Annabella

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Annabella (14 July 1907 - 18 September 1996) was a French

cinema actress who appeared in 46 films between 1927 and 1952, including some

Hollywood films during the late 1930s and 1940s.

Born Suzanne Georgette Charpentier in La Varenne Saint

Hilaire, Val-de-Marne, France. Annabella's chance to enter films came when her

father entertained a film producer who gave her a small part in Napoléon in

1927. It was not until she starred in Le Million that she was acclaimed and

over the following decade established herself as one of France's most popular

cinema actresses. In 1936 she won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the Venice

Film Festival for Veille d'armes (1935).

She was cast as the female lead in the British-made film

Wings of the Morning (1937) opposite Henry Fonda. Under contract to 20th

Century Fox, she traveled to America and appeared in Suez (1938) with Loretta

Young and Tyrone Power. Her romance with Power was widely reported by movie

magazines of the day. Darryl Zanuck, movie mogul at 20th Century-Fox, did not

want his matinee idol married. He offered Annabella a multi-movie deal that

would take her overseas. She refused to leave Power, and on completion of Suez,

she returned to France to obtain a divorce from her then-husband, Jean Murat.

She and Power married on 23 April 1939. The two honeymooned in Rome. Within a

few months, Annabella and Power had again flown to Europe to bring Annabella's

mother back to live in their home, while her father and brother remained

behind. Her brother was ultimately shot and killed by the Nazis. Annabella made

a return trip to bring her daughter, Anne, back from France to live with them.

Power adopted Anne before leaving for the service. Anne Power later married

actor Oskar Werner.

Darryl F. Zanuck, angry with her for marrying his top box

office star did not cast her in movies despite Annabella's contract with 20th

Century-Fox. Neither was she loaned out to other studios. She and Power

appeared together in the play Liliom in New Haven, Connecticut. While Power was

away at war, Annabella appeared in Blithe Spirit in Chicago. On Broadway, she

received excellent notices for her work in Jacobowsky and the Colonel, directed

by Elia Kazan, in 1944. Annabella also embarked on an affair with author Roald

Dahl; she had refused to give Power a divorce to marry Judy Garland, and her

marriage was strained. When Power returned from the war, the couple decided to try

to make their marriage work once again. Annabella again worked in films,

playing the female lead in 13 Rue Madeleine (1947) opposite James Cagney. She

and Power divorced in 1948, and Annabella returned to France. In 1952 she made

her final film, and retired after a 1954 TV appearance.

Annabella and Tyrone Power remained very close, and after

his divorce from Linda Christian, he attempted to reconcile with her,

confessing that in giving her up, he had made a terrible mistake. However,

Annabella refused. Power informed her that he would not take the elevator to

leave her apartment, but the stairs, in case she changed her mind and called

him back. She did not.

Annabella died from a heart attack at Neuilly-sur-Seine,

France, aged 89, and was interred in Passy Cemetery.

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