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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 21, 1919
Died
July 15, 2012
Place of Birth
Jerusalem, Palestine (now Israel)
Also Known As
- Tsilla Schilton
Tsilla Chelton
0.5 Popularity
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.
Known For
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La vieille dame
Persecution
2009
6.5
La doyenne des Dominicaines
Sister Smile
2009
6.3
Nusret
Pandora's Box
2008
0.0
Mère Magloire
Le Petit Fût
2008
10.0
Elizabeth
Melting Pot Café
2007
7.5
la mère Magloire
Chez Maupassant
2007
5.0
Madame Schwartz
Zone libre
2007
4.8
Gaby
The Pleasure Is All Mine
2004
4.3
Hortense
Le Choix de Macha
2004
5.7
Mère Joseph
The Pact of Silence
2003
Credits
Persecution
as La vieille dame
2009
4.4
Sister Smile
as La doyenne des Dominicaines
2009
6.5
Pandora's Box
as Nusret
2008
6.3
Le Petit Fût
as Mère Magloire
2008
0.0
Melting Pot Café
as Elizabeth
2007
10.0
Chez Maupassant
as la mère Magloire
2007
7.5
Zone libre
as Madame Schwartz
2007
5.0
The Pleasure Is All Mine
as Gaby
2004
4.8
Le Choix de Macha
as Hortense
2004
4.3
The Pact of Silence
as Mère Joseph
2003
5.7
The Musketeer
as Madame Lacross
2001
5.2
Family Pack
as Lea
2001
4.6
Vivement dimanche
as Self
1998
3.0
The Thirst for Gold
as Mémé Zezette
1993
5.4
Auntie Danielle
as Tatie Danielle
1990
6.5
Move Over, Mrs. Markham
1988
3.0
Sacrée Soirée
as Self
1987
5.1
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Matin Bonheur
as Self
1987
0.0
Charter 2020
as Simone Le Guen
1980
0.0
Peppermint Soda
as The General Supervisor
1977
6.4
At Night All Cats Are Crazy
as Madame Banalesco
1977
5.5
Police Commissioner Moulin
as La grande-tante de Moulin
1976
5.8
La adúltera
as Simone
1975
0.0
The Restroom Robbery
as Rose, la « dame pipi »
1975
6.4
Shanks
as Mrs. Barton
1974
4.9
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Mort au jury
as Madame Muss-Leduran
1974
0.0
Le 16 à Kerbriant
as Blanche Lacassagne
1972
0.0
le 16 a Kerbriant
as Blanche Lacassagne
1972
0.0
Shéhérazade
as la magicienne
1971
0.0
Ten Days' Wonder
as Mère Théo
1971
6.1
The Wedding Ring
as Mme Duvernet
1971
5.8
Distracted
as Madame Cliston
1970
6.0
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Les Gauloises bleues
as La directrice
1969
5.4
Baal's Companions
as Une adoratrice de Cosmochronos
1968
0.0
Very Happy Alexander
as Mrs. Bouillot
1968
6.8
Alerte à Jonzac
1967
0.0
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Mésentente cordiale
as Madame Puch
1966
0.0
Public School
1965
5.0
The Big Swag
as Newspaper seller
1965
6.4
The Buddies
as l'hôtelière
1965
5.1
Bebert and the Train
as Traveler
1963
6.3
Sweet and Sour
1963
4.6
The Seven Deadly Sins
as (segment "La colère") (uncredited)
1962
5.6
The Nostradamus Agency
as Angélique
1950
8.0
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