Josseline Gaël

French actress (1917–1995)

Josseline Gaël

Born	Jeannine Augustine Jeanne Blanleuil 4 February 1917 Paris, France
Died	10 August 1995 Saint-Michel, Charente, France
Occupation	Actress
Partner	Jules Berry
Children	1

Josseline Gaël (born Jeannine Augustine Jeanne Blanleuil; 4 February 1917 – 10 August 1995) was a French actress who specialised in comedy roles. She is best remembered for her portrayal of Cosette in the 1934 film adaptation of Les Misérables. Her daughter with Jules Berry, Michèle, became a renowned art dealer.

Partial filmography

Le stigmate (1924) as Gaby
Simone (1926) as Simone enfant
Une femme a menti (1930) as Jacqueline Chapelain
Love Songs (1930) as Simone Crespin
The Lovers of Midnight (1931) as Fanny
The Man at Midnight (1931) as Arlette
All That's Not Worth Love (1931) as Claire
Baleydier (1932) as Lola
Pour un sou d'amour (1932) as Françoise
Monsieur de Pourceaugnac (1932) as Julie
Happy Hearts (1932) as Lucette
The Abbot Constantine (1933) as Bettina Perceval
Tambour battant (1933) as Anneliese
Les Misérables (1934) as Cosette
A Man of Gold (1934) as Marcelle
Le bossu (1934) as Aurore de Caylus
Les hommes de la côte (1934) as Janick
Le monde où l'on s'ennuie (1935) as Suzanne de Villiers
Monsieur Sans-Gêne (1935) as Monique Perrochin
Jeunes filles à marier (1935) as Simone Guéneau
Pluie d'or (1935) as Rose
L'enfant du Danube (1936) as Hélène
Monsieur Personne (1936) as Josette Verneau
La madone de l'atlantique (1936) as Yvonne Dorland
Wells in Flames (1937) as Mirka
A Picnic on the Grass (1937) as Evelyne
My Little Marquise (1937) as Monique Cormier
Un scandale aux galeries (1937) as Laurence Coulaines
The Two Schemers (1938) as Lucette
Le monsieur de 5 heures (1938) as Madeleine Précardan
Les femmes collantes (1938) as Eloïse Duboucher
Barnabé (1938) as Mado
Le plus beau gosse de France (1938) as Janine Pinsonnet
Remontons les Champs-Élysées (1938) as Léone
Grandfather (1939) as Solange Lavigne
His Uncle from Normandy (1939) as Brigitte
Facing Destiny (1940) as L'amie de Claude
L'an 40 (1941) as Lucie
The Italian Straw Hat (1941) as Anaïs Beauperthuis
Room 13 (1942) as Geneviève d'Antibes
The Snow on the Footsteps (1942) as Simone Norans
La Main du diable (1943) as Irène
A Dog's Life (1943) as Émilie Calumet
The Midnight Sun (1943) as La princesse Armide Irénieff
The Island of Love (1944) as Xénia (final film role)

Bibliography

Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.

External links

Josseline Gaël at IMDb
Profile, CinéRessources.net; accessed 26 August 2015. (in French)

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