--- name: "Marcelle Corday" canonical: "https://film.one/person/marcelle-corday" roles: [] born: "7 January 1890" died: "25 June 1971" reviewed_on_fi1m: 3 average_fi1m_score: 72 average_over: 3 updated: "2026-09-20T00:43:59.682380+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." --- # Marcelle Corday Actor. Born 7 January 1890 in Brussels, Belgium. Died 25 June 1971. ## Details - **Born:** 7 January 1890, Brussels, Belgium - **Died:** 25 June 1971 - **Active:** 1936–1937 - **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 acting, 1 other - **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 3, Romance 2, Crime 1, Music 1, War 1 - **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $5m across 1 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcelle_Corday, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6756370, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0179409/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/106092 ## Streaming the US now - **Apple TV:** [*A Farewell to Arms*](https://film.one/film/a-farewell-to-arms.md) (80) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Marcelle Corday was a Belgian-born American actress who appeared in supporting roles in Hollywood films from the mid-1920s to the early 1950s. She began her career on the stage in Brussels and Paris, performing with Jacques Copeau's Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier company, which brought her to New York in 1917. She moved to California around 1923 and made her film debut in 1925. Corday was often cast in minor parts as maids, nurses, governesses and similar characters, frequently uncredited. Her credits include *A Farewell to Arms* (1932) as the Swiss Nurse, *The Great Ziegfeld* (1936) as Marie, and *Dead End* (1937) as the Governess. She was the niece of violinist Eugène Ysaÿe. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (3) ### Performed in (2) - *Dead End* (1937), Fi1m 73, as Governess — [page](https://film.one/film/dead-end.md) - *The Great Ziegfeld* (1936), Fi1m 64, as Marie — [page](https://film.one/film/the-great-ziegfeld.md) ### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited - *A Farewell to Arms* (1932), Fi1m 80, as Swiss Nurse (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/a-farewell-to-arms.md) ## Complete filmography (53) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Pagan Love Song* (1950), as Countess Mariani (uncredited) - *To the Victor* (1948), as Elise, Pablo's housekeeper - *Deception* (1946), as Hat Check Woman (uncredited) - *Swamp Fire* (1946), as Grandmere Rousseau - *Allotment Wives* (1945), as Madame Gaston - *Mrs. Parkington* (1944), as Madame de Thebes (uncredited) - *Till We Meet Again* (1944), as Elderly Waitress - *Passage to Marseille* (1944), as Grocer's Wife (uncredited) - *Above Suspicion* (1943), as Paris Hotel Maid (Uncredited) - *The Great Impersonation* (1942), as French Woman - *The Palm Beach Story* (1942), as Elderly Maid (uncredited) - *The Pied Piper* (1942), as Madame Bonne - *Earthbound* (1940), as Louise - Linda's Maid - *The House Across the Bay* (1940), as French Maid - *Suez* (1938), as Mme. Paquineau - *I'll Give a Million* (1938), as Mother (uncredited) - *Always Goodbye* (1938), as Roddy's Nurse - *Happy Landing* (1938), as Gypsy - *My Dear Miss Aldrich* (1937), as Madame Sada (uncredited) - *Dead End* (1937), as Governess — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/dead-end.md) - *Café Metropole* (1937), as Secretary (uncredited) - *Seventh Heaven* (1937), as Frenchwoman (uncredited) - *The Great Ziegfeld* (1936), as Marie — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/the-great-ziegfeld.md) - *Peter Ibbetson* (1935), as Maid (uncredited) - *Hands Across the Table* (1935), as Celeste (uncredited) - *Here's to Romance* (1935), as Concierge - *Folies Bergère* (1935), as Josephine - *Hat, Coat and Glove* (1934), as Hat Saleslady (uncredited) - *The World Moves On* (1934), as Madame Girard II (1914) - *Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen* (1934), as Baby's Nurse - *Pilgrimage* (1933), Actor - *The Barbarian* (1933), as Diana's Maid Marthe - *Whistling in the Dark* (1933), as Hilda - *A Farewell to Arms* (1932), as Swiss Nurse (uncredited) — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/a-farewell-to-arms.md) - *Blonde Venus* (1932), as Helen's Maid in France (uncredited) - *What Price Hollywood?* (1932), as French Nursemaid (uncredited) - *Careless Lady* (1932), as Marie - French Chambermaid - *This Modern Age* (1931), as Alyce - *Let Us Be Gay* (1931), Actor - *Midnight Mystery* (1930), as Harriet Cooper - *The Green Specter* (1930), as La femme de chambre - *The Trespasser* (1929), as Blanche the Maid - *They Had to See Paris* (1929), as Marquise De Brissac (uncredited) - *Quality Street* (1927), as Henrietta Tumbull - *When a Man Loves* (1927), as Marie (uncredited) - *The Scarlet Letter* (1927), as Mistress Hibbins - *Jim the Conqueror* (1926), as Judy - *Flesh and the Devil* (1926), as Minna - *Into Her Kingdom* (1926), as Tatiana's Maid - *The Greater Glory* (1926), as Maid - *The Splendid Crime* (1925), as Madame Denise - *We Moderns* (1925), as Theodosia - *The Red Lily* (1924), as Harassed Woman in Bar (uncredited) ## Gallery - ![Film actress Marcelle Corday. Subjects (LCTGM): actresses (1930)](https://film.one/media/person/1226050/gallery-a75d60c6d58d.jpg) Film actress Marcelle Corday. Subjects (LCTGM): actresses (1930) — Unknown photographerUnknown photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Film_actress_Marcelle_Corday_%28SAYRE_22009%29.jpg/1280px-Film_actress_Marcelle_Corday_%28SAYRE_22009%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Marcelle Corday in Swamp Fire - cropped screenshot (1946)](https://film.one/media/person/1226050/gallery-aafc8f47cdfc.jpg) Marcelle Corday in Swamp Fire - cropped screenshot (1946) — Film screenshot (Paramount Pictures), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/Marcelle_Corday_in_Swamp_Fire_%281946%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Marcelle Corday](https://film.one/media/person/1226050/gallery-65a99f6eb1d1.jpg) Marcelle Corday — unknown (MGM), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Marcelle_Corday_%28Q6756370%29_%28cropped%29.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Marcelle Corday](https://film.one/media/person/1226050/gallery-2d552c94e5f8.jpg) Marcelle Corday — Image via TMDB - ![Marcelle Corday](https://film.one/media/person/1226050/gallery-677114bdd08b.jpg) Marcelle Corday — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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