Musidora
Jeanne Roques (23 February 1889 – 11 December 1957), known professionally as Musidora, was a French actress, film director, and writer. She is best known for her acting in silent films, and rose to public attention for roles in the Louis Feuillade serials Les Vampires as Irma Vep and in Judex as Marie Verdier.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.0704 |
| Birthday | 1889-02-23 |
| Place of Birth | Paris, France |
| Also Known As | Jeanne Roques, |
1915
The Vampires or, The Arch Criminals of Paris
7/122
Paris is prey to an invisible terror against which the police can do nothing: a sinister organization that sows chaos and death. The intrepid journali...
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The Vampires or, The Arch Criminals of Paris
1916
Judex
6.8/20
When an unscrupulous banker ruins his family, a young man swears to bring him to justice, so he adopts a new identity, the mysterious Judex, and omino...
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Judex
1915
The Great Breath
0/0
The patriotic melodrama, set during WWI, revolves around a thief played by René Navarre.
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The Great Breath
1915
The Story of Midinette
8/1
During the WWI, Jeannette (Musidora) finds refuge in the South France, among other women. She starts the correspondence with a soldier of the front li...
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The Story of Midinette
1915
Triple entente
10/1
Short romantic comedy starring Musidora as a capricious woman.
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Triple entente
1914
The Other Victory
0/0
This 1914 War patriotic melodrama tells the story of reconciliation between the remarried woman and her son.
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The Other Victory
1913
Bout-de-Zan et le lion
10/1
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Bout-de-Zan et le lion
1916
The Clutching Foot
7.5/2
The famous scientific detective Justin Crécelle and his faithful assistant Walter Jymson seek to halt the deeds of the "Clutching Foot" gang, who atte...
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The Clutching Foot
1916
Lagourdette, gentleman cambrioleur
5.8/5
With the help of Lévesque and Musidora, Feuillade creates a light-hearted meta-fiction, self-parodying his own work.
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Lagourdette, gentleman cambrioleur
1914
The Cavalry
7/1
A French silent film directed by Louis Feuillade.
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The Cavalry
1916
La Peine du talion
8/1
A French short film
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La Peine du talion
1920
Vicenta
7/1
Prince Romano seduces Vicenta, a waitress in a shabby inn. She escapes to join him in Paris.
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Vicenta
1921
For Don Carlos
7/1
Pour Don Carlos was the biggest production by Société des Films Musidora (est. December 10, 1919). Based on a novel by Pierre Benoît, Musidora’s first...
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For Don Carlos
1924
The Land of the Bulls
7/1
Musidora wants the hero of her next film to be a young toreador who is reluctant to play for the camera.
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The Land of the Bulls
1918
La flamme cachée
9/1
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La flamme cachée
1922
Sun and Shadow
6/2
An innkeeper, Juana, is courted by Jarana, a bullfighter who is then seduced by a stranger. Juana then confides in a hunchbacked antiquarian who loves...
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Sun and Shadow
1917
Les chacals
9/1
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Les chacals
1914
Miseries of the Needle
6.5/2
The central story of a young woman driven to suicide by the cares of earning piecework money to support her child.
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Miseries of the Needle
1919
Mademoiselle Chiffon
9/1
The sad adventures of a young Parisian woman.
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Mademoiselle Chiffon
1914
Severo Torelli
7/1
Pisa, 1494. Young Severo, who has sworn to stab the tyrant in his town, learns that it is his own father.
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Severo Torelli
1915
Jeunes filles d'hier et d'aujourd'hui
0/0
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Jeunes filles d'hier et d'aujourd'hui
1918
La vagabonda
9/1
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La vagabonda
1918
La jeune fille la plus méritante de France
7/1
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La jeune fille la plus méritante de France
1926
The Cradle of God
7/1
A young intellectual, J. Powers, loses his faith in God after the untimely death of his wife. He devotes his great talents to writing a shockingly bla...
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The Cradle of God
1916
For the Children
5.417/12
The artist awakens. His maid brings him a letter from the Gaumont Studio. After a quick glance to it, he hastens to get dressed and runs to the studio...
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For the Children
2005
Musidora ou le mythe revisité
0/0
A documentary that takes a collage approach to depicting Musidora's career.
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Musidora ou le mythe revisité
1915
Le furoncle
10/1
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Le furoncle
2013
Musidora, the Tenth Muse
0/0
Patrick Cazals’ film, La Dixième Muse, brings Musidora to life for the second time. The first occasion was the publication of his earlier book on the...
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