Jacques Varennes
Jacques Varennes (6 September 1894 – 8 November 1958) was a French film actor who appeared in around seventy films during his career. He appeared in Maurice Tourneur's 1938 historical film The Patriot.
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 11.177 |
| Birthday | 1894-11-08 |
| Place of Birth | Mantes-sur-Seine, Seine-et-Oise [now Mantes-la-Jolie, Yvelines], France |
| Also Known As | Jacques Varenne, Louis-Henri André, |
1955
Diabolique
7.903/927
The cruel and abusive headmaster of a boarding school, Michel Delassalle, is murdered by an unlikely duo -- his meek wife and the mistress he brazenly...
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Diabolique
1939
Personal Column
6.6/11
To try solving the strange disappearances of 11 young Parisian women, the police obtain the services of Adrienne Charpentier, friend of the latest mis...
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Personal Column
1951
Poison
7.008/66
Paul Braconnier and his wife Blandine only have one thing in mind: to find a way to kill each other without risk. After listening to a radio show, Pau...
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Poison
1944
La Malibran
5.7/3
On the death of the famous singer Maria Malibran, Countess Merlin retraces the main lines of the unusual destiny of this young woman entirely devoted...
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La Malibran
1954
On Trial
6.778/9
Prosecutor Etzel discovers that his father has sentenced a man, Leonardo Maurizius, on mere presumptions. He then makes it a point of honor to trace t...
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On Trial
1935
Jim la houlette
5.8/4
Famous author Bretonneau gets his ghost writer Moluchet to impersonate the notorious criminal Jim la Houlette and pretend to steal a manuscript to boo...
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Jim la houlette
1950
Three Sinners
6.7/14
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.
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Three Sinners
1941
Mlle. Desiree
5.5/8
Julie and Désirée Clary are courted by the brothers Joseph and Napoleon Bonaparte. Joseph marries Julie and Napoleon is affianced to Désirée. When Nap...
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Mlle. Desiree
1948
The Eagle with Two Heads
6.912/17
Political intrigue and psychological drama run parallel. The queen is in seclusion, veiling her face for the ten years since her husband's assassinati...
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The Eagle with Two Heads
1954
Le Rouge et le Noir
6/29
It's no holds barred for Julian in pursuit of upward mobility. Although expected to channel career aspirations into the Church of the post-Napoleonic...
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Le Rouge et le Noir
1908
L'Assommoir
5.5/6
Everyman Coupeau's attempts to stop drinking are routinely thwarted by the wicked and vengeful Virginie. Based on Zola's novel, Capellani's film is ab...
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L'Assommoir
1945
Check on the King
0/0
Jeanne De Pincret refuses to marry Viscount Haussy De Villefort, having discovered his frivolity. After a duel against the Duke De Montgobert, whom Lo...
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Check on the King
1939
Fric-Frac
6.2/29
An employee at a jewelry store falls in love with a woman who secretly plans to rob the store.
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Fric-Frac
1943
Don't Shout it from the Rooftops
5/2
A scientist who have discovered how to turn salt water into petrol dies before he has revealed his formula. By mistake it's assumed that his assistant...
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Don't Shout it from the Rooftops
1957
The Strange Mr. Steve
5/4
Georges Villard, a minor bank employee, is won over by Mr Steve who does him favours, treats him to the high life and introduces him to his wife Flore...
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The Strange Mr. Steve
1932
Antoinette
0/0
Ruined by her banker, Antoinette becomes her driver. She signs a contract which assures her of the reimbursement of her fortune if she manages to supp...
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Antoinette
1934
A Night of Madness
0/0
Jacqueline took one of her friends to a place where tourists, informants, girls, pimps and Apaches rub shoulders. Her husband, who watches over her, a...
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A Night of Madness
1943
The Roquevillards
0/0
France, 1880. Francois Roquevillard is a respected lawyer in Chambery and the head of a family that prides itself on its impeccable morals. Francois's...
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The Roquevillards
1938
Le Patriote
0/0
The reign of Tsar Paul I and the intrigues of his friend, Governor Pahlen, to rid the country of the mad despot by plotting to have him murdered.
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Le Patriote
1931
The Lovers of Midnight
4.3/3
A bank employee who stole money at work falls in the hands of a dangerous escaped convict whose girlfriend is going to help him out of this mess.
