Profile of Viviane Romance on Famous Like Me

Viviane Romance (July 4, 1912 – September 25, 1991) was a French actress.

Born Pauline Ronacher Ortmanns in Roubaix, France, Romance began her career as a dancer at the Moulin Rouge in Paris and was also elected Miss Paris of 1930 before she made her film debut in 1931 with a cameo role in La Chienne. Viviane endured a small scandal winning Miss Paris due to the fact that she had a child. She appeared in several films over the next few years before making a strong impression in La belle équipe (1936). From this time to the late fifties she was regarded as one of France's leading cinematic actresses and throughout the 1940s and 1950s she played dozens of femme fatales, fallen women (with hearts of gold) and vamps. Her acting roles after 1956 were few, and she retired in 1974.

Romance was offered, and rejected, a Hollywood film contract in the 1930s. She preferred to make films in her native France. However, she also resided for many years in Italy where she made several Italian language films.

She died in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France.

Selected filmography

• La Chienne (1931) The Bitch
• Il est charmant (1931) It Is Charming
• Liliom (1934)
• Zouzou (1934)
• Dédé (1934)
• La Bandera (1935) The Bandage
• Princesse Tam Tam (1935)
• Les Yeux noirs (1935) The Yeux Dark
• Retour au paradis (1935) Return to Heaven
• Deuxième bureau (1936) Second Desk
• La Belle équipe (1936) The Beautiful Gang
• Mademoiselle Docteur (1936) Miss Doctor
• Les Deux favoris (1936) The Two Favorite
• L'Ange du foyer (1936) The Angel of the House
• L'Étrange Monsieur Victor (1937) The Strange Mr. Victor
• Naples au baiser de feu (1937) Naples Kiss of Fire
• L'Homme à abattre (1937) The Man who is to be Cut Down
• Prisons de femmes (1938) The Woman's Prison
• Le Puritain (1938) The Puritan
• La Maison du Maltais (1938) The House of Maltese
• Le Joueur (1938) The Player
• Gibraltar (1938)
• La Tradition de minuit (1939) The Midnight Tradition
• L'Esclave blanche (1939) The White Slave
• Angélica (1940)
• La Vénus aveugle (1941) Blind Venus
• Cartacalha, reine des gitans (1942) Cartacalha, the Gypsy Queen
• Feu sacré (1942) Sacred Fire
• Une femme dans la nuit (1943) A Woman in the Night
• Carmen (1945)
• La Boîte aux rêves (1945) The Box of Dreams
• La Route du bagne (1945) The Road to Prison
• L'Affaire du collier de la reine (1946) The Affair of the Queen's Necklace
• Panique (1946) Panic
• La Colère des dieux (1946) The Wrath of Two
• Uomini sono nemici, Gli (1947) Italian
• La Maison sous la mer (1947) The House Below the Sea
• Maya (1949)
• Passion (1951) Passion
• Au coeur de la Casbah (1952) The Courage of the Casbah
• Les Sept péchés capitaux (1952) The Seven Deadly Sins
• Les Femmes sont des anges (1952)
• Legione straniera (1952)
• L'Uomo, la bestia e la virtù (1953) The man, the beast, and the virtue Italian
• La Chair et le diable (1954) The Seat of the Devil
• Tournant dangereux (1955) Dangerous Turning Point
• Gueule d'ange (1955) Loudmouth
• L'Affaire des poisons (1955) The Poison Affair
• L'Inspecteur connaît la musique (1956) The Music Teacher
• Pitié pour les vamps (1956) Pity for the Vamps
• Pelusa (1960) Fluff
• Mélodie en sous-sol (1963) Melody Below Ground
• Nada (1974) Nothing

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