Biography
Jane Pierson, also credited as Jeanne Pierson, was a French actress. She appeared in around fifty films between 1924 and 1953, usually in supporting roles.
She worked frequently with director René Clair, appearing in eight of his films, and with Jean Renoir on three occasions. Among her credits are Under the Roofs of Paris (1930), Le Million (1931) as the grocer, La Chienne (1931) as the concierge Philomène, and Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932). Her final screen role was in Sacha Guitry's La Vie d'un honnête homme (1953).
Pierson was born Jeanne Fanny Boudios on 3 March 1877 in the 9th arrondissement of Paris and died on 16 June 1971 in Saint-Denis.
