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name: "Héléna Manson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/helena-manson"
fi1m_id: "helena-manson"
imdb_id: "nm0543924"
tmdb_id: 37183
wikidata_id: "Q3144902"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "18 August 1898"
died: "14 September 1994"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T07:03:45.174560+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Héléna Manson

## Identity

Héléna Manson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/helena-manson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** helena-manson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0543924
- **TMDB ID:** 37183
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3144902
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A9l%C3%A9na_Manson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3144902, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0543924/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/37183

Actor. Born 18 August 1898 in Caracas, Venezuela. Died 14 September 1994.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 18 August 1898, Caracas, Venezuela
- **Died:** 14 September 1994
- **Also known as:** Elena Eugénia Manson, Элена Мансон, Hélène Manson
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A9l%C3%A9na_Manson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3144902, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0543924/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/37183

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Lola Montès*](https://film.one/film/lola-montes.md) (81)

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## Biography

Héléna Manson (also credited as Elena Eugénia Manson or Hélène Manson) was a French actress. Born on 18 August 1898 in Caracas, Venezuela, she died in 1994 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. She appeared in more than 100 films between 1925 and 1989, frequently in supporting and character roles.

She trained at the Conservatoire de Genève and began her career in the theatre with the Pitoëff company. On screen, she is known for roles including Marie Corbin in *Le Corbeau* (1943), Lieutenant James' Sister in *Lola Montès* (1955), the head nurse in *The Tenant* (1976) and the landlady in *Les Misérables* (1982). She was married to producer René Montis.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, fr.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Lola Montès* (1955), Fi1m 81, as Lieutenant James' Sister — [page](https://film.one/film/lola-montes.md)

## Complete filmography (77)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Husbands, the Wives, the Lovers* (1989), as Mère dentiste
- *Agent trouble* (1987), as Madame Sackman, la directrice du musée
- *Les Misérables* (1982), as Landlady of the house Corbeau
- *My American Uncle* (1980), as La logeuse de René à Cholet
- *Un amour de jeunesse* (1977), as 'La Pieuvre'
- *The Tenant* (1976), as Head Nurse
- *Peace in the Fields* (1972), as Johanna
- *L'homme qui venait du Cher* (1969), as La vieille en noir
- *Sylvie des trois ormes* (1968), series, as Adrienne
- *At Theatre Tonight* (1966), series, as Ellen
- *Paris in August* (1966), as Mrs. Pampine, concierge
- *A Trap for Cinderella* (1965), as Nurse (uncredited)
- *Don Quijote von der Mancha* (1965), series, as Die Haushälterin Geronima
- *Don Quijote* (1965), as Die Haushälterin Geronima
- *The Sword and the Balance* (1963), as Lady from the jury
- *The Burning Court* (1962), as Augusta Henderson
- *Famous Love Affairs* (1961), as la duchesse
- *The President* (1961), as Mme Taupin
- *Blonde in a White Car* (1959), as Amélie
- *Women Are Weak* (1959), as La Mère Supérieure
- *Un homme se penche sur son passé* (1958), as Madame Le Floch
- *An Eye for an Eye* (1957), as Mme Laurier
- *Bonjour jeunesse* (1957), as The cousin
- *The Vintage* (1957), as Eugénie (uncredited)
- *Les Lumières du soir* (1956), as Job seeker
- *Les Truands* (1956), as Nana Benoît aîné
- *Goubbiah and the Gipsy Girl* (1956), as Goubbiah's Aunt
- *People of No Importance* (1956), as Germaine Constantin dite Mme Germaine
- *Lola Montès* (1955), as Lieutenant James' Sister — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/lola-montes.md)
- *Black Dossier* (1955), as La femme du procureur
- *La fille perdue* (1954), Actor
- *Children of Love* (1953), as Miss Lefort
- *Le Secret d'une mère* (1952), Actor
- *Torticola versus Frankensberg* (1952), as Governess of Frankensberg
- *Stranger on the Prowl* (1952), as Grocery Store Clerk (victim)
- *Le Plaisir* (1952), as Marie Rivet
- *Two Pennies Worth of Violets* (1951), as Mme Desforges, la mère malade
- *Adventures of Captain Fabian* (1951), as Josephine
- *Born of Unknown Father* (1950), as Mrs. Denis
- *The Ferret* (1950), as Elise Bonvallet
- *Farewell Mister Grock* (1950), as Aunt Pauline
- *The Farm of Seven Sins* (1949), as Michèle Frémont
- *Return to Life* (1949), as Simone (segment "Le retour de tante Emma")
- *La Louve* (1949), as Alphonsine
- *Manon* (1949), as Gossipy Woman
- *Endless Night* (1947), as The Leleuf girl
- *The Murderer Is Not Guilty* (1946), as Anne-Marie Mahé
- *Her Last Part* (1946), Actor
- *The Eternal Husband* (1946), as Mother of Mathias the hussar
- *Mermoz* (1943), as Madame Mermoz
- *Le Corbeau* (1943), as Marie Corbin, l'infirmière
- *L'Escalier sans fin* (1943), as Mademoiselle Michaud
- *The London Man* (1943), as Julie Malouin
- *Marie-Martine* (1943), as Madame Limousin
- *Picpus* (1943), as Marie, la bonne (uncredited)
- *The Benefactor* (1942), as Gertrude, maid
- *The Newspaper Falls at Five O'Clock* (1942), as Marie Le Goard
- *Strangers in the House* (1942), as Madame Manu
- *Who Killed Santa Claus?* (1941), as Marie Coquillot
- *Two Women* (1940), as La soeur de Karelina
- *Last Desire* (1939), as Maria
- *Second Childhood* (1939), as Marie
- *Southern Bar* (1938), Actor
- *Rail Pirates* (1938), as Madame Teysseire
- *In Venice, One Night* (1937), as Julie
- *Hélène* (1936), as Valérie
- *Pension Mimosas* (1935), as Little rentier
- *A Train in the Night* (1934), as Madwoman
- *Coralie and Company* (1934), as The nurse
- *Fedora* (1934), as Room maid
- *Madame Bovary* (1934), as Héloïse Bovary
- *Le cas du docteur Brenner* (1933), as Nurse
- *Comradeship* (1931), as Rose, Albert's Wife
- *Mr. Duke* (1931), as Secretary
- *The Indictment* (1931), as Annette Evans
- *The mystery of the pink villa* (1930), as Hélène Vauquier
- *The Vocation of André Carel* (1925), as Cardan

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