Known For
Acting
Born
Jun 21, 1919
Died
Jul 15, 2012
Place of Birth
Jerusalem, Palestine (now Israel)
Credits
46 titles
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
Filmography
Persecution
La vieille dame
Sister Smile
La doyenne des Dominicaines
Pandora's Box
Nusret
Le Petit Fût
Mère Magloire
Melting Pot Café
Elizabeth
Chez Maupassant
la mère Magloire
Zone libre
Madame Schwartz
The Pleasure Is All Mine
Gaby
Le Choix de Macha
Hortense
The Pact of Silence
Mère Joseph
The Musketeer
Madame Lacross
Family Pack
Lea
Vivement dimanche
Self
The Thirst for Gold
Mémé Zezette
Auntie Danielle
Tatie Danielle
Le Saut du lit
Sacrée soirée
Self
Matin Bonheur
Self
Charter 2020
Simone Le Guen
Peppermint Soda
The General Supervisor
At Night All Cats Are Crazy
Madame Banalesco
Police Commissioner Moulin
La grande-tante de Moulin
La adúltera
Simone
Plus amer que la mort
mme Dejean
The Restroom Robbery
Rose, la « dame pipi »
Shanks
Mrs. Barton
Mort au jury
Madame Muss-Leduran
Le 16 à Kerbriant
Blanche Lacassagne
le 16 a Kerbriant
Blanche Lacassagne
Shéhérazade
la magicienne
Ten Days' Wonder
Mère Théo
The Wedding Ring
Mme Duvernet
Distracted
Madame Cliston
Les Gauloises bleues
La directrice
Baal's Companions
Une adoratrice de Cosmochronos
Very Happy Alexander
Mrs. Bouillot
Alerte à Jonzac
Mésentente cordiale
Madame Puch
Public School
The Big Swag
Newspaper seller
The Buddies
l'hôtelière
Bebert and the Train
Traveler
Sweet and Sour
The Seven Deadly Sins
(segment "La colère") (uncredited)
The Nostradamus Agency
Angélique
On est loin d'avoir fini