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Colette Janine Marchand (29 April 1925 – 5 June 2015) was 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.

Colette Marchand
Born	Colette Janine Marchand (1925-04-29)29 April 1925 Paris, France
Died	5 June 2015(2015-06-05) (aged 90) Bois-le-Roi, France
Occupation	Dancer, actress
Spouse	Jacques Bazire

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 Jacques Bazire, the musical director for the Roland Petit Ballet. She died on 5 June 2015, aged 90, and was survived by her sister, Yvonne (Marchand) Le Bras.[3]

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 1951 she lent her voice to Isidore Isou's Venom and Eternity. 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. In 1953 she was directed by Orson Welles in The Lady in the Ice. Her other film appearances were rare: Hungarian Rhapsody, Par Ordre du Tsar and the musical short Romantic Youth (also as choreographer) (all 1954).

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1951	Venom and Eternity		Voice
1952	Moulin Rouge	Marie Charlet
1954	Hungarian Rhapsody	Caroline von Say-Wittgenstein
1954	At the Order of the Czar	Princess Caroline

References

External links

• Colette Marchand at IMDb
• Colette Marchand at the Internet Broadway Database

На других языках

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[de] Colette Marchand

Colette Marchand (* 29. April 1925 in Paris; † 5. Juni 2015 in Bois-le-Roi, Département Seine-et-Marne) war eine französische Tänzerin und Schauspielerin. Bekanntheit erlangte sie ab Ende der 1940er Jahre als Primaballerina von Roland Petits Les Ballets de Paris. Für ihr Spielfilmdebüt in John Hustons Moulin Rouge (1952) erhielt sie den Golden Globe Award und eine Oscar-Nominierung. Von Kritikern wurde sie gemeinsam mit unter anderem Margot Fonteyn, Yvette Chauviré und Violetta Elvin zu den zehn größten zeitgenössischen Tänzerinnen in Westeuropa gezählt.

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- [en] Colette Marchand

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[es] Colette Marchand

Colette Marchand (París, 29 de abril de 1925 - Bois-le-Roi, 5 de junio de 2015)[1] es una bailarina y actriz francesa conocida por haber sido nominada en el Oscar a la mejor actriz de reparto por Moulin Rouge.

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[ru] Маршан, Колетт

Колетт Маршан (фр. Colette Marchand, 29 апреля 1925[2][3][1], XIV округ Парижа[1] — 5 июня 2015[4][5][2][…], Фонтенбло[1]) — французская артистка балета и киноактриса.

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