Michèle Alfa

Michèle Alfa
Alfa in 1939
Born	20 August 1911 Gujan-Mestras, Gironde, France
Died	24 August 1987 (aged 76) Le Vésinet, Yvelines, France
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1932-1952 (film)

Michèle Alfa (1911–1987) was a French stage and film actress. After appearing mainly in supporting roles during the 1930s she starred in a number of films during the 1940s.

During the German occupation of France she became the lover of a German propaganda officer stationed in Paris. She used her influence to secure the release of fellow actor Charles de Rochefort from an internment camp. She also hid leaders of the French Resistance.

Selected filmography

• The Beautiful Adventure (1932)
• Ramuntcho (1938)
• Adrienne Lecouvreur (1938)
• Le Corsaire (1939)
• The Pavilion Burns (1941)
• Le Lit à colonnes (1942)
• The Secret of Madame Clapain (1943)
• Jeannou (1943)
• The Count of Monte Cristo (1943)
• The Secret of Madame Clapain (1944)
• Chinese Quarter (1947)
• The Winner's Circle (1950)
• Matrimonial Agency (1952)

Bibliography

• Riding, Alan. And the Show Went On. Gerald Duckworth, 2011.

External links

• Michèle Alfa at IMDb