Hélène Olivine Veilleux (April 3, 1911 – September 20, 1956), known professionally as Nanette Bordeaux, was a French Canadian-born American film actress.
Bordeaux moved with her family from Quebec to New York City in the 1930s, where she began auditioning for several theatre productions.
[1] Bordeaux was hired by Columbia Pictures director Jules White in 1949, and began appearing in several short subjects, most notably with the Three Stooges.
As she sported a genuine French accent, she was often cast as a "Fifi," in films such as Hugs and Mugs, Pest Man Wins, A Missed Fortune and Loose Loot.
[2] She also had to hide her French accent under an American one in such films as Slaphappy Sleuths and Income Tax Sappy.