Portrait of Béatrice Arnac

Béatrice Arnac

Acting

Biography

Béatrice Arnac (23 April 1931 – 5 October 2020) was a French actress, singer, and composer. The daughter of the cartoonist Marcel Arnac,[Béatrice was also the niece of explorer Marie Gallaud. In 1962, she received the Grand Prize of the Académie Charles Cros. She performed 22 songs that were written by songwriters such as Paul Éluard, Paul Verlaine, Arthur Rimbaud, Robert Desnos, and Bertolt Brecht. She also performed in the second act of the play Le Bel indifférent. She performed at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées and on the television show La Chance aux chansons. She was part of the cast of La Traversée de Paris, released in 1956. Béatrice Arnac died in Castels et Bézenac on 5 October 2020. Source: Article "Béatrice Arnac" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Born: April 23, 1931

Place of Birth: Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine, France

Filmography

1971
1970
Noon and Midnight

as Elsa Lorrain

1970
1962
The Suitor

as Stella in TV Scene (uncredited)

1959
Discorama

as Self

1957
Clandestine Paris

as Muriel, barmaid (uncredited)

1957
1956
La Traversée de Paris

as Arrested woman (uncredited)

1956
1956
Les Truands

as Madame Léonce

1955
Frou-Frou

as Rosemonde

1952
OSS 117 Is Not Dead

as Nahedad Risani