Acting

Mireille Perrey

Born — Died

1904-02-03 — 1991-05-08

Place of birth

Bordeaux, Gironde, France

Known for

Acting

Credits

43 titles

From Wikipedia Mireille Perrey (1904–1991) was a French stage and film actress. Perrey played some leading roles in the 1930s but gradually developed into a character actor, appearing in films such as the British comedy Hotel Sahara (1951). In 1964 she featured in The Umbrellas of Cherbourg. Between 1942 and 1947 she was a member of the Comédie-Française. She died on May 8, 1991 in Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, France. She was 87.

Known for

Film credits

1960s · 4 titles

1950s · 15 titles

The Earrings of Madame de... poster
7.5

In late 19th century France, the Countess Louise, wife of a wealthy general, sells the earrings her husband gave her on their wedding day to pay off her secret debts, then claims to have lost them. Her husband quickly learns of the deceit, which is the beginning of many tragic misunderstandings, all involving the earrings, the general, the countess, and her new lover, the Italian Baron Donati.

The Earrings of Madame de...

1953

The Green Mare poster
5.6

A green mare makes the fortune of her owner, the horse dealer Haudouin. Shortly after his death, war broke out in 1870. One day, his neighbor Zèphe Maloret denounces Honoré, Haudouin's son, a maverick, to the Prussians. Following this denunciation, their non-commissioned officer enters the Haudouin home and rapes the mother while Honoré is hidden under the bed. The resentment already existing between the Haudouin and Maloret families turns to hatred... A letter recalling the events is lost, which doesn't help matters.

The Green Mare

1959

Give Me My Chance poster
6.5

17 year-old small-town girl Nicole Noblet comes to Paris dreaming of becoming a world-famous actress.

Give Me My Chance

1957

Miquette poster
5.4

A provincial ingenue leaves her mother’s tobacco shop with dreams of a life in the Parisian theater, only to become entangled in relationships with a lecherous aristocrat, his starry-eyed nephew, and an old ham actor.

Miquette

1950

Dr. Knock poster
7.4

Saint-Maurice, an ordinary peaceful village, lived healthily so much so that the local doctor's practice was scant. But that was before Dr. Parpalaid retired and was replaced by a charlatan by the name of Knock. A real genius this one, for he soon managed to persuade everyone that they were ill. And not only didn't they resent him but they even loved their physician, who made a fortune and brought prosperity to the village by turning it into a big hospital.

Dr. Knock

1951

The Prize poster
6.6

Madame Husson and her circle of holier-than-thou ladies (including an old maid Madame Cadenas)are looking for a chaste and pure girl who will win a hefty sum.

The Prize

1950

Hotel Sahara poster
5.8

In World War II, desert hotel proprietors Emad and Yasmin are caught between the warring armies and have to constantly shift their political allegiance to whichever army happens to control the area.

Hotel Sahara

1951

Tant qu'il y aura des femmes poster
7.0

A man of of principle leads a double life: one for his mistress and one he takes home to his wife.

Tant qu'il y aura des femmes

1955

Carnival poster
7.8

Dardamelle does not conceal the fact that his wife has made him a cuckold.How will his fellow townspeople react?

Carnival

1953

Women's Prison poster
4.6

Alice Rémon, a pharmacist, is a prostitute who managed to leave the streets by getting married. Her husband dies one day, poisoned. Her mother-in-law, who hates her, accuses her of murder.

Women's Prison

1958

Les Maîtres-nageurs poster
6.0

A married industrialist maintains three mistresses. On the instructions of his wife, the tax inspector seizes the small notebook where he records his illegal dealings. After a stormy marital explanation, the industrialist decides to reduce his costs by getting rid of his mistresses and expresses the intention of returning to legality. But he realizes that everyone, even his wife, prefers the old situation, fraud and mistresses, thanks to which everyone found his little profit.

Les Maîtres-nageurs

1951

Three Sinners poster
7.0

A man assists his gravely ill wife to die and wants to face justice for this, but his brothers try everything to keep the family's name clean.

Three Sinners

1950

Love, Madame poster
5.0

Madame Célerier is determined to marry off her son François to a rich and haughty woman but François has other plans.

Love, Madame

1952

Adam Is... Eve poster
5.0

A newlywed boxer disappears shortly after the wedding. Only to return two years later as a whole new woman.

Adam Is... Eve

1954

Villa Sans-Souci poster
7.0

The whimsical Jean Latour wins a competition for a month's holiday on the Côte d'Azur. When he arrives at the "Villa Sans Souci", he discovers that the owner and generous donor, M. Mallez, is a doctor, that the property's guests are sick with nerves, and that Mallez has brought him in to entertain his neurasthenic residents.

Villa Sans-Souci

1955

1940s · 6 titles

Jeannou poster
9.0

Jeannou lives in a castle in Périgord with his father, the last man of aristocratic lineage landowners, very attached to traditions. She meets Peter, a young engineer, she joined in Paris, decided to marry her. A few months later, pregnant, she returned to the area where the wedding will be celebrated.

Jeannou

1943

Toâ poster
4.0

Michel Desnoyer has turned his private life into a comic stage play. But the volcanic Ecaterina is not at all pleased to find out that Michel's sister is the mistress of the man she loves.

Toâ

1949

Dr. Laennec poster
6.2

Breton doctor René Laennec fights tooth and nail against consumption, all the more desperately as his brother Michaud has just died of it.

