Claude France

Claude France (March 9, 1893 – January 3, 1928) born in Emden, Germany; was a German-born French actress. She was born Jane Joséphine Anna Françoise Wittig. She was discovered by Leon Gaumont who was impressed with her beauty. She had worked as a French spy, and was connected with the denunciation of Mati Hari, with whom she had a friendly relationship. For reasons not clear she committed suicide by gas poisoning at her home in Paris.

Selected filmography

• Le Carnaval des vérités (1920)
• L'autre aile (1924)
• Modern Marriages (1924)
• Imperial Violets (1924)
• Prince Charming (1925)
• Boarding House Groonen (1925)
• Le bossu (1925)
• The Abbot Constantine (1925)
• Fan Fan the Tulip (1925)
• Le berceau de dieu (1926)
• Simone (1926)
• Lady Harrington (1927)
• André Cornélis (1927)
• Madonna of the Sleeping Cars (1928)
• Island of Love (1929)

Bibliography

• Jung, Uli & Schatzberg, Walter. Beyond Caligari: The Films of Robert Wiene. Berghahn Books, 1999.

External links

• Claude France at IMDb
• findagrave.com memorial