Juliette Bruno-Ruby was born as Juliette Henriette Marie Leclère on 13 January 1878 in Versailles[1] and died on 22 July 1956 in Maisons-Laffitte. She was a novelist and film director.

Juliette Bruno-Ruby
Born
Juliette Henriette Marie Leclère

(1878-01-13)13 January 1878
Died22 July 1956(1956-07-22) (aged 78)
Occupations
  • Novelist
  • film director
Spouse
    Henri Bucquet
    (m. 1896; div. 1909)
    Jean Vignaud
    (m. 1913)
AwardsOfficier de l'Instruction publique
1913

Biography

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She was born to Adolphe Leclère, a recipient of the Legion of Honour.[2] Juliette Leclère was married to Henri Bucquet, an attorney, in April 1896, before divorcing him in 1909.[3] Later, in April 1913, she remarried, to Jean Vignaud,[4] who she met in the Prix Excelsior literary contest in February 1912.[5]

Her first novel, Madame Cotte, was published in 1913, where she first took the name pen-name of Bruno-Ruby. In 1923 she began work on her film La Caban d'amour, which released in Paris in August of the next year.[6] Three years later, she directed the film La Bonne Hôtesse.[7]

Selected works

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Novels
Year Novel
1913 Madame Cotte
1919 L'Exemple de l'abbé Jouve
1921 Celui qui supprima la mort
1930 Sig, l'aventurier
1931 La Louve
1934 Dix sur la route
1948 Le Tigre bleu

Filmography

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Film
Year Film
1924 La Caban d'amour
1927 A la Bonne Hôtesse / La Bonne Hôtesse
Unfinished
Year Film
1926 La Caravane hantée[8] [9] [10]

Awards and nominations

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Officier de l'Instruction publique (17 March 1913)[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Visionneuse - Archives départementales des Yvelines". archives.yvelines.fr. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
  2. ^ "Base Léonore". Ministère de la culture (in French). Retrieved November 15, 2018.
  3. ^ "Visionneuse". Archives de Paris. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
  4. ^ "Figaro : journal non politique". Gallica. April 6, 1913. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
  5. ^ "Gil Blas / dir. A. Dumont". Gallica. April 7, 1913. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
  6. ^ "Cinéa". Gallica. July 15, 1924. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
  7. ^ "Cinéa". Gallica. April 15, 1927. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
  8. ^ texte, France coloniale moderne. Auteur du (March 11, 1926). "Les Annales coloniales : organe de la "France coloniale moderne" / directeur : Marcel Ruedel". Gallica. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
  9. ^ "L'Intransigeant". Gallica. August 20, 1926. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
  10. ^ "Le Gaulois : littéraire et politique". Gallica. October 20, 1926. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
  11. ^ "Journal officiel de la République française. Lois et décrets". Gallica. March 22, 1913. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
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