Mariette Sully

[1][2] After leaving school she began working in the theatre, making her debut at the Casino in Nice in Lecocq’s La petite mariée.

[4] Her career took off in 1894: she joined the Bouffes-Parisiens, making her debut there creating the role of Clotilde in Varnay’s Les Forains (February 1894), and Edwige in Le bonhomme de neige by Antoine Banès (April 1894).

[4] June that year saw her at the Théâtre des Menus-Plaisirs in the title role of Audran’s Miss Helyett alongside Jean Périer.

In September 1935 she was in the premiere of La Nuit est belle by Goublier (playing Madame Denizot) at the Théâtre Antoine.

[1][2] A short amount of experimental film with cylinder sound exists from 1900,[7] with Sully as the doll in Audran's La poupée.