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The Lovers of Midnight
1951
Dear Caroline
5.875/12
France, July 1782. During her birthday, the beautiful young Marchioness Caroline meets the attractive soldier Gaston. It's love at first sight but Gas...
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Dear Caroline
1945
Paméla
5.7/3
During the Directory, a handful of royalists tried to get the Dauphin Louis XVII to escape from the Temple.
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Paméla
1934
Chansons de Paris
0/0
A street singer becomes the star of the circus but his pal Armand shows him who his real friends are.
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Chansons de Paris
1937
Enfants de Paris
0/0
Ginette, daughter of a foreman of an automobile factory, and Claude, son of the director of this company, love each other, but the father of the young...
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Enfants de Paris
1936
La joueuse d'orgue
0/0
Robert Bernier murdered his brother with the complicity of a worker. The only witness to the tragedy, Veronique was injured while rescuing her boss an...
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La joueuse d'orgue
1939
Le Prince Bouboule
0/0
Bouboule is a taxi driver. A Russian princess wishing to acquire French nationality offers to marry her to divorce a few months later. After incredibl...
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Le Prince Bouboule
1956
If Paris Were Told to Us
5.8/14
Historical film directed and written by Sacha Guitry follows the the history of Paris from its founding through the significant events in the city's h...
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If Paris Were Told to Us
1956
Maid in Paris
0/0
Penelope Benson, known as Penny, is both romantic and determined. Put in a select boarding school by her mother, she takes advantage of a trip to Pari...
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Maid in Paris
1955
Une fille épatante
3/2
Dominique is a pretty, vivacious girl. When she witnesses a car theft, she throws herself and her bicycle under the vehicle. Jacques Mareuil, whom she...
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Une fille épatante
1931
When Love Is Over
6/1
An art historian has an affair with a young saleslady while his disaffected wife cheats on him in turn.Both illicit relationships end in little boys b...
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When Love Is Over
1934
Brevet 95-75
0/0
Foreign spies are interested in plans for a device invented by a French aviator. They kidnap the young man but fail in their business thanks to the en...
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Brevet 95-75
1938
Bouquets from Nicholas
0/0
A florist in a nightclub in Montmartre, a good, naive man is manipulated by a gang of gangsters who use him to smuggle drugs.
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Bouquets from Nicholas
1931
The Devil's Holiday
0/0
Betty marries rich Allan out of interest and drives a wedge between him and his family.
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The Devil's Holiday
1932
The disappearance from the elevator
0/0
A bank guard disappears from the elevator between the ground floor and the first floor. He was carrying a briefcase containing valuable documents. Tor...
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The disappearance from the elevator
1932
Shout It from the House Tops
0/0
The son of a rich soap manufacturer gets himself in predicaments trying to prove to his father that he's responsible enough for marriage.
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Shout It from the House Tops
1934
La maison du mystère
0/0
Julien Villandrit owns a textile factory whose manager, Henri Corrandi, is his childhood friend. Both love the same woman, Régine de Bettigny, who gra...
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La maison du mystère
1934
Le Petit Jacques
0/0
An honest worker is unjustly accused of murder. The culprit promises him to give his son a good education if he allows himself to be condemned.
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Le Petit Jacques
1934
Le Bossu
0/0
Lagardère protects Aurore, the granddaughter of the Duke of Nevers whose deceitful Philippe de Gonzague covets the inheritance.
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Le Bossu
1935
A Bombshell Night
5/1
A banker threatened by gangsters is replaced by a tramp who is his perfect double. The gangsters arrest the fake banker and take him for a madman.
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A Bombshell Night
1936
One of the Legion
5/4
Fernand Espitalion is miserable as totally whipped husband of a dragon 'passed on' -like cloths- by his late cousin. She often leaves him waiting outs...
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One of the Legion
1937
The Tower of Nesle
0/0
In the 13th century, lovers hurried to the door of Marguerite de Bourgogne. The aristocrat who every day was indulged in orgies that were famous throu...
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The Tower of Nesle
1937
Courier of Lyons
7/4
A courier carrying a large sum of money intended for Bonaparte's army is attacked. A miscarriage of justice will lead an innocent person to the guillo...
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Courier of Lyons
1937
Le Fraudeur
0/0
Florimond, a dangerous smuggler, and his mistress Viviane try in vain to transfer illegal precious stones. When Viviane gets to know young Théo, a nai...
