Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

688 • MARSHALL, TONIE
Paris, four episodes: “Hommes de Proie,” “La Chasse
aux Millions,” “Jusqu’au Crime,” “L’Hallali,” Charles
Maudru; 1926 Le Bouif errant, six episodes, as adapter,
René Hervil). Other credits (as author of original
tale): 1918 Le Petit Radjah (Paul Barlatier); (as producer):
1921 Le Talion (Charles Maudru).
Filmography
1911 Agénor, Cavalier de deuxième Classe (short)
1914 Le Drame du Figaro
1920 La Marque révélatrice (also screenwriter)
Celle qui n’a pas dit son Nom (also screenwriter)
L’Holocauste (also screenwriter)
1921 Le Traquenard (also screenwriter, producer)
L’Assommoir (four episodes: “Vers la Destinée,”
“La Pente fatale,” “Le Poison de Paris,” “Sa
Majesté l’Alcool” (co-director with Charles
Maudru; also screenwriter, adapter, producer)
1923 Serge Panine / Sergius Panin (co-director with
Maurice Gleize; also screenwriter, adapter, coproducer;
France / Austria)
1924 La Nuit rouge / Roode Nacht (co-director with
Maurice Gleize; also producer; France / Belgium)
La Main qui a tué / De Hand die doode / UK:
The Hand That Has Killed / USA: The Hand That
Killed (co-director with Maurice Gleize; also
co-screenwriter, producer; France / Belgium)
1925 La Justicière (co-director with Maurice Gleize;
also producer)
MARSHALL, TONIE (Anthony-Lee Marshall / November
29, 1951, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine,
France–)
The daughter of actress Micheline Presle (b. 1922) and
American producer William Marshall (1917–1994),
she attended dramatic art courses with Jean-Laurent
Cochet and Andréas Voutsinas as teachers. After playing
with the Robert Hossein theatrical company, she
made her fi lm debut in Jean-Michel Barjol’s What a
Flash! in 1971. Seen in more than forty motion pictures
and TV movies, she progressively gave up her
acting career to dedicate herself to directing.
Filmography
1989 Pentimento (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)
1994 Pas très Catholique (also screenwriter, dialogist)
3000 Scénarios contre un Virus (segment Avant
. . . mais après)
1996 Enfants de Salaud / USA: Bastard Brood (also
co-screenwriter, co-dialogist; France / Belgium
/ Switzerland)
1999 Vénus Beauté (Institut) / UK: Venus Beauty Salon
/ USA: Venus Beauty Institute (also co-screenwriter,
co-dialogist)
2002 Au plus près du Paradis / Los màs cercano al cielo
/ Nearest to Heaven (also co-screenwriter, codialogist;
France / Canada)
2003 France Boutique (also co-screenwriter)
2008 Passe-Passe (also screenwriter, dialogist)
Television Filmography
2000 Tontaine et Tonton
2004 Les Falbalas de Jean-Paul Gaultier (documentary)
2005 Vénus & Apollon / USA: Venus and Apollo (episode
“Soin conjugal”; also co-screenwriter,
co-dialogist)
MARTIN, JACQUES (June 22, 1933, Lyon, Rhône,
France–September 14, 2007, Biarritz, Pyrénées-
Atlantiques, France)
The son of an industrialist father, he was educated
by Jesuits. In 1949, he attended Charles Dullin’s acting
courses. He enrolled in Télé-Strasbourg under
the pseudonym of Ducerf (his mother’s name) and
hosted a TV show titled Pas très Show in the 1950s.
From 1959 to 1962, he was a member of Germain
Müller’s Alsatian satirical cabaret. Spotted by Pierre
Tchernia, he joined the ORTF (French TV) in 1964
and co-created with Jean Yanne a short-lived but
memorable parodical show (1 = 3). For three decades
(1970s–1990s), he was the most popular French
TV host, thanks to such TV programs as Le Petit Rapporteur
(1975–1976), La Lorgnette (1976–1977), Bon
Dimanche (including L’Ecole des Fans, 1977–1980), and
Dimanche Martin (1980–1998). He was also a singer
and an actor seen in a few fi lms and TV movies (1963
La Femme spectacle, documentary, Claude Lelouch;
1966 L’Amour avec des si . . . , Claude Lelouch, shot
in 1962; Monsieur le Président-Directeur Général, Jean
Girault; Qui êtes-vous Polly Magoo?, William Klein; 1969
Erotissimo, Gérard Pirès, France / Italy; 1972 Sex-Shop
/ Quello che già conosci del sesso e non prendi più sul
serio / USA: Le Sex Shop, Claude Berri, France / Italy;
1974 Deux Grandes Filles dans un Pyjama, uncredited,
Jean Girault; 1979 Claude François, le Film de sa Vie,