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'''Véra Gibson-Amado''', known professionally as '''Véra Clouzot''', (30 December 1913 – 15 December 1960) was a Brazilian-French film actress and screenwriter. She is known for playing Linda in ''[[The Wages of Fear]]'' (1953), Christina Delassalle in ''[[Les Diaboliques (film)|Les Diaboliques]]'' (1955), and Lucie in ''[[Les Espions]]'' (1957). Clouzot also co-wrote the screenplay for ''[[La Vérité (film)|La Vérité]]'' (1960). Her husband, director [[Henri-Georges Clouzot]], named his production company after her, ''Véra Films''.
'''Véra Clouzot''' (30 December 1913 – 15 December 1960) was a [[Brazil]]ian-born [[France|French]] film actress and screenwriter.


==Early life==
Born Véra Gibson-Amado in [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Brazil]], she became the wife of film director [[Henri-Georges Clouzot]]. She made only three films, all directed by her husband, the most notable of which was the classic thriller, ''[[Les Diaboliques (film)|Les Diaboliques]]'' (1955). She co-wrote the screenplay for the film ''[[La Vérité (film)|La Vérité]]'' (1960), which was also directed by her husband. Clouzot died in [[Paris]] in 1960, aged 46, from a [[Myocardial infarction|heart attack]] and is buried in the [[Montmartre Cemetery]].
Clouzot was born Véra Gibson-Amado in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Alice do Rego Barros and {{ill|Gilberto Amado|pt}},<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.brasil247.com/pt/247/cultura/15216/Recordando-Gilberto-Amado.htm|title=Recordando Gilberto Amado|work=Brasil 247|language=pt|date=14 September 2011|access-date=21 December 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161222083436/http://www.brasil247.com/pt/247/cultura/15216/Recordando-Gilberto-Amado.htm|archive-date=22 December 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref> a Brazilian congressman, writer, journalist, lawyer and ex-President of the United Nations' International Law Committee. Writer [[Jorge Amado]] was her second cousin.<ref name="bio">{{cite news|url=http://www.oexplorador.com.br/vera-amado-clouzot-atriz-de-cinema-de-as-diabolicas-e-o-salario-do-medo/|title=Vera Amado Clouzot, atriz de cinema de (As Diabólicas, e O Salário do Medo)|work=O Explorador|language=pt|date=7 August 2012|access-date=21 December 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161222090412/http://www.oexplorador.com.br/vera-amado-clouzot-atriz-de-cinema-de-as-diabolicas-e-o-salario-do-medo/|archive-date=22 December 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

In 1941, Véra met French actor {{ill|Léo Lapara|fr}}, a member of the theater company of Louis Jouvet who toured in Brazil during World War II. Vera married the actor, taking part in the company's South American tour that lasted almost four years.<ref name="bio"/>

==Career in France==
After World War II, Vera settled in Paris. Louis Jouvet took over the direction of the Athenée Theater, while she continued to do small roles.<ref name="bio"/>

Véra met film director [[Henri-Georges Clouzot]] through her then-husband, Léo Lapara, who had minor parts in ''[[Quai des Orfèvres]]'' (1947) and ''[[Return to Life (film)|Return to Life]]'' (1949), in the segment directed by Clouzot, "{{lang|fr|Le Retour de Jean}}".

Véra worked as a continuity assistant on Clouzot's ''[[Miquette (1950 film)|Miquette]]'' (1950), and they married in 1950.<ref name="Lloyd7">Lloyd 2007, p. 7.</ref> Clouzot named his production company, ''Véra Films'', after his wife. She made only three films, all directed by her husband. The sole female role in ''[[The Wages of Fear]]'' (1953), Linda, is played by Véra. Clouzot wrote the role specifically for his wife, as the character does not exist in the original novel.<ref name="TET" /> ''The Wages of Fear'' is about a South American town where a group of desperate men are offered money to drive trucks carrying [[nitroglycerin]] through rough terrain to put out an oil well fire.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.criterion.com/films/370|work=[[The Criterion Collection]]|access-date=2 December 2009|title=The Wages of Fear (1953)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091115125544/http://www.criterion.com/films/370|archive-date=15 November 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref> ''The Wages of Fear'' was the 4th highest-grossing film in France in 1953,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.classicartfilms.com/wages-of-fear-the-1953|title=Wages of Fear, The (1953)|work=Classic Art Films|date=31 July 2015|access-date=8 May 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170125053956/http://www.classicartfilms.com/wages-of-fear-the-1953|archive-date=25 January 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and was seen by nearly 7&nbsp;million spectators.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=9602&affich=paris|title=Le Salarie de la peur (1953)|work=JP's Box-Office|access-date=8 May 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160401063239/http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=9602&affich=paris|archive-date=1 April 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

