Claude France

Claude France (March 9, 1893 – January 3, 1928) born in Emden, Germany; was a German-born French actress. She was born Jane Joséphine Anna Françoise Wittig. She was discovered by Leon Gaumont who was impressed with her beauty. She had worked as a French spy, and was connected with the denunciation of Mati Hari, with whom she had a friendly relationship. For reasons not clear she committed suicide by gas poisoning at her home in Paris.

Selected filmography

 * Le Carnaval des vérités (1920)
 * L'autre aile (1924)
 * Modern Marriages (1924)
 * Imperial Violets (1924)
 * Prince Charming (1925)
 * Boarding House Groonen (1925)
 * Le Bossu (1925)
 * The Abbot Constantine (1925)
 * Fan Fan the Tulip (1925)
 * Le berceau de dieu (1926)
 * Simone (1926)
 * Lady Harrington (1927)
 * André Cornélis (1927)
 * Madonna of the Sleeping Cars (1928)
 * Island of Love (1929)