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MARIE JOSE

Marie-José, whose real name was Émilie Thérèse Mauricette Lhuillier, was born on December 26, 1914 in Saint-Denis-du-Sig (Algeria). She initially set out to become a nurse, but at the same time took courses to become an actress. It was in the cinema that she made her debut, with roles that, although secondary, confirmed her goals by enabling her to be noticed: in Augusto Genina's Naples au Baiser de Feu in 1937, Léon Mathot's Rappel Immédiat and Jean Boyer's Circonstances Atténuantes in 1939, and finally Sacha Guitry's Ils Étaient Neuf Célibataires, shortly afterwards. The Odéon ...