Paulette Dubost counts as a veteran of both film and television whose career has outlived most of the formats it was recorded on. 'The Last Metro' is a second title with real reach. The trail of credits goes back as far as 1930. Measured end to end, the working life on screen runs about 96 years. The role of Lisette, sa camériste in 'The Rules of the Game' is the one that keeps being brought up.
Paulette Dubost
Actress
100 years (Oct 8, 1910 – Sep 21, 2011)Paris, FranceParis, Ile-de-France, France
Paulette Dubost counts as a veteran of both film and television whose career has outlived most of the formats it was recorded on. 'The Last Metro' is a second title with real reach. The trail of credits goes back as far as 1930. Measured end to end, the working life on screen runs about 96 years. The role of Lisette, sa camériste in 'The Rules of the Game' is the one that keeps being brought up.
1910-10-08 · Paris, FranceParis, Ile-de-France, France
Paulette Dubost (8 October 1910 – 21 September 2011) was a French actress who began her career at the age of 7 at the Paris Opera.
She appeared in over 250 films and worked with directors such as Marcel Carné, Jean Renoir, Max Ophüls (Le Plaisir 1952 and Lola Montès, 1955) and François Truffaut. Her best-known role is as Lisette in Renoir's The Rules of the Game (La règle du jeu, 1939). Originally intended to be a small role offering only a couple of days' work, the extent of her part grew during the four-month shooting schedule.
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