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| Suzanne Cloutier | |
|---|---|
 Cloutier with Peter Ustinov and daughter | |
| Born | (1923-07-10)July 10, 1923 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | December 2, 2003(2003-12-02) (aged 80) Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Spouse |
Peter Ustinov
(m. 1954; div. 1971) |
| Children | 3 |
Suzanne Cloutier (July 10, 1923 – December 2, 2003) was a Canadian film actress.
Biography
Cloutier was the daughter and apparent only child of Edmond Cloutier, the King's Printer in Ottawa, and Hélène Saint-Denis, who wed on May 23, 1922. She escaped an early unconsummated marriage to become an actress, first with Charles Laughton in New York and then the Comédie Française. She appeared in films by Julien Duvivier and Marcel Carné, starred as Desdemona in Orson Welles' film version of Othello (1951) and appeared in Doctor in the House (1954, the hit of the year in Britain).
Marriage
She had acted earlier in London in a play by Peter Ustinov, and the two married in 1954. They had three children, Andrea, Igor and Pavla, and Cloutier appeared in the film of his stage hit Romanoff and Juliet. The couple divorced in 1971, when Cloutier reconnected with Orson Welles, then at work on films never finished. Cloutier later resettled in Los Angeles, and eventually in Montreal, Canada, in 1988.
Death
Cloutier appears to have been born in Ottawa on July 10, 1923, and died of liver cancer in Montreal on December 2, 2003, aged 80.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | Temptation | Yvonne Dupont | |
| 1949 | The Sinners | Maria Lambert | |
| 1951 | Juliette, or Key of Dreams | Juliette | |
| 1951 | Othello | Desdemona | |
| 1952 | Derby Day | Michele Jolivet | |
| 1954 | Doctor in the House | Stella | |
| 1961 | Romanoff and Juliet | Marfa Zlotochienka | |
| 1997 | The Countess of Baton Rouge | Virginie Beaufort | |
| 1998 | It's Your Turn, Laura Cadieux | Hôtesse du restaurant |
References
- Interview with Cloutier identifying her father as the King's Printer and lists a dozen movies in which Cloutier appeared. marcel-carne.com. Accessed July 24, 2023.