Odette Myrtil
French actor (1898-1978) · France · On the map · Actors · Died at 80
Odette Myrtil was a French-born American actress, singer, and violinist. She began her career as a violinist on the vaudeville stage in Paris at 14. She expanded into acting and singing and had her first major success at 18 on the London stage in the 1916 musical revue The Bing Boys Are Here.
Odette Myrtil is read about 17 times a day, in 13 languages.
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Something wrong?A life in dates
Hot Pants HolidayFilm, Odette1954
The Last Time I Saw ParisFilm, Singer1952
Lady PossessedFilm, Mrs. Burrows1951
Strangers on a TrainFilm, Madame Darville (uncredited)1949
The Fighting KentuckianFilm, Madame De Marchand1948
Studio OneSeries1946
DevotionFilm, Mademoiselle Heger (uncredited)1944
Dark WatersFilm, Mama Boudreaux1943
Assignment in BrittanyFilm, Louis' Sister1942
Reunion in FranceFilm, Madame Montanot1941
Out of the FogFilm, Caroline Pomponette1940
Kitty FoyleFilm, Delphine Detaille1938
SuezFilm, Duchess1937
The Girl from Scotland YardFilm, Yvonne Dupre1936
DodsworthFilm, Renée de Penable1898Born28 June 1898People around Odette
Close ties
- Robert Buckner Produced Devotion and Uncertain Glory
John Wayne Produced The Fighting Kentuckian (1950)
Mary Astor Also in The Palm Beach Story and Thousands Cheer
Ida Lupino Also in Devotion and Out of the Fog
Reginald Owen Also in Reunion in France and Forever and a Day
Franklyn Farnum Also in Strangers on a Train (1952)
Georges Renavent Also in Strangers on a Train and Suez
Marcelle Corday Also in The Palm Beach Story and The Pied Piper
Gino Corrado Also in The Fighting Kentuckian (1950)
Jack L. Warner Produced Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
Brooks Benedict Also in Strangers on a Train (1951)
Alfred Hitchcock Produced Strangers on a Train (1952)
Frank Capra Directed Here Comes the Groom (1951)
William Wyler Directed Dodsworth (1936)
Frank Lloyd Directed Forever and a Day (1943)
Samuel Goldwyn Produced Dodsworth (1936)
Merle Oberon Also in Dark Waters and Forever and a Day
Alfred Newman Wrote Dodsworth and The Pied Piper
Jesse Louis Lasky Produced Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
Kasey Rogers Also in Strangers on a Train (1952)
Roy Del Ruth Directed I Married an Angel (1942)
Douglass Dumbrille Also in I Married an Angel and Uncertain Glory- Gottfried Reinhardt Produced Two-Faced Woman (1941)
Richard Whorf Also in Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
Known for
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Strangers on a Train 1951
Dodsworth 1936
Yankee Doodle Dandy 1942
Kitty Foyle 1940
The Last Time I Saw Paris 1954
Filmography 19
26 credits on file
Television 1
Media & music
![Caricature of Myrtil by the Dutch cartoonist Larec Eeren [nl], 1915](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Frans_de_Ner%C3%A9e_tot_Babberich_-_Portret_van_Odette_Myrtil_%281915%29.jpg/500px-Frans_de_Ner%C3%A9e_tot_Babberich_-_Portret_van_Odette_Myrtil_%281915%29.jpg)
About this person
She was a staple in Broadway productions from 1924 to 1932, after which she returned only periodically to Broadway through 1960. She also appeared on the stages of Chicago, London, Los Angeles, and Paris several times during her career.
