Pansini, Rose

(Marie-Rose Lacau / June 7, 1880, Orthez, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France - March 23, 1985, Paris, France)

   Born into a modest family, she became a famous dancer. Spotted by an Italian producer, she made her film debut as an actress in Rome under the pseudo­nym of Frassita Lacau (1916 Zingari, Mario Gargiulo, Ubaldo Maria del Colli, Italy; L'Aquila, Mario Gargiulo, Italy). She married a Milanese lawyer, Gustavo Pansini, who created for her a film production company, Flegrea Films. Having returned to France after World War II, she settled in Nice and founded the Saint-Laurent du Var studios and then a second production society with her husband, Les Films Pansini, for which she filmed several movies. In 1922, she gave up her directing career to dedicate herself to the education of her two daughters.

 Filmography

1921 ◘ La Puissance du Hasard

        ◘ Chantelouve (co-director with Georges Monca; also producer)

        ◘ Un Drame d'Amour

1922 ◘ Le Sang des Finoël (co-director with Georges Monca; also screenwriter, adapter, producer)

        ◘ Ludith (co-director with Georges Monca; also producer)

        ◘ Esclave (co-director with Georges Monca; also producer)

        ◘ Le Refuge (co-director with Georges Monca)