Prix Suzanne Bianchetti
The Prix Suzanne Bianchetti is an award in French cinema given annually since 1937 to the most promising young film actress.
The award was created by writer/actor René Jeanne (1887-1969) who served as the director of L'Etablissement Cinématographique des Armées. When his wife, actress Suzanne Bianchetti died in 1936 at the age of 47, he established an award dedicated to her memory to be given annually to the most promising young actress.
The award was given for the first time in 1937 to actress Junie Astor (1912-1967) for her performance in the film, "Club de femmes." The award comes in the form of a medallion engraved with Suzanne Bianchetti's image. Since its inception, the Prix Suzanne Bianchetti has been awarded to many of the greatest names in French cinema who went on to national and international stardom.
List of winners (incomplete)
- 1937 – Junie Astor (Club de femmes, 1936)
- 1938 – Janine Darcey
- 1939 – Sylvia Bataille
- 1940 – Micheline Presle (Jeunes filles en detresse, 1939)
- 1941-1945 no award due to World War II
- 1947 – Simone Signoret
- 1948 – Odile Versois
- 1949 – Arlette Thomas
- 1950 – Christiane Lenier
- 1951 – Nadine Alari
- 1952 – Nadine Basile
- 1953 – Etchika Choureau (L'Envers du paradis, 1953)
- 1954 – Marina Vlady
- 1955 – Geneviève Kervine
- 1956 – Annie Girardot
- 1957 – Anne Doat
- 1958 – Pascale Petit (Une vie, 1957)
- 1959 – Roger Dumas (awarded to a male actor)
- 1960 – Perrette Pradier
- 1961 – Renée Marie Potet
- 1962 – Corinne Marchand
- 1963 – Marie Dubois
- 1964 – Colette Castel
- 1965 – Macha Méril
- 1966 – Geneviève Bujold
- 1967 – Caroline Cellier (awarded for a stage performance in Pygmalion)
- 1968 – Danièle Evenou
- 1970 – Ludmila Mikaël
- 1972 – Bulle Ogier
- 1974 – Isabelle Adjani (La Gifle, 1974)
- 1976 – Isabelle Huppert (Le Juge et l'assassin, 1976)
- 1980 – Dominique Laffin
- 1986 – Juliette Binoche (Mauvais Sang, 1986)
- 1988 – Marianne Basler
- 1990 – Dominique Blanc
- 1991 – Anouk Grinberg
- 1993 – Charlotte Kady
- 1994 – Isabelle Carré
- 1995 – Clotilde Courau
- 1996 – Sandrine Kiberlain
- 1998 – Virginie Ledoyen
- 2000 – Audrey Tautou
- 2001 – Barbara Schulz
- 2002 – Françoise Gillard
- 2003 – Mélanie Doutey
- 2004 – Sara Forestier and Sophie Quinton
- 2005 – Chloé Lambert
- 2006 – Nathalie Boutefeu
- 2007 – Déborah François
- 2008 – Clotilde Hesme
- 2009 – Astrid Berges-Frisbey
- 2010 – Elodie Navarre
References
- Adapted from the article Prix Suzanne Bianchetti, from Wikinfo, licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.