Viviane Romance

Actor

1912-07-04 – 1991-09-25 · Roubaix, Nord, France

Viviane Romance (July 4, 1912 – September 25, 1991) was a French actress.

Born Pauline Ronacher Ortmanns in Roubaix, France, Romance began her career as a dancer at the Moulin Rouge in Paris and was elected Miss Paris of 1930 before she made her film debut in 1931 with a cameo role in La Chienne. Romance caused a small scandal winning Miss Paris because she had a child. She appeared in several films over the next few years before making a strong impression in La belle équipe (1936). From this time to the late 1950s she was regarded as one of France's leading cinematic actresses and played dozens of femme fatales, fallen women (with hearts of gold) and vamps. Her acting roles after 1956 were few, and she retired in 1974.

• Any Number Can Win (1963) — Ginette, Charles's Wife
• La Chienne (1931) — (uncredited)
• Panic (1947) — Alice
• La Belle Équipe (1936) — Gina
• Liliom (1934) — La marchande de cigarettes - Cigarette Girl
• La Bandera (1935) — la fille de Barcelone
• The Strange Monsieur Victor (1938) — Adrienne Robineau
• The Nada Gang (1974) — Madame Gabrielle
• Princess Tam Tam (1935) — Lucie's Friend
• The Seven Deadly Sins (1952) — Mrs. Blanc (segment "La Luxure")
• Justin de Marseille (1935) — Une pensionnaire de Madame Olympe
• Man, Beast and Virtue (1953) — Assunta Perella
• Maya (1949) — Bella dite Maya, Producer
• Flight Into Darkness (1935) — Une girl
• Sirocco (1938) — Safia
• The Puritan (1938) — Molly
• Blind Venus (1941) — Clarisse
• The Affair of the Poisons (1955) — Catherine Deshayes, dite La Voisin
• Street of Shadows (1937) — Gaby, la chanteuse de cabaret
• Gibraltar (1938) — Mercedes Garcia
• Naples Under the Kiss of Fire (1937) — Lolita
• Marked Girls (1938) — Régine
• He Is Charming (1932) — Uncredited
• Mam'zelle Nitouche (1931) — (uncredited)