Suzanne Flon (28 January 1918 – 15 June 2005) was a French stage, film, and television actress. She won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress for her performance in the 1961 film Thou Shalt Not Kill. Flon also received two César Awards and two Molière Awards in her career.
Early life Her father was a railway worker and her mother crafted jewellery. Prior to becoming an actress, Flon worked as an English translator at the Paris department store Au Printemps and then as personal secretary to Édith Piaf. The great love of her life was the legendary film director John Huston. She never married.
Theatre roles Flon's stage credits included plays by Jean Anouilh (L'Alouette,The title role, Jeanne d'Arc. Antigone,Programme for original run of Antigone, 1944 on A.R.T, La Mémoire du théâtre, accessed 3 August 2019. She played Ismène in the 1944 premiere. Roméo et JeannetteShe created Julia.), André Roussin (La Petite Hutte), and Loleh Bellon (La Chambre d'amis, Les Dames du jeudi, Changement à vue, and Une Absence). Her English-language theatrical roles included Katherine (The Taming of the Shrew) and Rosalind (As You Like It).
Filmography Year Title Role Director Notes1941 Ce n'est pas moi Petit rôle Jacques de Baroncelli Uncredited1943 Colonel Chabert Albertine René Le Hénaff Uncredited1947 Captain Blomet Andrée Feix1949 Suzanne and the Robbers Suzanne Seguin Yves Ciampi Last Love Simone Jean Stelli Cage of Girls Madame Edith Maurice Cloche1950 Bed for Two; Rendezvous with Luck Blanche Pidoux-Bobin Emil-Edwin Reinert1951 The Beautiful Image Lucienne Chenal Claude Heymann1952 Trial at the Vatican Mother Agnès de Jésus André Haguet Moulin Rouge Myriamme Hayam John Huston1954 Your Favorite Story Leslie Goodwins & Jacques Nahum TV series (1 Episode)1955 Mr. Arkadin Baroness Nagel Orson Welles 1958 Prisons de femmes Maurice Cloche (2)1960 Un beau dimanche de septembre Adriana Marcel Cravenne TV movie1961 Tu ne tueras point Kordijeova's mother Claude Autant-Lara Volpi Cup for Best Actress Madame se meurt Narrator Jean Cayrol & Claude Durand Short Famous Love Affairs Margravine Ursula Michel Boisrond (segment "Agnès Bernauer")1962 Le mal court Alcarica Alain Boudet TV movie A Monkey in Winter Suzanne Quentin Henri Verneuil The Trial Miss Pittl Orson Welles (2)1963 The Bread Peddler Jeanne Fortier Maurice Cloche (3) Nutty, Naughty Chateau Agathe Roger Vadim1964 The Train Mademoiselle Villard John Frankenheimer1967 If I Were a Spy Geneviève Laurent Bertrand Blier Le soleil des voyous Marie-Jeanne Farrand Jean Delannoy1968 Tante Zita Yvette Robert Enrico Le franciscain de Bourges Madame Toledano Claude Autant-Lara (2)1969 Délire à deux Vous Michel Mitrani TV movie Under the Sign of the Bull Christine Raynal Gilles Grangier Jeff Mrs. de Groote Jean Herman La chasse royale Céline François Leterrier 1970 Teresa Teresa Gérard Vergez Taormina Film Fest - Best Acting Performance1971 Aussi loin que l'amour The Captain Frédéric Rossif1973 Les volets clos Rosalie Jean-Claude Brialy Escape to Nowhere Jeanne Claude Pinoteau Au théâtre ce soir Hélène Georges Folgoas TV series (1 Episode)1974 Le tour d'écrou Elizabeth Gridders Raymond Rouleau TV movie Les enquêtes du commissaire Maigret Aline Callas Marcel Cravenne (2) TV series (1 Episode) Un amour de pluie Madame Edith Jean-Claude Brialy (2) Nouvelles de Henry James Elizabeth Raymond Rouleau (2) TV series (1 Episode)1975 Le voyage en province Alain's mother Jacques Tréfouel TV movie Le renard dans l'île Aunt Martine Leïla Senati TV movie1976 Docteur Françoise Gailland Geneviève Liénard Jean-Louis Bertucelli Monsieur Albert Man-Louise Jacques Renard Monsieur Klein The concierge Joseph Losey Boomerang Madame Grimaldi José Giovanni Hôtel Baltimore Millie Arcady TV movie1977 La vérité de Madame Langlois Thérèse Claude Santelli TV movie Black-Out Barmaid Philippe Mordacq1979 Les héritiers Jeanne Jean-Pierre Gallo TV series (1 Episode)1980 Le noeud de vipères Isa Jacques Trébouta TV movie Une voix Dominique Crèvecoeur Short Le curé de Tours Mademoiselle Gamard Gabriel Axel TV movie1981 Quartet Madame Hautchamp James Ivory Mon meilleur Noël The grand mother Gabriel Axel (2) TV series (1 Episode)1983 One Deadly Summer Nine Cognata Jean Becker César Award for Best Supporting Actress1984 Le dialogue des Carmélites Madame de Croissy Pierre Cardinal TV movie Le coeur sur la main Marcelle Hervé Baslé TV movie Mademoiselle Clarisse Mademoiselle Clarisse Ange Casta TV movie7 d'Or for Best Actress Le dernier civil Mademoiselle Fabricius Laurent Heynemann TV movie1985 La robe mauve de Valentine Marie Patrick Bureau TV movie1986 Cinéma 16 Georgette Franck Apprederis TV series (1 Episode) Triple sec Yves Thomas Short1987 Série noire Renée Marcel Bluwal TV series (1 Episode) Dagboek van een Oude Dwaas Denise Hamelinck Lili Rademakers Gigi Madame Alvarez Jeannette Hubert TV movie Chacun sa vérité Madame Frola Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe TV movie Noyade interdite Hazelle Pierre Granier-Deferre1988 En toute innocence Clemence Alain Jessua1989 La vouivre Louise Muselier Georges Wilson César Award for Best Supporting Actress1990 Gaspard et Robinson Mamie Tony Gatlif1992 Voyage à Rome The mother Michel Lengliney1999 The Children of the Marshland Old Cri Cri Jean Becker (2) Je suis né d'une cigogne The neighbor Tony Gatlif (2)2001 A Crime in Paradise The mistress Jean Becker (3)2002 Le miroir d'Alice Maura Le Bellec Marc Rivière TV movie Mille millièmes Madame Chartreux Rémi Waterhouse2003 The Flower of Evil Aunt Line Claude Chabrol Effroyables jardins Marie Gerbier Jean Becker (4)2004 The Bridesmaid Madame Crespin Claude Chabrol (2)2005 Joyeux Noël Chatelaine Christian Carion2006 Avenue Montaigne Madame Roux Danièle Thompson (final film role)
Awards and nominations
César Awards
Year Category Film Result1984 Best Supporting Actress L'Été meurtrier 1990 La Vouivre
Molière Awards
Year Category Play Result1987 Best Actress Léopold le bien-aimé 1989 Une absence 1992 L'Antichambre 1995 La Chambre d'amis 2000 L'Amante anglaise
Venice Film Festival
Year Category Film Result1961Volpi Cup for Best ActressTu ne tueras pointVenice Film Festival website, http://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/history/volpi.html
Tributes Director Danièle Thompson dedicated Avenue Montaigne to Flon, who had here her last film appearance. Writer-director John Huston described Flon as "the most extraordinary woman I have ever known."Playboy, "Playboy Interview", September 1985
References
External links
"Obituary: Suzanne Flon (Article)" at The Independent on 3 September 2005