---
name: "Odette Myrtil"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/odette-myrtil"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "26 June 1898"
died: "18 November 1978"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-20T00:48:13.318081+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."
---

# Odette Myrtil

Actor. Born 26 June 1898 in Paris, France. Died 18 November 1978.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 26 June 1898, Paris, France
- **Died:** 18 November 1978
- **Active:** 1936–1942
- **Also known as:** Odette Myrtil Quignard, Odette Myrtle, Odette Laure Clotilde Quignarde
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 3 acting, 1 other
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 87 (1), 1940s 74 (2), 1950s 86 (1)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Romance 2, Music 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odette_Myrtil, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7077756, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0617160/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/30281

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Dodsworth*](https://film.one/film/dodsworth.md) (87)

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## Biography

Odette Myrtil (born Odette Laure Clotilde Quignarde; 28 June 1898 – 18 November 1978) was a French-born American actress, singer and violinist. She began her career as a violinist on the vaudeville stage in Paris at the age of 14 and studied violin in Brussels. She later performed in London revues, including *The Bing Boys Are Here* (1916), and appeared in numerous Broadway productions from the mid-1920s onwards.

Myrtil made her film debut in a speaking role as Renée de Penable in *Dodsworth* (1936). She went on to appear in supporting parts in more than 25 films, often portraying elegant European characters, including Delphine Detaille in *Kitty Foyle* (1940), Madame Bartholdi in *Yankee Doodle Dandy* (1942) and an uncredited role in *Strangers on a Train* (1951). She also worked as a costume designer on several pictures in the 1940s and 1950s.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

### Performed in (3) — the average rests on these

- *Yankee Doodle Dandy* (1942), Fi1m 78, as Madame Bartholdi — [page](https://film.one/film/yankee-doodle-dandy.md)
- *Kitty Foyle* (1940), Fi1m 70, as Delphine Detaille — [page](https://film.one/film/kitty-foyle.md)
- *Dodsworth* (1936), Fi1m 87, as Renée de Penable — [page](https://film.one/film/dodsworth.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Strangers on a Train* (1951), Fi1m 86, as Madame Darville (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/strangers-on-a-train.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

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

- *Hot Pants Holiday* (1971), as Odette
- *The Last Time I Saw Paris* (1954), as Singer
- *Lady Possessed* (1952), as Mrs. Burrows
- *Strangers on a Train* (1951), as Madame Darville (uncredited) — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/strangers-on-a-train.md)
- *711 Ocean Drive* (1950), Costume Design
- *The Fighting Kentuckian* (1949), as Madame De Marchand
- *Manhandled* (1949), Costume Designer
- *Studio One* (1948), series, Actor
- *Devotion* (1946), as Mademoiselle Heger (uncredited)
- *Getting Gertie's Garter* (1945), Costume Design
- *Allotment Wives* (1945), Costume Design
- *Divorce* (1945), Costume Design
- *Brewster's Millions* (1945), Costume Design
- *Dark Waters* (1944), as Mama Boudreaux
- *Uncertain Glory* (1944), as Mme. Bonet
- *Assignment in Brittany* (1943), as Louis' Sister
- *Forever and a Day* (1943), as Madame Gaby
- *Reunion in France* (1942), as Madame Montanot
- *The Pied Piper* (1942), as Madame Rougeron
- *Yankee Doodle Dandy* (1942), as Madame Bartholdi — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/yankee-doodle-dandy.md)
- *Two-Faced Woman* (1941), as Dress Shop Saleswoman (uncredited)
- *Out of the Fog* (1941), as Caroline Pomponette
- *Kitty Foyle* (1940), as Delphine Detaille — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/kitty-foyle.md)
- *Suez* (1938), as Duchess
- *The Girl from Scotland Yard* (1937), as Yvonne Dupre
- *Dodsworth* (1936), as Renée de Penable — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/dodsworth.md)

## Gallery

- ![Odette Myrtil, 1916](https://film.one/media/person/460561/gallery-16a46273f926.jpg) Odette Myrtil, 1916 — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Myrtle%2C_Odette_1916.jpg/1280px-Myrtle%2C_Odette_1916.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Odette Myrtil](https://film.one/media/person/460561/gallery-6b2d50d0c2e9.jpg) Odette Myrtil — Image via TMDB

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