The most notable of Clouzot's films starring Véra was the classic thriller ''[[Les Diaboliques (film)|Les Diaboliques]]'' (1955), co-starring [[Simone Signoret]]. She also starred in ''[[Les Espions]]'' (1957), and co-wrote the screenplay for the film ''[[La Vérité (film)|La Vérité]]'' (1960), which was also directed by her husband.<ref name="amgVeriteCrew">{{cite web
| title = La Verité: Production credits
| url = http://www.allmovie.com/work/la-verit-130294/credits
| work = [[Allmovie]]
| access-date = 17 August 2009
}}</ref>

Clouzot and Véra took a film crew with them to Véra's homeland in Brazil for their honeymoon, where Clouzot made his first attempt at directing a [[documentary film]]. The Brazilian government took issue with Clouzot filming the poverty of people in the [[favela]]s rather than the more picturesque parts of Brazil.<ref name="TET" /> The film was never finished because the costs became too high. Clouzot became fascinated with the region and wrote a book, {{lang|fr|Le cheval des dieux}}, recounting his trip.<ref name="TET" /><ref name="Hayward13">Hayward 2005, p. 13</ref>

==Death==
Véra died in Paris in 1960, aged 46, from a heart attack, shortly after the filming of ''La Vérité''. Henri-Georges Clouzot fell into a depression over her death.<ref name="TET">{{cite AV media
|date = 2004
|title = Henri-Georges Clouzot: The Enlightened Tyrant
|url = http://www.criterion.com/films/370
|medium = DVD
|language = fr
|publisher = The Criterion Collection
|location = New York City, United States
|access-date = 16 August 2009
|isbn = 0-7800-2965-8
|url-status = live
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091001004002/http://www.criterion.com/films/370
|archive-date = 1 October 2009
|df = dmy-all
}}</ref><ref name="Lloyd8">Lloyd 2007, p. 8</ref> After her funeral, he moved to [[Tahiti]] but returned to France in December 1961.<ref name="Lloyd8" /> She is buried in the [[Montmartre Cemetery]] in Paris.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=4345 |title=Véra Clouzot (1913 - 1960) |work=Find A Grave |access-date=8 May 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202191828/http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=4345 |archive-date=2 December 2016 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
*''[[The Wages of Fear]]'' (1953)
|-
*''[[Les Diaboliques (film)|Les Diaboliques]]'' (1955)
! Year
*''[[Les Espions]]'' (1957)
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
|1953|| ''[[The Wages of Fear]]'' || Linda ||
|-
|1955|| ''[[Les Diaboliques (film)|Les Diaboliques]]'' || Christina Delassalle ||
|-
|1957|| ''[[Les Espions]]'' || Lucie || (final film role)
|}


==External links==
==References==
{{reflist}}
* {{imdb name|name=Véra Clouzot|id=0167243}}
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=4345 Véra Clouzot] at [[Find A Grave]]


==Sources==
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{{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. -->
*{{cite book
| NAME = Clouzot, Vera
| last= Bocquet
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
| first= José-Louis
| SHORT DESCRIPTION =
|author2=Godin, Marc
| DATE OF BIRTH = 30 December 1913
| title= Henri-Georges Clouzot Cinéaste
| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Brazil]]
|publisher= La Sirène
| DATE OF DEATH = 15 December 1960
|year= 1993
| PLACE OF DEATH = [[Paris]], [[France]]
| isbn= 9782840450153
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rHRZAAAAMAAJ
|access-date=13 September 2009
}}
}}
*{{cite book
| last= Chandler
| first= Charlotte
| title= It's Only a Movie: Alfred Hitchcock : A Personal Biography
|publisher= [[Hal Leonard Corporation]]
|year= 2006
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=glp97Y_eVSIC
|isbn= 1-55783-692-2
|access-date=19 August 2009
}}
*{{cite book
| last= Hayward
| first= Susan
| title= Les diaboliques
|publisher= University of Illinois Press
|year= 2005
|url=https://archive.org/details/lesdiaboliques0000hayw
| url-access= registration
|access-date=19 June 2010
}}
*{{cite book
| last= Lanzoni
| first= Rémi Fournier
| title= French Cinema: From its Beginnings to the Present
|publisher= [[Continuum International Publishing Group]]
|year= 2004
|isbn= 0-8264-1600-4
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Nkyr7ARHY6sC
|access-date=4 December 2009
}}
*{{cite book
| last= Lloyd
| first= Christopher
| title= Henri-Georges Clouzot
|publisher=[[Manchester University Press]]
|year= 2007
|isbn= 978-0-7190-7014-3
}}
*{{cite book
| last= Mayne
| first= Judith
| title= Le corbeau: French film guides series
|publisher=[[I.B. Tauris]]
|year=2007
|isbn=978-1-84511-370-4
}}
{{Refend}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* {{IMDb name|name=Véra Clouzot|id=0167243}}
* {{Find a Grave|4345}}

