Odile Versois Filmography

Born:: June 14, 1930 in Paris, France
Occupation:: Actor
Birth name:: Katiana de Poliakoff-Baidaroff
Biography:: The daughter of a prominent French artist, Odile Versois was a member of the Paris Opera Corps de Ballet before reaching her teens. She made her first film appearance in 1948 and went on to a substantial career in serene, cultured characterizations. One of her more flamboyant assignments was the...Read More

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Le Crabe-Tambour

Actors: Jean Rochefort, Claude Rich, Jacques Perrin, Jacques Dufilho, Odile Versois

Synopsis: Le Crabe Tambour (The Crab Drum) stars Jacques Perrin as the title character. An officer in the French navy, Perrin has earned his nickname through his habit of beating his chest a la King Kong after consuming a crab dinner. Stories of this eccentric but courageous warrior remain in circulation Read More

11/9/77
Eglantine

Synopsis: In this family drama, set in 1895, an 11-year old must spend the summer at his grandmother's house. Also there are his two female cousins. His grandmother keeps them well entertained with her fascinating stories. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1972
A Place in the Sun

Actors: Moray Watson, Odile Versois

Synopsis: Not to be confused with the 1951 theatrical feature of the same name, A Place in the Sun was a three-part British miniseries beamed out by the Yorkshire Television arm of ITV. Moray Watson played the principal character, British property broker Martin Armstrong. Strange, sometimes wonderful and Read More

1972
Benjamin

Actors: Francine Bergé, Pierre Clémenti, Catherine Deneuve, Anna Gael

Synopsis: Pierre Clementi plays the title role in the French-filmed Benjamin. A callow teenager of the 18th century, Benjamin spends a summer with his worldly relatives on their summer estate. An orphan girl (Catherine Deneuve) living on a neighboring estate, inaugurates an affair with Benjamin. In true La Ronde Read More

1968
The Billionaire

1965
Le Dernier Tierce

Actors: Odile Versois, Magali Noël, Raymond Souplex, Dario Moreno

1964
Cartouche

Actors: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Claudia Cardinale, Jean Rochefort, Odile Versois, Marcel Dalio

Synopsis: Jean-Paul Belmondo romps his way through the role of 18th century French bandit chief Cartouche. At first robbing from everyone in sight (he has to -- he's head man of a Parisian crime syndicate) Cartouche is rechanneled into becoming a Gallic Robin Hood by beauteous gypsy Venus (Claudia Read More

3/7/62
Transit A Saigon

Actors: Odile Versois, Pierre Massimi

1962
Le Rendez-Vous

Actors: Annie Girardot, Odile Versois, Andréa Parisy, Jean Pascal, George Sanders

Synopsis: Upper-crust intrigue, murder, and passions are mixed together in this routine, slow-paced murder mystery by Jean Delannoy. A wily photographer has been murdered, and there are several suspects. The victim was a blackmailer, and his target was a wealthy family headed by the rich and ruthless J.K. (George Sanders Read More

10/4/61
Incident in Saigon

1960
Caravane Pour Zagora

Actors: Marpessa Dawn, Lex Barker, Odile Versois, Michele Bally

1960
Le Tresor Des Hommes Bleus

Actors: Lex Barker, Marpessa Dawn, Odile Versois

1960
La Dragee Haute

Actors: Michel Piccoli, Odile Versois, Dany Saval, Yves Vincent

1959
Toi Le Venin

Actors: Marina Vlady, Robert Hossein, Odile Versois, Helena Manson

Synopsis: Robert Hossein was writer, director and star of the suspense melodrama Toi le Venin. Picked up by a beautiful motorist, jobless hitchhiker Pierre (Hossein) is subsequently romanced by the girl. Immediately thereafter, however, she dumps him, attempting to run him over as a final insult. Read More

1958
Room 43

Actors: Eddie Constantine, Diana Dors, Odile Versois, Herbert Lom, Brenda de Banzie

Synopsis: Before Eddie Constantine became a French pop icon as the slapdash "Lemmy Caution," he played Johnny, a straightforward London taxi driver. When his new taxi is smashed and he needs a big loan, he agrees to a five-minute marriage to Malou, a naive French girl, so she can become a British citizen. Read More

1958
Herrscher ohne Krone

Synopsis: Set in the late 1700s, this grim Danish psychological drama chronicles the mental breakdown of Sweden's young monarch amidst the intrigue and treachery. The king ascended his throne at age 19. His stepmother, the queen, objects and schemes to have him replaced by her natural son. Her plan is to Read More

1957
Checkpoint

Actors: Anthony Steel, Odile Versois, Stanley Baker, Maurice Denham

Synopsis: Filmed in Italy, this pulse-pounding race-car melodrama stars Anthony Steel as ambitious driver Bill Fraser. Stanley Baker costars as O'Donovan, the purchasing agent for unscrupulous auto magnate Warren Ingram (James Robertson Justice). O'Donovan has no reservations about resorting to murder to Read More

