Born to an Alsatian family that had emigrated to Algeria, she took her stage name from the city of her birth, and from Mazis, a neighboring town. In a theater and motion picture career that lasted over fifty years, she appeared in twenty four films. Her career as a leading lady ended with the break-up of her relationship with Pagnol.

Orane Demazis nait à Oran dans une famille d'origine alsacienne. Her personal and professional turning point was her 1923 meeting with director Marcel Pagnol. Young Marius and Fanny begin to recognize that their lifelong friendship has blossomed into romance, but their hopes of marriage are left unrealized when Marius cannot overcome his longing to go to sea, against the wishes of his adoring father, César, but with Fanny's selfless encouragement.

In it, Nicolas discusses the making of the films and his grandfather’s legacy.Brett Bowles, associate professor of French and film studies at Indiana University, Bloomington, is the author of “Marcel Pagnol” (Manchester University Press, 2012), the first comprehensive study of Pagnol’s work in English. An email has been sent to the person who requested the photo informing them that you have fulfilled their requestYou are only allowed to leave one flower per day for any given memorial.The email does not appear to be a valid email address. Actress. She entered the Conservatory of Dramatic Arts in Paris, France in 1919, in the class of actor Denis Ines, and made a particular impression as 'Blanche' in work "The Crow". Her personal and professional turning point was her 1923 meeting with director Marcel Pagnol. Please try again later.To suggest a correction or addition, visit the memorial page and click You need a Find a Grave account to add things to this site.We’ve updated the security on the site. Classics and discoveries from around the world, thematically programmed with special features, on a streaming service brought to you by the Criterion Collection.

Orane Demazis, Category: Artist, Top Tracks: Marius, acte I, scène 1, Marius, acte I, scène 3, Le schpountz : Extraits, Marius, acte I, scène 6, Marius, acte I, scène 7, Monthly Listeners: 6, Where People Listen: Lyon, Marseille, Bruz. Verify and try again.Are you sure that you want to report this flower to administrators as offensive or abusive?This flower has been reported and will not be visible while under review.Quickly see who the memorial is for and when they lived and died and where they are buried.For memorials with more than one photo, additional photos will appear here or on the photos tab.All photos appear on this tab and here you can update the sort order of photos on memorials you manage. After graduation in 1922, she joined the Theater Workshop, appearing in a number of their productions.

They lived together for a number of years, during which he gave her starring roles in several of his movies, most famously as 'Fanny', the pregnant, abandoned fish seller of "Marius" (1926), "Fanny (1931), and "Caesar" (1936). These form the "Marsailles trilogy", also sometimes called the "Fanny trilogy". We have emailed an activation email to . They lived together for a number of years, during which he gave her starring roles in several of his movies, most famously as 'Fanny', the pregnant, abandoned fish seller of "Marius" (1926), "Fanny (1931), and "Caesar" (1936). All photos uploaded successfully, click on the Done button to see the photos in the gallery. She continued acting in smaller parts, her final films being "Chaine" and "Bastien and Bastienne", both in 1979.Actress. Oops, some error occurred while uploading your photo(s).