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Latest revision as of 16:51, 8 May 2024

Véra Clouzot
Clouzot in 1953
Born
Véra Gibson-Amado

(1913-12-30)30 December 1913
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Died15 December 1960(1960-12-15) (aged 46)
Paris, Frankreich
Years active1953–1957
Spouse(s)Léo Lapara (1941–1947)
Henri-Georges Clouzot (1950–1960)
FamilyJorge Amado (second cousin)

Véra Gibson-Amado, known professionally as Véra Clouzot, (30 December 1913 – 15 December 1960) was a Brazilian-French film actress and screenwriter. She is known for playing Linda in The Wages of Fear (1953), Christina Delassalle in Les Diaboliques (1955), and Lucie in Les Espions (1957). Clouzot also co-wrote the screenplay for La Vérité (1960). Her husband, director Henri-Georges Clouzot, named his production company after her, Véra Films.

Early life

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Clouzot was born Véra Gibson-Amado in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Alice do Rego Barros and Gilberto Amado [pt],[1] a Brazilian congressman, writer, journalist, lawyer and ex-President of the United Nations' International Law Committee. Writer Jorge Amado was her second cousin.[2]

In 1941, Véra met French actor Léo Lapara [fr], a member of the theater company of Louis Jouvet who toured in Brazil during World War II. Vera married the actor, taking part in the company's South American tour that lasted almost four years.[2]

Career in France

[edit]

After World War II, Vera settled in Paris. Louis Jouvet took over the direction of the Athenée Theater, while she continued to do small roles.[2]

Véra met film director Henri-Georges Clouzot through her then-husband, Léo Lapara, who had minor parts in Quai des Orfèvres (1947) and Return to Life (1949), in the segment directed by Clouzot, "Le Retour de Jean".

Véra worked as a continuity assistant on Clouzot's Miquette (1950), and they married in 1950.[3] Clouzot named his production company, Véra Films, after his wife. She made only three films, all directed by her husband. The sole female role in The Wages of Fear (1953), Linda, is played by Véra. Clouzot wrote the role specifically for his wife, as the character does not exist in the original novel.[4] The Wages of Fear is about a South American town where a group of desperate men are offered money to drive trucks carrying nitroglycerin through rough terrain to put out an oil well fire.[5] The Wages of Fear was the 4th highest-grossing film in France in 1953,[6] and was seen by nearly 7 million spectators.[7]

The most notable of Clouzot's films starring Véra was the classic thriller Les Diaboliques (1955), co-starring Simone Signoret. She also starred in Les Espions (1957), and co-wrote the screenplay for the film La Vérité (1960), which was also directed by her husband.[8]

Clouzot and Véra took a film crew with them to Véra's homeland in Brazil for their honeymoon, where Clouzot made his first attempt at directing a documentary film. The Brazilian government took issue with Clouzot filming the poverty of people in the favelas rather than the more picturesque parts of Brazil.[4] The film was never finished because the costs became too high. Clouzot became fascinated with the region and wrote a book, Le cheval des dieux, recounting his trip.[4][9]

Death

[edit]

Véra died in Paris in 1960, aged 46, from a heart attack, shortly after the filming of La Vérité. Henri-Georges Clouzot fell into a depression over her death.[4][10] After her funeral, he moved to Tahiti but returned to France in December 1961.[10] She is buried in the Montmartre Cemetery in Paris.[11]

Filmography

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Year Titel Role Notes
1953 The Wages of Fear Linda
1955 Les Diaboliques Christina Delassalle
1957 Les Espions Lucie (final film role)

References

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  1. ^ "Recordando Gilberto Amado". Brasil 247 (in Portuguese). 14 September 2011. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  2. ^ a b c "Vera Amado Clouzot, atriz de cinema de (As Diabólicas, e O Salário do Medo)". O Explorador (in Portuguese). 7 August 2012. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  3. ^ Lloyd 2007, p. 7.
  4. ^ a b c d Henri-Georges Clouzot: The Enlightened Tyrant (DVD) (in French). New York City, United States: The Criterion Collection. 2004. ISBN 0-7800-2965-8. Archived from the original on 1 October 2009. Retrieved 16 August 2009.
  5. ^ "The Wages of Fear (1953)". The Criterion Collection. Archived from the original on 15 November 2009. Retrieved 2 December 2009.
  6. ^ "Wages of Fear, The (1953)". Classic Art Films. 31 July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 January 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  7. ^ "Le Salarie de la peur (1953)". JP's Box-Office. Archived from the original on 1 April 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  8. ^ "La Verité: Production credits". Allmovie. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
  9. ^ Hayward 2005, p. 13
  10. ^ a b Lloyd 2007, p. 8
  11. ^ "Véra Clouzot (1913 - 1960)". Find A Grave. Archived from the original on 2 December 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2017.

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