
Acting
Edmond Duquesne
Born — Died
1854-02-25 — 1918-11-24
Place of birth
Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France
Known for
Acting
Credits
15 titles
French silent film actor, known for Father John; or, The Ragpicker of Paris (1913), The Legend of the Eagle (1911) and Madame Sans-Gêne (1911).
Known for
Simone has been brought up by her widowed father and Hermance, the old governess. She loves her father and worships her dead mother. But nobody has ever told her about the strange circumstances in which her mother lost her life. In fact, fifteen years earlier, following a hunting party, Mme de Sergeac had been found in her bedroom, killed by gunshot. Beside her, her husband, wounded and unconscious. Now Simone is fifteen. She is in love with Michel Mignier, but she still does not know the truth. It is Hermance, the governess, who will the reveal the whole thing ...
Simone
1918
10.0Based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas.
The Queen's Necklace
1912
8.0No synopsis available yet.
The Mysteries of Paris
1912
No synopsis available yet.
Le chiffonnier de Paris
1913
A crude washerwoman in the military entourage of Napoleon is snubbed by the new aristocrats in his court.
Madame Sans-Gêne
1911
No synopsis available yet.
Gerval, the Iron-Master
1912
Film credits
1910s · 13 titles
Simone has been brought up by her widowed father and Hermance, the old governess. She loves her father and worships her dead mother. But nobody has ever told her about the strange circumstances in which her mother lost her life. In fact, fifteen years earlier, following a hunting party, Mme de Sergeac had been found in her bedroom, killed by gunshot. Beside her, her husband, wounded and unconscious. Now Simone is fifteen. She is in love with Michel Mignier, but she still does not know the truth. It is Hermance, the governess, who will the reveal the whole thing ...
Simone
1918
10.0Based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas.
The Queen's Necklace
1912
8.0No synopsis available yet.
The Mysteries of Paris
1912
No synopsis available yet.
Le chiffonnier de Paris
1913
A crude washerwoman in the military entourage of Napoleon is snubbed by the new aristocrats in his court.
Madame Sans-Gêne
1911
No synopsis available yet.
Gerval, the Iron-Master
1912
6.0Drama in which the love between Claude and Germaine is tested when Claude is falsely accused and Germaine's father doesn't approve of their relationship.
The Mystery of Notre-Dame de Paris
1912
Henry VIII considers repudiating Catherine of Aragon. The ambitious Jane Seymour, lady-in-waiting to the queen, then saw the possibility of arriving at the throne.
An Intrigue at the Court of Henry VIII
1912
The Twins, regular bad men of the regiment, have been condemned to the military prison, and it goes much against the grain of the kind-hearted Captain Hurluret to see these poor fellows confined to their cells. His leniency toward them, however, is speedily taken advantage of with most amusing results.
The Funny Regiment
1913
No synopsis available yet.
Le devoir d'abord
1917
Based on a novel by Gaston Derys.
The Spoiled Sparrows
1913
An old surgeon shows kindness to a tramp.
Dog and Wolf
1911
10.0Diane de Vaudrey gives birth to an illegitimate, blind daughter named Louise, who is stolen and abandoned on church steps by Diane's stepfather. Raised by a poor family alongside her adoptive sister, Henriette, Louise is later orphaned. After a tragic accident separates them, Louise is captured by the cruel Mother Frochard and forced to beg. Henriette eventually rescues Louise from Frochard's hovel. Thanks to a recovered childhood locket, Diane reunites with her long-lost daughter, while Henriette marries the noble knight Roger de Vaudrey.
Les Deux orphelines
1910
