---
name: "Rosita Marstini"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rosita-marstini"
fi1m_id: "rosita-marstini"
imdb_id: "nm0551347"
tmdb_id: 29980
wikidata_id: "Q7368987"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "19 September 1887"
died: "24 April 1948"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-25T06:17:35.413755+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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# Rosita Marstini

## Identity

Rosita Marstini

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rosita-marstini
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rosita-marstini
- **IMDb ID:** nm0551347
- **TMDB ID:** 29980
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7368987
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosita_Marstini, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7368987, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0551347/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/29980

Actor. Born 19 September 1887 in Nancy, France. Died 24 April 1948.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 19 September 1887, Nancy, France
- **Died:** 24 April 1948
- **Active:** 1925–1934
- **Also known as:** Countess de Merstina, Madame Paul Bourgeois, Mme. Bourgeois, Madame Marie Marstini, Madame Marstini, Risita Marstini
- **Average Fi1m score:** 75, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1920s 80 (1), 1930s 70 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosita_Marstini, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7368987, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0551347/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/29980

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*The Big Parade*](https://film.one/film/the-big-parade.md) (80)

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## Biography

Rosita Marstini (19 September 1887 – 24 April 1948) was a French-born dancer, stage performer and film actress who worked in American silent and sound pictures. Born in Nancy, France, she married Belgian actor and director Paul Sablon (also credited as Paul Bourgeois) in 1913 and moved with him to the United States that year.

She began her screen career at Universal Pictures in 1913 with *A Prisoner in the Harem* and appeared under names including Countess de Merstina and Madame Paul Bourgeois. Marstini performed on the Pantages vaudeville circuit from 1916. Among her credits are *A Tale of Two Cities* (1917), *Blood and Sand* (1922), *The Red Lily* (1924) and *The Big Parade* (1925), in which she played Melisande’s mother. Her first sound film was *Hot for Paris* (1929); later appearances include *Mexicana* (1945) and *Casbah* (1948).

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The House of Rothschild* (1934), Fi1m 70, as Woman at Mayer Rothschild's House — [page](https://film.one/film/the-house-of-rothschild.md)
- *The Big Parade* (1925), Fi1m 80, as Melisande's Mother — [page](https://film.one/film/the-big-parade.md)

## Complete filmography (51)

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

- *Casbah* (1948), as Woman
- *Rose of Santa Rosa* (1947), as Mamacita
- *Holiday in Mexico* (1946), as Maria, Iturbi's Housekeeper
- *Mexicana* (1945), as Matron
- *This Love of Ours* (1945), as Mme. Flambertin
- *In Love with Life* (1934), as Brouquet
- *The House of Rothschild* (1934), as Woman at Mayer Rothschild's House — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/the-house-of-rothschild.md)
- *I Cover the Waterfront* (1933), as Mrs. Silva
- *The Fourth Horseman* (1932), as Madame Fifi
- *Hot for Paris* (1929), as Fifi's Mother
- *No Other Woman* (1928), as Carmelita's Aunt
- *We Americans* (1928), as Mrs. Albertini
- *Flame of the Argentine* (1926), as Madame Marsini
- *The Big Parade* (1925), as Melisande's Mother — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-big-parade.md)
- *Proud Flesh* (1925), as Vicente
- *The Redeeming Sin* (1925), as Mère Michi
- *The Lover of Camille* (1924), as Charwoman
- *The Red Lily* (1924), as Madame Charpied
- *Shadows of Paris* (1924), as Madame Vali, A Poetess
- *Enter Madame* (1922), as Bice
- *Blood and Sand* (1922), as Encarnacion
- *The Primal Law* (1921), as La Belle
- *Serenade* (1921), as Maria's mother
- *The Outside Woman* (1921), as Mrs. Cambridge
- *The Evil Eye* (1920), as Marcia Lamar
- *Silk Husbands and Calico Wives* (1920), as Mrs. Westervelt
- *The Luck of Geraldine Laird* (1920), as Paula Lucas
- *Flames of the Flesh* (1920), as Suzette De Pouges
- *Widow by Proxy* (1919), as Mme. Gilligan
- *The Tiger Lily* (1919), as Mrs. Philip Remington
- *The Veiled Adventure* (1919), as Mlle. Hortense
- *Rosemary Climbs the Heights* (1918), as Mrs. Preston-Carr
- *Good Night, Paul* (1918), as Madame Julie
- *The Moral Law* (1918), as Maruja de Costa
- *Madame du Barry* (1917), as Mother Savord
- *The Babes in the Woods* (1917), as Mrs. Hamilton
- *The Clever Mrs. Carfax* (1917), as Rena Varsey
- *The Innocent Sinner* (1917), as Madame De Coeur
- *High Finance* (1917), as Mrs. Mathilda Vanderpool
- *A Tale of Two Cities* (1917), as Madame Therese Defarge
- *Mister Vampire* (1916), as The Other Woman (as Madame Paul Bourgeois)
- *Nadine of Nowhere* (1916), as Nadine
- *A Recoiling Vengeance* (1916), as Mme. Aimee Ledoux
- *The Whole Jungle Was After Him* (1916), as Rosita
- *On the Trail of the Tigress* (1916), as Pidetta
- *The Lion's Ward* (1915), Actor
- *Graft* (1915), Actor
- *The Heart of a Tigress* (1915), as Mrs. Grace Haverty
- *When Rome Ruled* (1914), as Caius' Bride (as Countess de Merstina)
- *Bungling Bunk's Bunco* (1914), as The Persian Princess
- *A Prisoner in the Harem* (1913), as Toru

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