Tsilla Chelton
- Recitazione
- 21 giugno 1919 · Jerusalem, Palestine (now Israel)
- 15 luglio 2012
Biografia
Tsilla Chelton (21 June 1919 – 15 July 2012) was a French actress of theatre and film, famous for playing the main role in 1990 film Tatie Danielle, in which she was nominated for a Cesar award and as an elderly Dominican in Soeur Sourire. Tsilla Schilton was born in Jerusalem but spent her childhood in Belgium. The daughter of French parents of Jewish heritage, she lost her mother at the age of 6, and followed her father to Antwerp. She moved to Switzerland during World War II before settling in Paris. Married to decorator Jacques Noël, she had 4 children. Attracted by theatre, she started acting in Marcel Marceau's troupe. Her career was mainly in theatre, where she acted in the eleven works of Eugène Ionesco, earning a Molière Award for best comedian in Ionesco's The Chairs. She premiered the plays of Bertold Brecht in France, with Michel Serrault, Michel Piccoli and Laurent Terzieff. On the big screen, she became famous at 71 for her work in the 1990 Étienne Chatiliez film Tatie Danielle, where she played the title role as a hateful and cantankerous old lady. She taught comedy from 1964 onwards and was the teacher of the actors of the Splendid troupe, including Gérard Jugnot, Michel Blanc, and Thierry Lhermitte. Source: Article "Tsilla Chelton" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Filmografia
- Persecuzione · La vieille dame
- Sœur Sourire · La doyenne des Dominicaines
- Pandora'nın Kutusu · Nusret
- Le Petit Fût · Mère Magloire
- Melting Pot Café · Elizabeth
- Chez Maupassant · la mère Magloire
- Zone libre · Madame Schwartz
- Il piacere è tutto mio · Gaby
- Le Choix de Macha · Hortense
- Il patto del silenzio · Mère Joseph
- D'Artagnan · Madame Lacross
- Que faisaient les femmes pendant que l'homme marchait sur la lune? · Lea
- Vivement dimanche · In persona
- La Soif de l'or · Mémé Zezette
- Zia Angelina · Tatie Danielle
- Le Saut du lit
- Sacrée soirée · In persona
- Matin Bonheur · In persona
- Charter 2020 · Simone Le Guen
- Gazzosa alla menta · The General Supervisor
- La nuit, tous les chats sont gris · Madame Banalesco
- Commissaire Moulin · La grande-tante de Moulin
- La adúltera · Simone
- Plus amer que la mort · mme Dejean
- Non è perché non si ha nulla da dire che si deve star zitti · Rose, la « dame pipi »
- Shanks · Mrs. Barton
- Mort au jury · Madame Muss-Leduran
- Le 16 à Kerbriant · Blanche Lacassagne
- Shéhérazade · la magicienne
- Dieci incredibili giorni · Mère Théo
- L'Alliance · Mme Duvernet
- Le Distrait · Madame Cliston
- Les Gauloises bleues · La directrice
- I compagni di Baal · Une adoratrice de Cosmochronos
- Alexandre, un uomo felice · Mrs. Bouillot
- Alerte à Jonzac
- Mésentente cordiale · Madame Puch
- La Communale
- La Grosse Caisse · Newspaper seller
- Les Copains · l'hôtelière
- Pierino la peste · Traveler
- Confetti al pepe
- I sette peccati capitali · (segment "La colère") (uncredited)
- Rue du Havre
- L'Agence Nostradamus · Angélique
- On est loin d'avoir fini