[These daily posts will cover little known actors or people that have appeared in more recent films and TV series. Various degrees of information that I was able to find will be given and anything that you can add would be appreciated.]
Born Lucie Hélène Elisabeth De Waersegger in Uccle, Brabant, Belgium on July 23, 1904, she acted under the stage name of Suzanne Christy.
In 1922, under the direction of Paul Flon, she shot the melodrama “Dans Bruges-la-morte”, a film that was well received when it was released in 1924 by the critics, who particularly noted the first appearance in the cinema of the blonde ingénue that was Suzanne Christy and who was practically the only real Belgian star of the silent era. She went to Paris with the screenwriter Charles Spaak where she received the lead role in “La Divine Croisière” (1927) by Julien Duvivier but regularly returned to Belgium to shoot other films. She married Charles Spaak in 1928 and was the stepmother of actress Agnes Spaak [1944- ] actress Catherin Spaak [1945-2022].
Christy died in Berchem-Sainte-Agathe, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale, Belgium on June 24, 1974, a month short of turning 70.
Her only Euro-western was as Susanne in 1923’s “The Way of Zorro” with William Elie in the starring role.
CHRISTY, Suzanne (Lucie Hélène Elisabeth De
Waersegger) [7/23/1904, Uccle, Brabant, Belgium – 6/24/1974,
Berchem-Sainte-Agathe, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale, Belgium] – film actress,
married to writer Charles Spaak (Charles Emile Léon Spaak)
[1903-1975] (1928-193?), stepmother of actress Agnes Spaak [1944- ] actress Catherin Spaak [1945-2022].
In the Way of Zorro – 1923 (Susanne)
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