Tsilla Chelton

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

Vivement dimanche

Sacrée soirée

Police Commissioner Moulin

Chez Maupassant

The Musketeer

The Nostradamus Agency

The Seven Deadly Sins

Very Happy Alexander

All Movies (35)

• Persecution2009 · as La vieille dame
• Sister Smile2009 · as La doyenne des Dominicaines
• Pandora's Box2008 · as Nusret
• Le Petit Fût2008 · as Mère Magloire
• Zone libre2007 · as Madame Schwartz
• The Pleasure Is All Mine2004 · as Gaby
• Le Choix de Macha2004 · as Hortense
• The Pact of Silence2003 · as Mère Joseph
• The Musketeer2001 · as Madame Lacross
• Family Pack2001 · as Lea
• The Thirst for Gold1993 · as Mémé Zezette
• Auntie Danielle1990 · as Tatie Danielle
• Le Saut du lit1988
• Charter 20201980 · as Simone Le Guen
• Peppermint Soda1977 · as The General Supervisor
• At Night All Cats Are Crazy1977 · as Madame Banalesco
• La adúltera1975 · as Simone
• Plus amer que la mort1975 · as mme Dejean
• The Restroom Robbery1975 · as Rose, la « dame pipi »
• Shanks1974 · as Mrs. Barton
• le 16 a Kerbriant1972 · as Blanche Lacassagne
• Shéhérazade1971 · as la magicienne
• Ten Days' Wonder1971 · as Mère Théo
• The Wedding Ring1971 · as Mme Duvernet
• Distracted1970 · as Madame Cliston
• Les Gauloises bleues1969 · as La directrice
• Very Happy Alexander1968 · as Mrs. Bouillot
• Alerte à Jonzac1967
• Public School1965
• The Big Swag1965 · as Newspaper seller
• The Buddies1965 · as l'hôtelière
• Bebert and the Train1963 · as Traveler
• Sweet and Sour1963
• The Seven Deadly Sins1962 · as (segment "La colère") (uncredited)
• On est loin d'avoir fini—

All TV Shows (11)

• Melting Pot Café2007 · as Elizabeth
• Chez Maupassant2007 · as la mère Magloire
• Vivement dimanche1998 · as Self
• Sacrée soirée1987 · as Self
• Matin Bonheur1987 · as Self
• Police Commissioner Moulin1976 · as La grande-tante de Moulin
• Mort au jury1974 · as Madame Muss-Leduran
• Le 16 à Kerbriant1972 · as Blanche Lacassagne
• Baal's Companions1968 · as Une adoratrice de Cosmochronos
• Mésentente cordiale1966 · as Madame Puch
• The Nostradamus Agency1950 · as Angélique