Kermadec, Liliane de

(1928, Warsaw, Po­land-)

   Having trained as an actress at the conservatories of Nancy and Strasbourg, she went to Paris, where she landed a job as a stage whisperer at the Vieux Colombier in 1948. In the mid-1950s, she began working as a still photographer for Jules Dassin (1955 Du Rififi chez les Hommes / Rififi, France / Italy), Alex Joffé (1960 Fortunat / S.S. Operazione Fortunat, France / Italy; 1961 Le Tracassin ou les Plaisirs de la Ville; 1962 Les Culottes rouges), Agnès Varda (1962 Cléo de 5 à 7 / Cleo dalle 5 to 7 / USA: Cleo from 5 to 7, France / Italy), Alain Resnais (1963 Muriel, ou le temps d'un Retour / Muriel, il tempo di un ritorno / UK and USA: Muriel, or the Time of Return / The Time of Return, France / Italy), and Yves Robert (1963 Bébert et l'Omnibus). In 1966, she played a bit part in Les Demoiselles de Rochefort / USA: The Young Girls of Rochefort (Jacques Demy).

 Filmography

1964 ◘ Le Temps d'Emma (short; also screenwriter)

1966 ◘ Qui donc rêve? (short; also screenwriter)

1972 ◘ Home Sweet Home (also screenwriter; unre-leased)

1975 ◘ Aloïse (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)

1978 ◘ Sophie et le Capitaine (unreleased)

1994 ◘ La Piste du Télégraphe (also screenwriter)

2005 ◘ La très Chère Indépendance du Haut Karabagh (medium-length documentary)

 Television Filmography

        ◘ Le Petit Pommier (also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ Mersonne ne m'aime (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)

        ◘ Au milieu de la Ville, un Champ de Blé (documentary)

1986 ◘ Un moment d'Inattention