tower of Nesle (1937) as Jehan Buridan
  • Le Bossu (1934) as Prince of Gonzague
  • The Strange Mr. Steve (1957) as Arthur, manservant