Prix Suzanne Bianchetti

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The Prix Suzanne Bianchetti is an award in French cinema given annually since 1937 to the most promising young film actress.

The award was created by writer and actor René Jeanne (1887-1969) who served as the director of L'Etablissement Cinématographique des Armées. When his wife, actress Suzanne Bianchetti died in 1936 at the age of 47, he established an award dedicated to her memory to be given annually to the most promising young actress.

The award was given for the first time in 1937 to actress Junie Astor for her performance in the film Women's Club. The award comes in the form of a medallion engraved with Suzanne Bianchetti's image. Since its inception, the Prix Suzanne Bianchetti has been awarded to many of the greatest names in French cinema who went on to national and international stardom.

List of winners (incomplete)

1937 – Junie Astor (Women's Club, 1936)

1938 – Janine Darcey

1939 – Sylvia Bataille

1940 – Micheline Presle (Girls in Distress, 1939)

1941-1945 no award due to World War II

1947 – Simone Signoret

1948 – Odile Versois

1949 – Arlette Thomas

1950 – Christiane Lenier

1951 – Nadine Alari

1952 – Nadine Basile

1953 – Etchika Choureau (L'Envers du paradis, 1953)

1954 – Marina Vlady

1955 – Geneviève Kervine

1956 – Annie Girardot

1957 – Anne Doat

1958 – Pascale Petit (One Life, 1957)

1959 – Roger Dumas (awarded to a male actor)

1960 – Perrette Pradier

1961 – Renée Marie Potet

1962 – Corinne Marchand

1963 – Marie Dubois

1964 – Colette Castel

1965 – Macha Méril

1966 – Geneviève Bujold

1967 – Caroline Cellier (awarded for a stage performance in Pygmalion)

1968 – Danièle Evenou

1970 – Ludmila Mikaël

1972 – Bulle Ogier

1974 – Isabelle Adjani (La Gifle, 1974)

1976 – Isabelle Huppert (The Judge and the Assassin, 1976)

1980 – Dominique Laffin

1986 – Juliette Binoche (Mauvais Sang, 1986)

1988 – Marianne Basler

1990 – Dominique Blanc

1991 – Anouk Grinberg

1993 – Charlotte Kady

1994 – Isabelle Carré

1995 – Clotilde Courau

1996 – Sandrine Kiberlain

1998 – Virginie Ledoyen

2000 – Audrey Tautou

2001 – Barbara Schulz

2002 – Françoise Gillard

2003 – Mélanie Doutey

2004 – Sara Forestier and Sophie Quinton

2005 – Chloé Lambert

2006 – Nathalie Boutefeu

2007 – Déborah François

2008 – Clotilde Hesme

2009 – Astrid Berges-Frisbey

2010 – Elodie Navarre

2011 – Anaïs Demoustier

2012 – Marie Kremer

2013 – Pauline Étienne

2014 – Adèle Haenel

2015 – Marine Vacth

2016 – Camille Cottin

References

Prix Suzanne Bianchetti Wikipedia

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