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  • Actor
· French · 1892–1946

Renée Jeanne Falconetti

A Paris boulevard comedienne who gave the screen one performance — Dreyer's Joan, often called the greatest ever filmed — and never made another movie.

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Lived
1892–1946
Born
1892
Died
1946
Nationality
French
Roles
Actor
Also known as
Maria Falconetti · Falconetti

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Carl Theodor Dreyer

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Collaborated with · 1927

Dreyer cast Falconetti, a Paris boulevard comedienne, as Jeanne and filmed her in close-up without makeup through the 1927 shoot. It was her only screen performance of consequence, and the film is built on it.

— Encyclopaedia Britannica — Carl Theodor Dreyer; Encyclopaedia Britannica — La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc

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Performed in · 1928

The Passion of Joan of Arc

Renée Jeanne Falconetti plays Jeanne.

— Encyclopaedia Britannica — La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc

Collaborated with · 1927

Carl Theodor Dreyer

Dreyer cast Falconetti, a Paris boulevard comedienne, as Jeanne and filmed her in close-up without makeup through the 1927 shoot. It was her only screen performance of consequence, and the film is built on it.

— Encyclopaedia Britannica — Carl Theodor Dreyer; Encyclopaedia Britannica — La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc