---
name: "Yvette Etiévant"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/yvette-etievant"
fi1m_id: "yvette-etievant"
imdb_id: "nm0959923"
tmdb_id: 39441
wikidata_id: "Q536543"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "30 December 1922"
died: "17 March 2003"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 85
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-25T08:59:11.051542+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."
---

# Yvette Etiévant

## Identity

Yvette Etiévant

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/yvette-etievant
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** yvette-etievant
- **IMDb ID:** nm0959923
- **TMDB ID:** 39441
- **Wikidata ID:** Q536543
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yvette_Eti%C3%A9vant, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q536543, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0959923/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/39441

Actor. Born 30 December 1922 in Paris, France. Died 17 March 2003.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 30 December 1922, Paris, France
- **Died:** 17 March 2003
- **Active:** 1951–1960
- **Also known as:** Yvette Etievent, Yvette Camille Hélène Étièvan-Estival
- **Average Fi1m score:** 85, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 84 (1), 1960s 86 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yvette_Eti%C3%A9vant, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q536543, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0959923/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/39441

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Eyes Without a Face*](https://film.one/film/eyes-without-a-face.md) (86)

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## Biography

Yvette Etiévant (also credited as Yvette Etievent) was a French actress. She appeared in supporting roles in numerous French films and television productions from the mid-1940s to the 1990s.

Born in Paris in 1922, she was the daughter of actor and director Henri Étiévant. She began her career in the theatre, notably creating the role in Jean Genet's *Les Bonnes* at the Théâtre de l'Athénée under Louis Jouvet. Her film credits include *Les Dames du bois de Boulogne* (1945), *Diary of a Country Priest* (1951) as the femme de ménage, *Eyes Without a Face* (1960), *War of the Buttons* (1962) as Lebrac's mother, *Je t'aime, je t'aime* (1968), and *State of Siege* (1972). She also had a prominent television role in the series *L'Homme du Picardie* (1968–1969).

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Eyes Without a Face* (1960), Fi1m 86, as Mother of the little sick man — [page](https://film.one/film/eyes-without-a-face.md)
- *Diary of a Country Priest* (1951), Fi1m 84, as Femme de Ménage — [page](https://film.one/film/diary-of-a-country-priest.md)

## Complete filmography (53)

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

- *Emergency Kisses* (1989), as Mathieu's Mother
- *Diary of a Madman* (1987), as Mavra
- *State of Grace* (1986), as Madeleine Lombard
- *Love on the Quiet* (1985), as Claire, Master Ravignac's secretary
- *Love Unto Death* (1984), as Voice (voice)
- *Le Bon Plaisir* (1984), as La secrétaire du President
- *Les Misérables* (1982), as La Bréjon, landlady of N.D. de Lorette (uncredited)
- *State of Siege* (1972), as Woman Senator
- *L'Homme du Picardie* (1968), series, as Thérèse Durtol
- *Je T'Aime, Je T'Aime* (1968), as Germaine Coster
- *The War Is Over* (1966), as Yvette
- *Cécilia, médecin de campagne* (1966), series, as Mme Maurel
- *The Black Indies* (1964), as Madge Ford
- *Marked Eyes* (1964), as L'hôtelière
- *Graduation Year* (1964), as Mrs. Cathou
- *Mata Hari, Agent H21* (1964), as L'infirmière sur le front (uncredited)
- *The Day and the Hour* (1963), as La caissière de la pharmacie
- *War of the Buttons* (1962), as Lebrac's mother
- *Flore et Blancheflore* (1961), as La reine
- *The Passion of Slow Fire* (1961), as Alice
- *The Bear* (1960), as Madame Médard
- *Thank You, Natercia* (1960), as (uncredited)
- *The Old Guard* (1960), as Louise, boss of the café
- *The Dialogue of the Carmelites* (1960), as Sister Lucy, extern sister
- *Pantalaskas* (1960), as Maria Clairgeon
- *Eyes Without a Face* (1960), as Mother of the little sick man — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/eyes-without-a-face.md)
- *Dangerous Games* (1958), as Fleur's mother
- *Si c'était vous* (1957), series, as Jeanne
- *The Wheel* (1957), as Marcelle
- *Crime and Punishment* (1956), Actor
- *People of No Importance* (1956), as Solange Viard
- *School for Love* (1955), as Mrs. Petersen, Elis's mother
- *Black Dossier* (1955), as La concierge du palais
- *Le Fil à la patte* (1954), as Marceline Gauthier, la sœur de Lucette
- *The Love of a Woman* (1953), as Fernande de Malgorny
- *Les Dents longues* (1953), as Yvonne
- *Une fille dans le soleil* (1953), as Paulette
- *We Are All Murderers* (1952), as L'épouse de Bauchet
- *Jocelyn* (1952), as Sister Louise
- *Alone in Paris* (1951), as Germaine
- *Two Pennies Worth of Violets* (1951), as Lucienne Desforges, la sœur de Thérèse
- *Trip to America* (1951), as La receveuse des postes
- *Under the Paris Sky* (1951), as (uncredited)
- *Skipper Next to God* (1951), as The girl
- *Diary of a Country Priest* (1951), as Femme de Ménage — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/diary-of-a-country-priest.md)
- *Topaze* (1951), as la dactylo de Topaze
- *Without Leaving an Address* (1951), as Adrienne Gauthier, la femme d’Émile
- *The Prize* (1950), as Marie, la jeune paysanne
- *The Perfume of the Lady in Black* (1949), as Girl at the party at Rouletabille's
- *The Mark of the Day* (1949), as (uncredited)
- *Between Eleven and Midnight* (1949), as Girl
- *Last Love* (1949), as Lina Bell
- *Les Dames du bois de Boulogne* (1945), as La bonne

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