Anne-Marie Blanc

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Anne-Marie Blanc (2 September 1919 – 5 February 2009) was a Swiss film and television actress, style icon and was commonly referred to as "The Grand Dame of the Swiss Film".^[1] Her granddaughter is the actress Mona Petri (née Fueter).^[2]

Early life and education

Blanc was born 2 September 1919 in Vevey, Switzerland, the eldest of three children, to Louis Blanc and Valentine Blanc (née Chevalier). Her mother hailed from a privileged banking family whom married Louis who worked land registry administrator. Unfortunately, he was a violent alcoholic and she left him in 1930 with the children and moved to Bern.^[3]

Selected filmography

• Constable Studer as Sonja Witschi (1939)
• Gilberte de Courgenay as Gilberte Montavon (1942)
• That's Not the Way to Die as Marianne (1946)
• White Cradle Inn as Louise (1949)
• Captive Soul as Helene (1952)
• Palace Hotel as Inhaberin des Hotels (1952)
• I'm Waiting for You as Frau Dr. Helm (1952)
• Life Begins at Seventeen as Aline Deshuges (1953)
• Spring Song as Elisabeth Lauber (1954)
• Via Mala as Frau von Richenau (1961)
• The Blonde from Peking (1967)
• Hotel Royal [de] (1969, TV film)
• Violanta (1976)
• A Crime of Honour (a.k.a. A Song for Europe, 1985, TV film)
• Klassäzämekunft (1988)
• Lüthi und Blanc as Esther Weiss (2001–2005, TV series)

External links

• Anne-Marie Blanc at IMDb

Personal life

She was married to Heinrich Fueter (1911-1979), who was an attorney and executive producer.^[4][5] They had three sons including Peter Christian (b. 1941) and Martin Andreas (b. 1944) who led Condor Films AG, founded by their father.^[6]

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