Janie Marèse (born Jeanne Marie Thérèse Bugnot, 23 May 1908 in
Chartres, Eure-et-Loir - 14 August 1931 in Sainte-Maxime, Var) was a
French actress who appeared in four shorts and three feature-length
films, most notably Jean Renoir's second sound film La Chienne, before
her premature death, aged 23, in a road accident.Marèse made her
first screen appearance in a 1929 short C'est par amour pour vous
Madame. Her first full-length feature was Amours viennoises in 1930,
followed by the Marc Allégret-directed adaptation of Mam'zelle
Nitouche.Marèse's break came when she was offered the leading role
(originally intended for Catherine Hessling) in Renoir's La Chienne
(The Bitch), in which she played Lulu, a prostitute who connives with
her pimp and lover (Georges Flamant) to exploit financially an
unhappily married man (Michel Simon) who has fallen in love with her.
Marèse's performance was well received and seemed to mark the start
of a potentially successful career.Shortly after the completion of La
Chienne, Marèse was travelling on the French Riviera in a car driven
by her co-star Georges Flamant when Flamant lost control of the
vehicle, which overturned, killing Marèse instantly. Flamant survived
the accident. The French media, shocked by the untimely death of a
promising young talent, subsequently vilified Flamant (he was labelled
"un assassin" by some newspapers) to the extent that his career was
seriously damaged by negative public perception. Janie Marèse Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter