Tsilla Chelton
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 21, 1919
- Died
- July 15, 2012 (aged 93)
- Birthplace
- Jerusalem, Palestine (now Israel)
Biography
Tsilla Chelton (21 June 1919 – 15 July 2012) was a French actress of theatre and film, famous for playing the main role in 1990 film Tatie Danielle, in which she was nominated for a Cesar award and as an elderly Dominican in Soeur Sourire. Tsilla Schilton was born in Jerusalem but spent her childhood in Belgium. The daughter of French parents of Jewish heritage, she lost her mother at the age of 6, and followed her father to Antwerp. She moved to Switzerland during World War II before settling in Paris. Married to decorator Jacques Noël, she had 4 children. Attracted by theatre, she started acting in Marcel Marceau's troupe. Her career was mainly in theatre, where she acted in the eleven works of Eugène Ionesco, earning a Molière Award for best comedian in Ionesco's The Chairs. She premiered the plays of Bertold Brecht in France, with Michel Serrault, Michel Piccoli and Laurent Terzieff. On the big screen, she became famous at 71 for her work in the 1990 Étienne Chatiliez film Tatie Danielle, where she played the title role as a hateful and cantankerous old lady. She taught comedy from 1964 onwards and was the teacher of the actors of the Splendid troupe, including Gérard Jugnot, Michel Blanc, and Thierry Lhermitte. Source: Article "Tsilla Chelton" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Filmography
On est loin d'avoir fini
Movie
Sister Smile
Movie · as La doyenne des Dominicaines
Persecution
Movie · as La vieille dame
Le Petit Fût
Movie · as Mère Magloire
Pandora's Box
Movie · as Nusret
Zone libre
Movie · as Madame Schwartz
Chez Maupassant
TV · as la mère Magloire · 1 ep
Melting Pot Café
TV · as Elizabeth · 18 eps
The Pleasure Is All Mine
Movie · as Gaby
Le Choix de Macha
Movie · as Hortense
The Pact of Silence
Movie · as Mère Joseph
The Musketeer
Movie · as Madame Lacross
Family Pack
Movie · as Lea
Vivement dimanche
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Thirst for Gold
Movie · as Mémé Zezette
Auntie Danielle
Movie · as Tatie Danielle
Le Saut du lit
Movie
Matin Bonheur
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Sacrée soirée
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Charter 2020
Movie · as Simone Le Guen
At Night All Cats Are Crazy
Movie · as Madame Banalesco
Peppermint Soda
Movie · as The General Supervisor
Police Commissioner Moulin
TV · as La grande-tante de Moulin · 1 ep
La adúltera
Movie · as Simone
The Restroom Robbery
Movie · as Rose, la « dame pipi »
Plus amer que la mort
Movie · as mme Dejean
Shanks
Movie · as Mrs. Barton
Mort au jury
TV · as Madame Muss-Leduran · 4 eps
Le 16 à Kerbriant
TV · as Blanche Lacassagne · 25 eps
Shéhérazade
Movie · as la magicienne
The Wedding Ring
Movie · as Mme Duvernet
Ten Days' Wonder
Movie · as Mère Théo
Distracted
Movie · as Madame Cliston
Les Gauloises bleues
Movie · as La directrice
Very Happy Alexander
Movie · as Mrs. Bouillot
Baal's Companions
TV · as Une adoratrice de Cosmochronos · 7 eps
Alerte à Jonzac
Movie
Mésentente cordiale
TV · as Madame Puch · 10 eps
The Buddies
Movie · as l'hôtelière
Public School
Movie
The Big Swag
Movie · as Newspaper seller
Bebert and the Train
Movie · as Traveler
Sweet and Sour
Movie
The Seven Deadly Sins
Movie · as (segment "La colère") (uncredited)
Rue du Havre
Movie
The Nostradamus Agency
TV · as Angélique · 9 eps