Anne-Marie Chazelle is known to viewers around the world, thanks to the filming of the Jean-Marie Poiret Alien trilogy. But in the filmography of the actress, there are much more interesting film works, in addition, in France, Anne-Marie is considered a prominent theatrical figure. How did Chazelle's career begin? And in what films can it be seen, in addition to the "Aliens"?
short biography
Ann-Marie Chazelle was born in 1951 in the French department of the Upper Alps. Her family is quite unusual: her father is a pastor, and her mother is an actress.
In addition to Ann-Marie, the Chazelle family raised two more daughters and a son. Unfortunately, the actress's brother died at an early age.
A girl from a young age was fond of cinema, theater. Apparently, all the same, the maternal genes took up. But the father did not approve of his daughter's addiction to acting.
After school, Anne-Marie entered the Lyceum of Louis Pasteur. Many famous French people graduated from the walls of this educational institution: director Michel Blanc, teacher-reformer Ferdinand Buisson and even French President Francois Oland.
After graduating from the Lyceum, Marie-Anne studied history at a university in Paris for 2 years, but did not forget to attend acting classes at Tsilla Shelton. However, the young Mademoiselle Chazelle failed to become a historian.
Carier start
In 1974, comrades in the Lyceum invited Ann-Marie Chazelle to join their theatrical troupe Splendid. In addition to Chazelle, the creative team also included comedians Christian Clavier ("Operation Stew"), Michel Blanc ("The Fugitive") and many other famous French actors.
In 1976, Splendid presented to the public the production of Love, Shells and Crustacea. The young artists came up with unexpected success.
Chazelle first tried her hand at cinema in 1976. At first, these were episodic appearances in the films “Nowhere to Go” with Pierre Richard, “Acquaintance by Marriage Announcement” with Ani Girardeau and “Wing or Leg” with Louis de Funes.
In 1978, the actress starred in the comedy "Tanned", which brought her success and recognition. But in the 80s. she was still only offered supporting roles. The first main movie role went to the performer only in the 90s.
Marie-Anne Chazelle: movies. Main roles
In 1993, Jean-Marie Poiret released on the big screens the grotesque comedy "Aliens" about the knight de Montmirais and his silly squire, who, with the help of a magic potion, got from the Middle Ages into the XX century.
Airplanes, cars, televisions, modern clothes - all this is new to newcomers. But they courageously go to meet the "trials", because by all means they need to find the descendants of the magician Iusebius and return home.
The main roles in the comedy, which was a huge success, were played by Christian Clavier and Jean Reno. Anne-Marie Chazelle got the role of the thief and beggar Ginette, who later became the girlfriend of the squire Jacques Proidochi. The image was so colorful and vivid that Jean-Marie Poiret in the films “Aliens II” in 1998 and “Aliens III: Revolution” in 2016 gave the heroine Ann-Marie much more screen time.
Since the 2000s the actress appears in the movie only if she is offered an interesting role. For example, in 2009, Ann-Marie Chazelle starred in the television series "Age of Maupassant." Each series of the project lasted at least an hour and was a movie version of one famous literary work. Chazelle appeared in the very first episode of the television movie, playing Leonid in the film adaptation of the novel “Piggy Bank” by Eugene Labisch and Alfred Delacour.
In 2011, the actress embodied on the screens the image of Jeanne in the biographical picture of Gerard Marx “Brassans, notoriety”. The last appearance of the actress on the screen is associated with the project of Daniel Otay "Daughter of a digger" and the third part of the comedy "Aliens".
Personal life
Marie-Anne Chazelle and Christian Clavier looked so organic in the image of a couple in the movie “Aliens”. At the time of filming, they really were spouses.
The marriage of famous comedians lasted 30 years. Unfortunately, in 2001 they divorced. Now Ann Marie is in a relationship with another man whose name does not advertise.