Renée Jeanne or Maria Falconetti, born in Pantin (not in Sermano, Corsica, as many film dictionaries wrongly attest) on July 21, 1892 and died in Buenos Aires on December 12, 1946, is a French actress of theater and cinema. Joining the troupe of the Odeon theater in 1916, she made her debut in "l'Arlésienne", and played the heroines of Saint-Georges de Bouhélier "The Life of a Woman", 1919. She made a short passage at the Comédie Française (1924-1925), where she plays Rosine among others in "La Dame aux camélias" and "Lorenzaccio". His last role before a long stay in South America will be that of Andromache in "The Trojan War will not happen", Jean Giraudoux. She remains world famous for having embodied in the cinema the main role of "The Passion of Joan of Arc" by Carl Theodor Dreyer.
The Passion of Joan of Arc(1928)as Jeanne d'Arc
La comtesse de Somerive(1917)
Aly & AJ: Joan of Arc on the Dance Floor(2020)
Compression(1995)as Self
Hollywood Insider(2018)as Self
Llamas de Nitrato(2014)as Self
Welcome to the Basement(2012)as Jeanne d'Arc
To Each His Own Cinema(2007)as (segment: Artaud Double Bill)
