Marie Epstein, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Marie Epstein

filmmaker

Date of Birth: 14-Aug-1899

Place of Birth: Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 24-Apr-1995

Profession: screenwriter, actor, film director, film producer

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Marie Epstein (born Marie-Antonine Epstein; 14 August 1899, Warsaw - 24 April 1995, Paris) was an actress, scenarist, film director, and film preservationist.
Her career is distinguished by three important collaborations.
Throughout the 1920s, she acted in and wrote scenarios for films directed by her brother, Jean Epstein.
From the 1920s through the early 1950s, she collaborated with the director Jean Benoît-Lévy on sixteen films, serving variously as a writer, assistant director, and co-director.
From the early 1950s to her retirement in 1977, Epstein served as a film preservationist at the Cinémathèque française.