Suzanne Cloutier

Suzanne Cloutier (July 10, 1923 – December 2, 2003) was a Canadian film actress.

For the Canadian Olympic gymnast, see Suzanne Cloutier (gymnast).
Suzanne Cloutier
Cloutier with Peter Ustinov and daughter
Born(1923-07-10)July 10, 1923
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
DiedDecember 2, 2003(2003-12-02) (aged 80)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupation(s)Actress, producer
Spouse
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(m. 1954; div. 1971)​
Children3 (Pavla, Igor and Andrea Claudia)

Biography

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, Suzanne Cloutier escaped an early unconsummated marriage to become an actress, first with Charles Laughton in New York and then the Comédie Française.[1] 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.[2] 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

The actress's age was often misreported, but she 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
Orson Welles and Suzanne Cloutier in Othello (1951)
Year Title Role Notes
1946TemptationYvonne Dupont
1949Au royaume des cieuxMaria Lambert
1951Juliette, or Key of DreamsJuliette
1951OthelloDesdemona
1952Derby DayMichele Jolivet
1954Doctor in the HouseStella
1961Romanoff and JulietMarfa Zlotochienka
1997The Countess of Baton RougeVirginie Beaufort
1998It's Your Turn, Laura CadieuxHôtesse du restaurant(final film role)

References
  1. 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.
  2. She is elliptically mentioned in Ustinov's autobiography Dear Me (1977).
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