Actor

Cécile Sorel

September 7, 1873 · Paris, France

Céline Émilie Seurre (7 September 1873 in Paris – 3 September 1966 in Trouville-sur-Mer), known as Cécile Sorel or the Comtesse de Ségur by marriage, was a French comic actress. She enjoyed great popularity and was known for her extravagant costumes.

Sorel was attracted to the theater at an early age, studying with Louis-Arsène Delaunay and Marie Favart. In 1899, she began her career at the Odéon and then, in 1901, became a member of the Comédie-Française, where she specialized in playing a stock character known as the "grande coquette". She was especially well known for her portrayal of Célimène in The Misanthrope. In 1904, she became the 339th "Sociétaire de la Comédie-Française" and remained with the theater until 1933.

Often works with

Raimu
2 titles together
The Pearls of the Crown, Little Nothings
Tramel
2 titles together
Little Nothings, L'An 40
Jacques Erwin
2 titles together
Little Nothings, L'An 40
M
Michele Olivier
2 titles together
Little Nothings, L'An 40

Full filmography · 4

Little Nothings
as La Clermont
1941
L'An 40
as Madame Raffut
1941
The Pearls of the Crown
as La Française du Grand Siècle
19376.5
La Tosca
as Floria Tosca
1909