Dr. Laennec

1949

Nadia la femme traquée poster
7.0

A group of political exiles conspire in France against their government. They are pursued by Daminoff, head of the intelligence service of the country of origin of the conspirators, who uses Nadia, a singer who soon betrays him by taking up the cause of his compatriots. Dramatic chases ensue until Daminoff, having tracked down Nadia and her friends, fires on Chief André and seizes the secret plans. But these are false. André, injured, is stricken with amnesia. Seeing Nadia again, he will become himself again and marry her.

Nadia la femme traquée

1940

Rooster Heart poster
6.7

A man is too shy to ask a girl out and decides to kill himself. While lying in the road he is rescued by a Doctor who tries to cure him by implanting the heart of a rooster into him, something which suddenly makes him irresistible to women.

Rooster Heart

1946

Homeland poster
6.0

Brussels in the year 1568, as the Flemish people are fighting against the tyranny of the Spanish occupiers. Led by Count de Rysoor, the revolt against the ruthless Duke of Alba, is meant to help Prince William of Orange to get into the city and come to power. Now, the count's lieutenant, has an affair with Elisabeth, Rysoor's wife. For the time being, the count, who thinks of his homeland first, turns a blind eye. But such a relationship might well undermine the whole rebellion movement.

Homeland

1946

1930s · 14 titles

L'Amant de madame Vidal poster
8.0

Catherine Vidal is a featherbrained wife who imagines that her husband cheats on her. To wash away the alleged stigma, Catherine hires a young man who will pose as her lover. The (double) trouble is that not only is Catherine's husband innocent but that Catherine and her "employee" fall in love for good as well.

L'Amant de madame Vidal

1936

Not on the mouth poster
8.0

A wife uses the pretext, that her American husband refuses to kiss her on the lips, to divorce him. Later after she is remarried he tries in vain to win her back.

Not on the mouth

1931

L'École des contribuables poster
8.5

A bureaucrat, tax assessor, specialized in tax return and fraud, complains about his son-in-law's inactivity. He'd rather have thought twice before urging him to work...

L'École des contribuables

1934

The Spanking poster
6.2

A husband, exasperated by his wife, spanks her without paying attention to the open window in front of which he is. He is annoyingly surprised to discover the next day that the scene has been photographed by a neighbor, and that the image is circulating in Paris. A debate then ensues: is this an opportunity to call for revolt or a welcome manifestation of marital authority?

The Spanking

1937

Mon député et sa femme poster
7.0

An outgoing deputy, put on ballot, experiences many political and marital difficulties before regaining his seat. Ultimately and without suspecting it, he owes his victory obtained by a withdrawal at the last minute, to his young wife who did not hesitate to seduce the opponent.

Mon député et sa femme

1937

Les Petites Alliées poster
10.0

A young girl has left her family and lives as best she can on the generosity of her lovers. A naval officer introduces her to Toulon in a special environment which provides companions to sailors on leave. After some setbacks, she finds love and protection with a doctor who marries her.

Les Petites Alliées

1936

Dédé poster
8.0

Dédé is a young wealthy man who buys a shoe store, owned by his friend Robert, in order to receive more conveniently his mistress. Everything seems fine and Dédé seems to be enjoying all of this. But the man barely knew that he would fall in love with one of the many pretty vendors of his new "acquisition", favoring this new girl over the previous one.

Dédé

1934

I'll Be Alone After Midnight poster
5.3

A woman's marriage is on the rocks ; to avenge herself, she decides to take a lover for one night .So she buys all his stock from a balloon man and flies them through the Parisian sky ; all her balloons carry a message :"I will be alone after midnight" (hence the title); a lot a suitors comme to the rendezvous : a fisherman, a soldier, a traveler , a gentleman cambrioleur (a nod to Arsène Lupin?) and others ,much to Michel, a young man in love with her's displeasure.

I'll Be Alone After Midnight

1931

Juanita poster
10.0

Juanita is a 1935 French musical comedy film directed by Pierre Caron and starring Mireille Perrey, Alfred Rode and André Berley.

Juanita

1935

Bargekeepers Daughter poster
9.5

Prince Sacha studies in Paris and cares more for Marianne than about Silistrie, the country his family was exiled from. But Chautard, a French financier, who has business there (the country is rich in oil), wouldn't mind a little political stability. So why not restore the ancient royal family to the throne? But is Prince Sacha up to his role ? And will Marianne make a suitable princess?

Bargekeepers Daughter

1938

La souris bleue poster
7.0

René, a simple employee of the Univers agency run by Mr. Lebourdier, loves Yvonne. But Mr. Martin dreams of a brighter party for his daughter. In order to win the post of deputy director, René asks Nenette, a pretty blonde, to seduce Mr. Lebourdier. But Nenette is Mr. Martin's girlfriend and she manages to fix everything.

La souris bleue

1936

Le Chasseur de chez Maxim's poster
8.0

A man is a hunter at Maxim's restaurant. He lives in the provinces and his family is unaware of his profession. As soon as he has enough money, he quits his job and goes home for his daughter's wedding to a marquis. This one is a regular at the restaurant and the man tries to prevent the wedding before the truth is discovered.

Le Chasseur de chez Maxim's

1933

Jim the Crook poster
6.2

Famous author Bretonneau gets his ghost writer Moluchet to impersonate the notorious criminal Jim la Houlette and pretend to steal a manuscript to boost the sales of their novels.

Jim the Crook

1935

Une java poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

Une java

1939

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