Born 1900 (age 79) · Moronvilliers, Marne, France
Appears in 15 titles

Catherine Hessling, born Andrée Madeleine Heuschling, was a French stage and screen actress and the first wife of film director Jean Renoir. Hessling appeared in 15, mostly silent, films before retiring from the acting profession and withdrawing from public life in the mid-1930s.

Filmography

The Little Match Girl
6.9
The Little Match Girl
1928
as Karen
Nana
6.7
Nana
1926
as Nana
Charleston Parade
5.8
Charleston Parade
1927
as Parisian savage
Whirlpool of Fate
6.6
Whirlpool of Fate
1925
as Virginia Rosaert
La P’tite Lili
5.1
La P’tite Lili
1927
The Sad Sack
6.7
The Sad Sack
1928
as L'institutrice
Backbiters
6.8
Backbiters
1927
as Catherine Ferrand
High and Low
5.7
High and Low
1933
as Mademoiselle Paula
Sea Fever
6.6
Sea Fever
1927
Crime and Punishment
7.0
Crime and Punishment
1935
as Elisabeth
Coralie and Company
Little Red Riding Hood
7.0
Little Red Riding Hood
1930
as Le petit chaperon rouge
The Pursuit of Happiness
8.0
The Pursuit of Happiness
1930
as Catherine
8.0
Yvette
1927
as Yvette