Personal Info
Birth date
1919-05-21 (106 Years)
Day of death
2014-09-30
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Paris, France
Also known as
Élina Labourdette
Элина Лабурдетт
Élina Janine Alice Henri-Labourdette
Élina Labourdette
Biography
Elina Labourdette (1919–2014) was a French film actress.
Filmography
Lola
7.125
Overview:
A bored young man meets with his former girlfriend, now a cabaret dancer and single mother, and soon finds himself falling back in love with her.Tales of Paris
5.1
Overview:
A film made up of four sketches. In Marc Allégret's Sophie, a naive high-school girl invents a love affair with her mother's lover. But it's a guitarist with whom she falls in love. In Françoise, by Claude Barma, a young woman returning to France after living in the United States has an affair with her best friend's lover. In Antonia, by Michel Boisrond, a middle-aged woman tries to convince her ex-lover that she still has many assets to seduce. In Ella, by Jacques Poitrenaud, a Pigalle dancer meets a man in a cab.Les Dames du bois de Boulogne
6.907
Overview:
A love story that follows the maneuverings of a society lady as she connives to initiate a scandalous affair between her aristocratic ex-lover and a prostitute.Five Miles to Midnight
5.9
Overview:
American ex-Air Force man and current businessman Bob Macklin is married to the impoverished Italian-born Lisa. Bob’s jealousy and immaturity irks Lisa, who tells him she’s planning to file for a divorce before his plane departs on a business trip for Casablanca.Young Wolves
4.3
Overview:
Alain, "a young wolf", elegant and racy, is maintained by the princess Linzani. At the same time, he goes out with a girl of his age, Sylvie, who despite her bold attitude has never had a lover.Elena and Her Men
5.856
Overview:
Set amid the military maneuvers and Quatorze Juillet carnivals of turn-of-the-century France, Jean Renoir’s delirious romantic comedy Elena and her Men stars a radiant Ingrid Bergman as a beautiful, but impoverished, Polish princess who drives men of all stations to fits of desperate love. When Elena elicits the fascination of a famous general, she finds herself at the center of romantic machinations and political scheming, with the hearts of several men—as well as the future of France—in her hands.Prison Without Bars
6.8
Overview:
In a state correctional institute for teenage girls, Madame Appel, the superintendent, rules with an iron fist. The State appoints thirty-year-old Yvonne to evaluate the situation. The young woman is convinced that the girls should feel wanted rather than be constantly subdued and is accordingly determined to make Madame Appel change her methods of education.The Truth About Women
5.9
Overview:
A man recalls his relationships with the women he loved as he tries to help another man try to understand them as well.Papa, Mama, My Wife and Me
5.8
Overview:
Robert Langlois is now married to Catherine, the former housemaid. And they would live happily ever after if the housing crisis did not force them to live together with Gabrielle and Fernand, Robert's parents. For, despite the good will on either side, tension soon arises. What else to expect when there is too little space in their Montmartre apartment for four people (then for six then eight, the couple having... two pairs of twins!) ; the continued presence there of Fernand (who loves peace and quiet) after he is driven to retirement ; the difficult beginnings of Robert as a lawyer in a room of the apartment, etc... Other troubles follow and the harried family is on the verge of implosion...Nocturnal Uproar
NYR
Overview:
Armand Varescot, a rich and tyrannical old man, is killed by his young and pretty secretary, Caroline, while he was trying to abuse her. To avoid scandal, his granddaughter Marie Varescot convinces Frank, his cousin, to take responsibility for this "accidental" death, he who is in love with Caroline. But Commissioner Legrand, who has designs on Marie, only agrees to close the affair if Marie marries her, and if Frank leaves with Caroline, abandoning his share of the inheritance. The arrangement is accepted and life goes on.Edward and Caroline
6.4
Overview:
Newlyweds Edward & Caroline are preparing for an important evening when a quarrel over Caroline's dress sets off a series of domestic brouhahas.The Glass Castle
5.6
Overview:
Evelyne, a judge's young wife, falls in love with Rémy while vacationing in Italy. Upon returning home, she must decide between telling her husband and continuing to see Rémy.My Husband Is Marvelous
3.5
Overview:
A young journalist, Sylvia, has to interview a writer, Claude Chatel, whose success is due to his misogyny.La Cousine Bette
6
Overview:
Élisabeth Fischer, a farmer's daughter and cousin of Adeline Fischer, now Baroness Hulot d'Ervy, has been furiously jealous of the latter since their early childhood. After arriving in Paris as a passementerie worker, she set out to harm the Hulot d'Ervy family by any means necessary. She pushed the Baron into debauchery and tried to destroy the relationship between his niece Hortense Hulot and Wenceslas Steinbock. But her schemes bring her no satisfaction, and she dies of rage.The Sword and the Balance
7.6
Overview:
Three young men are suspected of kidnapping and murdering a little boy. Most likely, two of them are really involved, but one is not. All of their pasts are questionable, riddled with violence and controversy. Neither the police nor the court can decide how to solve that puzzle.The Shanghai Drama
