Acting credits
41
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.

Acting
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Acting credits
41
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
TMDB popularity
0.3
Low visibility
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TMDB ID: 24942
IMDb ID: nm0155098
Known for: Acting
Born: June 21, 1919
Died: July 15, 2012
Age: 93
Place of birth: Jerusalem, Palestine (now Israel)
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1950 - 2009
Years active: 60
Average TMDB rating: 5.91
Wikidata: Q537809
Also known as
Tsilla Schilton
Tsilla Chelton (21 June 1919 – 15 July 2012) was a French actress of theatre and film, famous for playing the main role in 1990 film Tatie Danielle, in which she was nominated for a Cesar award and as an elderly Dominican in Soeur Sourire. Tsilla Schilton was born in Jerusalem but spent her childhood in Belgium. The daughter of French parents of Jewish heritage, she lost her mother at the age of 6, and followed her father to Antwerp. She moved to Switzerland during World War II before settling in Paris. Married to decorator Jacques Noël, she had 4 children. Attracted by theatre, she started acting in Marcel Marceau's troupe. Her career was mainly in theatre, where she acted in the eleven works of Eugène Ionesco, earning a Molière Award for best comedian in Ionesco's The Chairs. She premiered the plays of Bertold Brecht in France, with Michel Serrault, Michel Piccoli and Laurent Terzieff. On the big screen, she became famous at 71 for her work in the 1990 Étienne Chatiliez film Tatie Danielle, where she played the title role as a hateful and cantankerous old lady. She taught comedy from 1964 onwards and was the teacher of the actors of the Splendid troupe, including Gérard Jugnot, Michel Blanc, and Thierry Lhermitte. Source: Article "Tsilla Chelton" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.


Movie credits linked with Tsilla Chelton.
as La vieille dame
as La doyenne des Dominicaines
as Nusret
as Mère Magloire
as Madame Schwartz
as Gaby
as Hortense
as Mère Joseph
as Madame Lacross
as Lea
as Mémé Zezette
as Tatie Danielle
as Simone Le Guen
as The General Supervisor
as Madame Banalesco
as Simone
as Rose, la « dame pipi »
as Mrs. Barton
as Blanche Lacassagne
as la magicienne
as Mère Théo
as Mme Duvernet
as Madame Cliston
Series credits linked with Tsilla Chelton.
as Elizabeth • 18 eps
as la mère Magloire • 1 eps
as Self • 1 eps
as Self • 1 eps
as La grande-tante de Moulin • 1 eps
as Blanche Lacassagne • 25 eps
as Une adoratrice de Cosmochronos • 7 eps
as Angélique • 9 eps