1957
To Paris with Love

Actors: Alec Guinness, Odile Versois, Vernon Gray, Jacques Francois, Elina Labourdette

Synopsis: In this lively British romantic comedy, a baronet decides that his son needs to experience life outside of his blue-blooded world and so takes him to Paris to sample its earthy pleasures. Meanwhile, the son has his own plans; he wants to find his father a good woman because he believes his father Read More

1955
Quatre Veuves

Actors: Odile Versois, Jany Holt, Pauline Carton

1955
Chance Meeting

Actors: Odile Versois, David Knight, Joseph Tomelty, Paul Carpenter, Theodore Bikel, David Kossoff

Synopsis: Also known as Chance Meeting, The Young Lovers can be described as an Iron Curtain romance. The boy, Ted (David Knight), works as a code expert at the American Embassy in London. The girl, Anna (Odelle Versois), is the daughter of a communist dignitary. When Ted and Anna fall in love, they find Read More

1954
A Day to Remember

Actors: Stanley Holloway, Donald Sinden, Joan Rice, Odile Versois, James Hayter

Synopsis: Based on The Hand and the Flower, a novel by Jerrard Tickell, A Day to Remember stars Stanley Holloway as Charley Porter, captain of London darts team. When the team travels to the French town of Boulogne for the annual darts tournament, a good time is had by all--and more besides. Jim Carver (Donald Sinden Read More

1953
Paolo and Francesca

Actors: Odile Versois, Armando Francioli, Al Silvani

Synopsis: The story of Francesca da Rimini, previously immortalized by Dante Alighieri and Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, was captured in celluloid in 1953's Paolo and Francesca. The scene is 13th-century Italy, where a truce between two warring families is secured by the marriage of elderly Giancotto Malatesta Read More

1953
Deux Crimes D'Amour

Actors: Odile Versois, Alain Cuny, Marie Sabouret, Anouk Aimée

Synopsis: Deux Crimes d'Amour (Two Love Crimes) is comprised of two separate, but thematically linked, short films. "Mina de Vangel," directed by Maurice Clavel and Maurice Barry, is based on a novelette by Stendhal (The Red and the Black), wherein a starry-eyed German lass (Odile Versois), betrayed by a Read More

1953
Mina De Vanghel

Actors: Odile Versois, Alain Cuny, Jean Servais, Marie Sabouret

1952
Grand Gala

Actors: Ludmilla Tcherina, Odile Versois, Yves Vincent, Pierre Larquey

1952
Into the Blue

Actors: Michael Wilding, Sr., Odile Versois, Constance Cummings, Jack Hulbert, Edward Rigby

Synopsis: Into the Blue is enhanced by the presence of two veteran British movie favorites. Jack Hulbert and Constance Cummings star as John and Kate Ferguson, who embark upon their first vacation in years. Travelling from England to Norway by yacht, the Fergusons are joined by their taciturn skipper Bill (Edward Rigby Read More

1951
Domenica

Actors: Odile Versois, Jean-Pierre Kerien

Synopsis: French filmmaker Maurice Cloche's only 1952 production (and his last effort until 1954) was Domenica. Filmed on the island of Corsica, the story concerns a restless young girl named Domenica (Odile Versois). Anxious to experience life on the mainland, she attaches herself to the first man who pays Read More

1951
Bel Amour

Actors: Gisèle Pascal, Antonio Vilar, Odile Versois, Catherine Fontenay

Synopsis: Bel Amour (Beautiful Love) is a compact little tale of love, betrayal and redemption. Happily married for ten years, a young doctor (Anthony Vilar) deserts his wife in favor of a more desirable mistress. The doctor's young son (played by a girl named Marie-France) refuses to accept his parents' Read More

1950
Les Anciens De Saint Loup

Actors: Bernard Blier, François Perier, Serge Reggiani, Odile Versois

1950
Mademoiselle Josette Ma Femme

Actors: Fernand Gravey, Odile Versois, Robert Arnoux

1950
La Sposa Non Puo Attendere

1949
Les Dernieres Vacances

Actors: Michel Francois, Odile Versois, Pierre Dux

Synopsis: Set in the sunny south of France, this devilish drama chronicles the romantic entanglements between two vacationing families. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1947

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Odile Versois Filmography

Le Crabe-Tambour

Eglantine

A Place in the Sun

Benjamin

The Billionaire

Le Dernier Tierce

Cartouche

Transit A Saigon

Le Rendez-Vous

Incident in Saigon

Caravane Pour Zagora

Le Tresor Des Hommes Bleus

La Dragee Haute

Toi Le Venin

Room 43

Herrscher ohne Krone

Checkpoint

To Paris with Love

Quatre Veuves

Chance Meeting

A Day to Remember

Paolo and Francesca

Deux Crimes D'Amour

Mina De Vanghel

Grand Gala

Into the Blue

Domenica

Bel Amour

Les Anciens De Saint Loup

Mademoiselle Josette Ma Femme

La Sposa Non Puo Attendere

Les Dernieres Vacances

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