Catherine Hessling
An image from Charleston Parade, one of the productions that also features Catherine Hessling.
Catherine Hessling

Catherine Hessling

June 22, 1900 — Moronvilliers, Marne, France

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.

The Little Match Girl

The Little Match Girl

1928

Nana

Nana

1926

Charleston Parade

Charleston Parade

1927

Whirlpool of Fate

Whirlpool of Fate

1925

La P’tite Lili

1927

Backbiters

Backbiters

1927

High and Low

High and Low

1933

Sea Fever

Sea Fever

1927