6.4
Overview:
A Russian emigrant sings in a Shanghai nightclub under the assumed name of Kay Murphy. All she dreams of is a peaceful life with her daughter Vera. But this is only a pipe dream as she has been forced by her former lover Ivan to work for a secret criminal organization, "The Black Dragon". Vera, who studies in a Hong Kong boarding-school, knows nothing about her mother's past. When Ivan, who is also Vera's father, resurfaces and blackmails Kay, the young woman is determined to fight back...Rhine Virgin
5.9
Overview:
Reported missing in 1940, Jacques Ledru comes back to Strasbourg as Martin Schmidt. He tracks down his wife Genevieve, but she's remarried and has taken the head of his shipping company. She and her husband will do anything to get rid of Jacques and keep his company.Earth Light
6.8
Overview:
The Tunisian born hero of the film decides to break with his disorganized yet habit-ridden life in Paris, and sets off to discover his homeland, which he left at 6 years old, and to rekindle the memory of his mother, who died when he was a child.Amazing Monsieur Fabre
7
Overview:
It centres on the life of the entomologist Jean-Henri Fabre and his total devotion to studying insect behavior, travelling from Avignon to Paris, from Paris to his death in Sérignan. He is honoured by the French president Raymond Poincaré and his patience, obstinacy and knowledge are also recognised by Napoleon III, the publisher Charles Delagrave and the philosopher John Stuart Mill. They reach their climax in his book, Souvenirs entomologiques.Wall Engravings
7.3
Overview:
Jeanne looks back on her love for Jean. The melancholic young man wouldn't accept the world as it was, always wishing to depart. She doesn't know that he's dead.It Happened in Aden
6
Overview:
During a stopover in Aden, a charming actress is kidnapped by an Arab prince.Vacation in Hell
NYR
Overview:
During the Second World War, the Martel family hides out in the Pyrenees, waiting for hostilities to end. André, a young boy, saves them from an attack by bogus resistance fighters. Hunted from all sides, he flees to Spain. Catherine Martel leads him to the border, and a romance develops between them.The Pavilion Burns
NYR
Overview:
Denise, a young employee of the mine, is courted by the engineer Risay while she is engaged to Daniel, a simple underground worker. A betrayal has occurred that compromises the mine. An accident occurs and about fifteen workers, including Denise's fiancé, are buried under rubble in a collapsing shaft.Des jeunes filles dans la nuit
NYR
Overview:
Six young boarding girls return home unexpectedly after their college has been destroyed by fire. Their unexpected presence arouses melodramatic reactions.Snobs!
5.7
Overview:
Four vice-presidents fight among themselves to reach the top post after the president dies. Their wives take part in the various schemes to downgrade the opposition by unorthodox means.The Double Contempt
NYR
Overview:
In Paris, under the Restoration, Julie de Chaverny, a young woman admired and envied by all, has been suffering for six years from an unhappy marriage to her husband, M. de Chaverny. She finally gives in to the advances of a young man she's known since childhood, deciding at last to live her own life. She wants to run away with him, but discovers it's only a passing fancy. Feeling disgraced and laughed at, she sets off for Nice to join her mother.Président Faust
NYR
Overview:
A modern variation on the myth of Faust, the film features Henri Faust, an influential man at the head of a gigantic financial empire. One day, the Devil himself visits her. The Evil One offers him a range of happiness, youth, love, fortune, power; but Faust has everything he wants and he refuses the pact offered to him. However, a fault exists and the Devil will know how to discover it.Acting
1979Les Jeunes Filles as Mme Dandillot
1974Président Faust as Cathy Faust
1970Earth Light as La Femme Guide
1968Young Wolves as Madame Sinclair
1968Wall Engravings as La Patronne du bar Au Pan Coupé
1967The Double Contempt as Madame Lambert
1964La Cousine Bette as Unknown
1963The Sword and the Balance as Simone Darbon
1962Five Miles to Midnight as Mme. Lafont
1962Snobs! as Mrs. de Saint-Aigne
1962Tales of Paris as Jacqueline (segment "Sophie")
1961Vacation in Hell as Unknown
1961Lola as Madame Desnoyers
1958La Répétition ou l'Amour puni as Hortensia
1957The Truth About Women as Comtesse
1957The Night of the Suspects as Gaby Farnoux
1956Elena and Her Men as Paulette Escoffier
1956It Happened in Aden as Simone
1955Papa, Mama, My Wife and Me as Marguerite, la fleuriste
1955To Paris with Love as Sylvia Gilbert
1953Rhine Virgin as Geneviève Labbé, la femme de Maurice
1953My Husband Is Marvelous as Micheline
1952The Case Against X as Catherine Villard, maîtresse de Dorgères
1951Nocturnal Uproar as Caroline, the secretary
1951Amazing Monsieur Fabre as La comtesse de la Porte
1951Edward and Caroline as Florence Borch de Martelie
1950The Glass Castle as Marion
1950Les Aventuriers de l'air as Gisèle Lesieur
1947Trafiquants de la mer as Hélène
1945Les Dames du bois de Boulogne as Agnès
1943Des jeunes filles dans la nuit as Germaine
1941The Pavilion Burns as Denise
1938The Shanghai Drama as Vera
1938Prison Without Bars as Unknown