1919-06-21 Jerusalem, Palestine (now Israel)
Tsilla Chelton (21 June 1919 – 15 July 2012) was a French actress of theatre and film, famous for playing the main role in 1990 film Tatie Danielle, in which she was nominated for a Cesar award and as an elderly Dominican in Soeur Sourire. Tsilla Schilton was born in Jerusalem but spent her childhood in Belgium. The daughter of French parents of Jewish heritage, she lost her mother at the age of 6, and followed her father to Antwerp. She moved to Switzerland during World War II before settling in Paris. Married to decorator Jacques Noël, she had 4 children. Attracted by theatre, she started acting in Marcel Marceau's troupe. Her career was mainly in theatre, where she acted in the eleven works of Eugène Ionesco, earning a Molière Award for best comedian in Ionesco's The Chairs. She premiered the plays of Bertold Brecht in France, with Michel Serrault, Michel Piccoli and Laurent Terzieff. On the big screen, she became famous at 71 for her work in the 1990 Étienne Chatiliez film Tatie Danielle, where she played the title role as a hateful and cantankerous old lady. She taught comedy from 1964 onwards and was the teacher of the actors of the Splendid troupe, including Gérard Jugnot, Michel Blanc, and Thierry Lhermitte. Source: Article "Tsilla Chelton" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Sœur Sourire | La doyenne des Dominicaines | 2009-04-29 |
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Persécution | La vieille dame | 2009-10-17 |
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Pandora'nın Kutusu | Nusret | 2008-09-06 |
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Le Petit Fût | Mère Magloire | 2008-03-11 |
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Zone libre | Madame Schwartz | 2007-01-16 |
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Le Choix de Macha | Hortense | 2004-01-21 |
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Tout le plaisir est pour moi | Gaby | 2004-08-18 |
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Le Pacte du silence | Mère Joseph | 2003-03-05 |
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Que faisaient les femmes pendant que l'homme marchait sur la lune? | Lea | 2001-07-04 |
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The Musketeer | Madame Lacross | 2001-09-07 |
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La Soif de l'or | Mémé Zezette | 1993-08-31 |
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Tatie Danielle | Tatie Danielle | 1990-04-04 |
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Charter 2020 | Simone Le Guen | 1980-04-19 |
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La nuit, tous les chats sont gris | Madame Banalesco | 1977-11-23 |
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Diabolo menthe | The General Supervisor | 1977-12-14 |
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C'est pas parce qu'on a rien à dire qu'il faut fermer sa gueule... | Madame pipi | 1975-01-22 |
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La adúltera | 1975-12-15 | |
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Shanks | Mrs. Barton | 1974-10-09 |
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La Décade prodigieuse | Mère Théo | 1971-12-01 |
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L'Alliance | Mme Duvernet | 1971-01-15 |
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Shéhérazade | la magicienne | 1971-12-30 |
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Le Distrait | Madame Cliston | 1970-12-09 |
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Les Gauloises bleues | La directrice | 1969-06-07 |
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Alexandre le bienheureux | Mrs. Bouillot | 1968-02-09 |
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Les Compagnons de Baal | Une adoratrice de Cosmochronos | 1968-07-29 |
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La Grosse Caisse | 1965-07-09 | |
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La Communale | 1965-10-07 | |
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Les copains | l'hôtelière | 1965-01-15 |
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Dragées au poivre | 1963-09-04 | |
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Bébert et l'omnibus | La voyageuse | 1963-12-03 |
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Les sept péchés capitaux | (segment "La colère") (uncredited) | 1962-03-07 |
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