Tsilla Chelton
Acting • Born 1919-06-21 – Died 2012-07-15
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.
Filmography
46 credits
Shéhérazade
Movie • 1971
la magicienne
Auntie Danielle
Movie • 1990
Tatie Danielle
The Musketeer
Movie • 2001
Madame Lacross
On est loin d'avoir fini
Movie
Shanks
Movie • 1974
Mrs. Barton
Sister Smile
Movie • 2009
La doyenne des Dominicaines
Very Happy Alexander
Movie • 1968
Mrs. Bouillot
The Pleasure Is All Mine
Movie • 2004
Gaby
Persecution
Movie • 2009
La vieille dame
The Buddies
Movie • 1965
l'hôtelière
Family Pack
Movie • 2001
Lea
The Seven Deadly Sins
Movie • 1962
(segment "La colère") (uncredited)
Zone libre
Movie • 2007
Madame Schwartz
La adúltera
Movie • 1975
Simone
The Wedding Ring
Movie • 1971
Mme Duvernet
The Thirst for Gold
Movie • 1993
Mémé Zezette
Bebert and the Train
Movie • 1963
Traveler
Public School
Movie • 1965
The Restroom Robbery
Movie • 1975
Rose, la « dame pipi »
Distracted
Movie • 1970
Madame Cliston
The Big Swag
Movie • 1965
Newspaper seller
Le Petit Fût
Movie • 2008
Mère Magloire
Les Gauloises bleues
Movie • 1969
La directrice
At Night All Cats Are Crazy
Movie • 1977
Madame Banalesco
Charter 2020
Movie • 1980
Simone Le Guen
Pandora's Box
Movie • 2008
Nusret
Ten Days' Wonder
Movie • 1971
Mère Théo
Peppermint Soda
Movie • 1977
The General Supervisor
Sweet and Sour
Movie • 1963
The Pact of Silence
Movie • 2003
Mère Joseph
Le Choix de Macha
Movie • 2004
Hortense
Le Saut du lit
Movie • 1988
le 16 a Kerbriant
Movie • 1972
Blanche Lacassagne
Alerte à Jonzac
Movie • 1967
C'est pas Parce qu'on n'a Rien à dire qu'il faut fermer sa Gueule...
Movie
Rose, dite « la dame-pipi »
Le 16 à Kerbriant
TV • 1972
Blanche Lacassagne
Chez Maupassant
TV • 2007
la mère Magloire
The Nostradamus Agency
TV • 1950
Angélique
Police Commissioner Moulin
TV • 1976
La grande-tante de Moulin
Matin Bonheur
TV • 1987
Self
Vivement dimanche
TV • 1998
Self
Melting Pot Café
TV • 2007
Elizabeth
Mort au jury
TV • 1974
Madame Muss-Leduran
Mésentente cordiale
TV • 1966
Madame Puch
Sacrée Soirée
TV • 1987
Self
Baal's Companions
TV • 1968
Une adoratrice de Cosmochronos