---
name: "Marcelle Hainia"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/marcelle-hainia"
fi1m_id: "marcelle-hainia"
imdb_id: "nm0354325"
tmdb_id: 140349
wikidata_id: "Q3289553"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "11 November 1896"
died: "9 August 1968"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T00:57:55.120230+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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# Marcelle Hainia

## Identity

Marcelle Hainia

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/marcelle-hainia
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** marcelle-hainia
- **IMDb ID:** nm0354325
- **TMDB ID:** 140349
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3289553
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcelle_Hainia, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3289553, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0354325/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/140349

Actor. Born 11 November 1896 in Paris, France. Died 9 August 1968.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 11 November 1896, Paris, France
- **Died:** 9 August 1968
- **Also known as:** Marcelle Pontagnier
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcelle_Hainia, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3289553, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0354325/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/140349

## Biography

Marcelle Hainia (also credited as Marcelle Pontagnier) was a French stage and film actress. Born Marcelle Pontagnier on 13 November 1896 in Paris, she died there on 9 August 1968.

She made her screen debut as Emma Lestingois in Jean Renoir's *Boudu Saved from Drowning* (1932). Her other film roles include Goupi-Cancan in *It Happened at the Inn* (1943), a part in *Antoine & Antoinette* (1947), and Fredo's wife in *Rififi* (1955). She appeared in supporting roles in more than twenty films between 1932 and 1968.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Boudu Saved from Drowning* (1932), Fi1m 82, as Emma Lestingois — [page](https://film.one/film/boudu-saved-from-drowning.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

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

- *Les Aventures de Lagardère* (1968), as Dame Marthe
- *Un mois à la campagne* (1966), as Anna Semenovna
- *The Twilight Girls* (1957), Actor
- *The Wages of Sin* (1956), as (uncredited)
- *Rififi* (1955), as Fredo's Wife
- *The Rebels of Lomanach* (1954), as Dowager
- *La demoiselle et son revenant* (1952), Actor
- *Love, Madame* (1952), as Mme. Broussard
- *Justice Is Done* (1950), as Angèle Popélier, other hotelier
- *Mademoiselle Josette, ma femme* (1950), as Madame Dutilleul
- *Torrents* (1947), as Aunt Coralie
- *Antoine & Antoinette* (1947), as Une invitée au mariage
- *Martin Roumagnac* (1946), as Madame Percheron
- *Gringalet* (1946), as Madame Blanchard
- *Father Serge* (1945), Actor
- *Paris Frills* (1945), as (uncredited)
- *Night Shift* (1944), as Madame Sandoz
- *It Happened at the Inn* (1943), as Goupi-Cancan
- *The Little Thing* (1938), as Madame Fougeroux
- *Boudu Saved from Drowning* (1932), as Emma Lestingois — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/boudu-saved-from-drowning.md)

## Gallery

- ![Marcelle Hainia](https://film.one/media/person/3853053/gallery-07052658a8cb.jpg) Marcelle Hainia — Image via TMDB
- ![Marcelle Hainia](https://film.one/media/person/3853053/gallery-6f1b27db97d1.jpg) Marcelle Hainia — Image via TMDB

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