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Le Fraudeur
1938
Un meurtre a été commis
0/0
Inspector Doirel investigates the murder of a man whose servant was found tied up. He discovers very quickly that the servant has lied. The latter end...
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Un meurtre a été commis
1938
Gosse de riche
0/0
The daughter of an industrialist takes an interest in the workers and tries to improve their lot. She avoids a strike, and falls in love with an engin...
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Gosse de riche
1939
A Hand Hit
0/0
The wife of a stable manager will try everything to clear her husband, a very violent being, accused of the assassination of a trainer.
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A Hand Hit
1940
Nadia la femme traquée
0/0
A group of political exiles conspire in France against their government. They are pursued by Daminoff, head of the intelligence service of the country...
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Nadia la femme traquée
1941
Saturnin de Marseille
0/0
A student, who wishes to become an opera singer, is helped by a good boy, Saturnin, who improvises as a manager. The student succeeds and becomes famo...
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Saturnin de Marseille
1941
Sins of Youth
5.5/6
A rich businessman living alone is deprived of the nephew he was to have brought up decides on his doctor's advice to search for the four illegitimate...
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Sins of Youth
1942
Wicked Duchess
5.7/6
Edwige Feuillère and Pierre Richard-Willm star in director Jacques de Baroncelli's adaptation of the Balzac novella The Duchesse de Langeais, which te...
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Wicked Duchess
1942
L'Ange Gardien
10/1
A former colonial official lives far from Paris with a dry cousin who pays attention to his heritage. He never took care of his son, married to a sing...
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L'Ange Gardien
1943
Monsieur des Lourdines
0/0
A young man from an aristocratic family tires of the country life and moves to Paris where he squanders his inheritance. Returning to his home with re...
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Monsieur des Lourdines
1943
Finance noire
0/0
In Central Europe, an organization of counterfeiters is headed by Burcq. An Air France pilot introduces an intelligence agent to the principality. A w...
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Finance noire
1943
Vautrin the Thief
7.8/4
A famous convict Jacques Collin, alias Trompe la mort, or abbot Carlos Herrera, also called Vautrin, escapes from prison. Chance makes him meet Lucien...
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Vautrin the Thief
1944
From Joan of Arc to Philippe Pétain
0/0
Sitting at his desk, Guitry gives us a lecture on French history from Joan of Arc to the Occupation, with some focus on a number of its great writers...
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From Joan of Arc to Philippe Pétain
1948
The Devil Who Limped
6.4/13
The film is a 125-minute, black-and-white biography of French priest and diplomat Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754–1838), who served for 5...
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The Devil Who Limped
1948
The Spice of Life
6/10
A series of vignettes, in which Noel-Noel appears as the moderator, lecturer, commentator and leading actor, that examine the bores and pests of every...
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The Spice of Life
1950
Orpheus
7.6/243
A poet in love with Death follows his unhappy wife into the underworld.
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Orpheus
1953
Le chemin de la drogue
0/0
A young customs officer is given an important mission: to investigate drug trafficking on the Belgian border. Incognito, he goes to the place where he...
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Le chemin de la drogue
1931
Fra Diavolo
0/0
Italian-language version of the Germany-made DER TEUFELSBRUDER (FRA DIAVOLO), with different supporting cast and some scenes. Based on the Auber oper...
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Fra Diavolo
1954
Royal Affairs in Versailles
6.8/23
Witty narration follows the history of Versailles Palace; founded by Louis XIII, enlarged by autocratic Louis XIV, whose personal affairs and amours,...
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Royal Affairs in Versailles
1956
Murderers and Thieves
6.2/13
A man becomes the lover of his former persecutor's wife.
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Murderers and Thieves
1953
Mandat d'amener
0/0
Appointed public prosecutor in a small provincial town, Gérard Latour befriends Delanglade, whose young wife becomes his mistress. Shortly afterwards,...
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Mandat d'amener
1957
The Strange Mr. Steve
5/4
Georges Villard, a minor bank employee, is won over by Mr Steve who does him favours, treats him to the high life and introduces him to his wife Flore...
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The Strange Mr. Steve
1959
Quai des illusions
0/0
Lise is bored with her parents and gets a job as a waitress. She meets a sailor, Fausto, who leaves her to escape from the police. Nevertheless, she g...
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