Colette Marchand
| Colette Marchand | |
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| Born |
Colette Janine Marchand April 29, 1925 Paris, France |
| Occupation | dancer, actress |
| Spouse(s) | Jacques Bazire |
Colette Marchand (born April 29, 1925) is a French prima ballerina and actress.
She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1952 for her performance as Marie Charlet in Moulin Rouge, directed by John Huston.
During the height of her dance career she was considered one of the greatest dancers in Europe, known as Les jambes (The Legs), along with Violetta Elvin, Zizi Jeanmaire, Yvette Chauviré, Janine Charrat, and Margot Fonteyn. Marchand traveled around the world as a dancer and danced with many of the greatest ballet dancers of the 1940s and 1950s.[1]
Personal life
Marchand was born in Paris, France, the daughter of Alice (née Lioret) and Roger Marchand. She began her career at the Paris Opera Ballet [2]
She married to Jacques Bazire, the musical director for the Roland Petit Ballet. Her current whereabouts are unknown.
Career
She performed as a première ballerina on Broadway in Roland Petit's Les Ballets de Paris (1949 & 1950). In the 1950 show, Marchand performed a ballet piece titled The Boiled Egg, for which she received rave reviews. In 1951 she had a featured role in the Broadway musical Two on the Aisle which ran for 276 performances. In the early 1950s while performing on Broadway, Marchand was featured in several magazines, including Life, and would make appearances on New York City television shows, including the Ford Star Revue, the Colgate Comedy Hour, and the Ed Sullivan Show. In 1953 she was directed by Orson Welles in The Lady in the Ice.
In 1952, she received a Golden Globe Award as Most Promising Newcomer - Female for her performance in Moulin Rouge, as well as a nomination for the BAFTA for Most Promising Newcomer. Her other film appearances were rare: "Ungarische Rhapsodie", "Par Ordre du Tsar" and the musical short "Romantic Youth" (also as choreographer) (all 1954). In 1951 she lent her voice to Isidore Isou's Venom and Eternity.
References
- ↑ Colette Marchand biography accessed 2/26/2015
- ↑ Colette Marchand Immigration Record
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