Catherine Hessling

Catherine Hessling

Catherine Hessling, born Andrée Madeleine Heuschling, was a French stage and screen actress and the first wife of film director Jean Renoir. Hessling appeared in 15, mostly silent, films before retiring from the acting profession and withdrawing from public life in the mid-1930s.

Known For

Nana

as Nana

The Whirlpool of Fate

as Virginia Rosaert

Cast Credits

High and Low

as Mademoiselle Paula

Little Red Riding Hood

as Le petit chaperon rouge

The Sad Sack

as L'institutrice

Yvette

as Yvette

Backbiters

as Catherine Ferrand

Charleston Parade

as Parisian savage

Nana

as Nana

The Whirlpool of Fate

as Virginia Rosaert