Suzanne Flon was a French film actress and comedienne.

Early life

Her father was a railway worker and her mother crafted jewelry.

Prior to becoming an actress, Flon worked as an English translator at the Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

 department store Au Printemps

Printemps

Printemps is a French department store .The flagship Printemps store is located on Boulevard Haussmann in the IXe arrondissement of Paris along with other well-known department stores like Galeries Lafayette. There are other Printemps stores in Paris and throughout France...

 and then as personal secretary to Édith Piaf

Édith Piaf

Édith Piaf , born Édith Giovanna Gassion, was a French singer and cultural icon who became widely regarded as France's greatest popular singer. Her singing reflected her life, with her specialty being ballads...

.

Theatre roles

Flon's stage credits included plays by Jean Anouilh

Jean Anouilh

Jean Marie Lucien Pierre Anouilh was a French dramatist whose career spanned five decades. Though his work ranged from high drama to absurdist farce, Anouilh is best known for his 1943 play Antigone, an adaptation of Sophocles' Classical drama, that was seen as an attack on Marshal Pétain's...

 (L'Alouette, Antigone, Roméo et Jeannette), André Roussin (La Petite Hutte), and Loleh Bellon (La Chambre d'amis, Les Dames du jeudi, Changement à vue, and Une Absence). Her English-language theatrical roles included Katherine (The Taming of the Shrew

The Taming of the Shrew

The Taming of the Shrew is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1591.The play begins with a framing device, often referred to as the Induction, in which a mischievous nobleman tricks a drunken tinker named Sly into believing he is actually a nobleman himself...

) and Rosalind (As You Like It

As You Like It

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).

Filmography

Flon worked in both French and English-language films, including:

Bed for Two; Rendezvous with Luck Bed for Two; Rendezvous with Luck Bed for Two; Rendezvous with Luck , is a French comedy film from 1950, directed by Emil-Edwin Reinert, written by André-Paul Antoine, and starring by Henri Guisol. The film was starred by Louis de Funès... (1950) Moulin Rouge Moulin Rouge (1952 film) Moulin Rouge is a 1952 film directed by John Huston, produced by Sir John Woolf and James Woolf of Romulus Films and released by United Artists. The film is set in Paris in the late 19th century, following artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec in the city's bohemian sub-culture in and around the... (1952) Mr. Arkadin Mr. Arkadin Mr. Arkadin is a French-Spanish-Swiss coproduction film, written and directed by Orson Welles and shot in several Spanish locations, including Segovia, Valladolid and Madrid.Its history is convoluted... (1955) Tu ne tueras point (1961) The Trial The Trial (1962 film) The Trial is a 1962 film directed by Orson Welles, who also wrote the screenplay based on the novel of the same name by Franz Kafka... (1962) The Train (1964) Jeff (1969) Mr Klein (1976)

Quartet Quartet (1981 film) Quartet is a 1981 Merchant Ivory Film, starring Isabelle Adjani, Maggie Smith, Anthony Higgins and Alan Bates, set in 1924 Paris. It premiered at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival and was an entry for the Selection Officielle... (1981) One Deadly Summer (1983), La Vouivre (1989) A Crime in Paradise A Crime in Paradise A Crime in Paradise, , is a French comedy film from 2001, directed by Jean Becker, written by Sacha Guitry , and starring by Jacques Villeret. The scenario was used on the film La Poison .- Cast :* Jacques Villeret ... Jojo Braconnier... (2001) La fleur du mal (2004) Joyeux Noel (2005) Fauteuils d'orchestre Fauteuils d'orchestre Fauteuils d'orchestre is a French film released in 2006 directed by Danièle Thompson, which she co-scripted with her son, Christopher Thompson.-Release:... (2006).

Director Danièle Thompson

Danièle Thompson

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 dedicated Fauteuils d'orchestre

Fauteuils d'orchestre

Fauteuils d'orchestre is a French film released in 2006 directed by Danièle Thompson, which she co-scripted with her son, Christopher Thompson.-Release:...

to Flon, which was her last film appearance.

Molière Awards

Year	Group	Award	Play	Result
1987	Molière Award Molière Award The Molière Award is the national theatre award of France decided by the Association professionnelle et artistique du théâtre and given out every April or May since 1987, during a ceremony called La Nuit des Molières . The award was created by Georges Cravenne, who was also the creator of the... s	Best Actress	Léopold le bien-aimé	Won
1995	Molière Award Molière Award The Molière Award is the national theatre award of France decided by the Association professionnelle et artistique du théâtre and given out every April or May since 1987, during a ceremony called La Nuit des Molières . The award was created by Georges Cravenne, who was also the creator of the... s	Best Actress	La Chambre d'amis	Won

Year	Group	Award	Play	Result
1989	Molière Award Molière Award The Molière Award is the national theatre award of France decided by the Association professionnelle et artistique du théâtre and given out every April or May since 1987, during a ceremony called La Nuit des Molières . The award was created by Georges Cravenne, who was also the creator of the... s	Best Actress	Une absence	Nominated
1992	Molière Award Molière Award The Molière Award is the national theatre award of France decided by the Association professionnelle et artistique du théâtre and given out every April or May since 1987, during a ceremony called La Nuit des Molières . The award was created by Georges Cravenne, who was also the creator of the... s	Best Actress	L'Antichambre	Nominated
2000	Molière Award Molière Award The Molière Award is the national theatre award of France decided by the Association professionnelle et artistique du théâtre and given out every April or May since 1987, during a ceremony called La Nuit des Molières . The award was created by Georges Cravenne, who was also the creator of the... s	Best Actress	L'Amante anglaise	Nominated

César Awards

Year	Group	Award	Film	Result
1984	César Awards	Best Supporting Actress	L'Été meurtrier	Won
1990	César Awards	Best Supporting Actress	La Vouivre	Won

Tributes

Writer-director John Huston described Flon as "the most extraordinary woman I have ever known."

External links

• "Obituary: Suzanne Flon (Article)" at The Independent on 3 September 2005