Annie Vernay

Annie Vernay
Annie Vernay in 1939
Born	21 November 1921 Geneva, Switzerland
Died	15 August 1941 (aged 19) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Other names	Annie Martine Jacqueline Vermeersch
Occupation	Actress

Annie Vernay (November 21, 1921 – August 15, 1941) was a French actress, who emerged as a star of the French cinema before her sudden death at the age of nineteen. After winning a beauty contest, Vernay appeared in seven French films including Max Ophüls's The Novel of Werther (1938).[1]

Her performances attracted interest from American studios. While en route to Hollywood via the Atlantic, she contracted typhus and died in Buenos Aires.

Selected filmography

• The Lie of Nina Petrovna (1938)
• Princess Tarakanova (1938)
• The Novel of Werther (1938)
• The Mayor's Dilemma (1939)
• Hangman's Noose (1940)
• Sing Anyway (1940)

References

1. Goble p.481

External links

• Annie Vernay at IMDb

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.