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.

Filmography

• 2009Persecution — La vieille dame
• 2009Sister Smile — La doyenne des Dominicaines
• 2008Le Petit Fût — Mère Magloire
• 2008Pandora's Box — Nusret
• Chez Maupassant — la mère Magloire
• Melting Pot Café — Elizabeth
• 2007Zone libre — Madame Schwartz
• 2004Le Choix de Macha — Hortense
• 2004The Pleasure Is All Mine — Gaby
• 2003The Pact of Silence — Mère Joseph
• 2001Family Pack — Lea
• 2001The Musketeer — Madame Lacross
• 1993The Thirst for Gold — Mémé Zezette
• 1990Auntie Danielle — Tatie Danielle
• 1988Le Saut du lit
• 1980Charter 2020 — Simone Le Guen
• 1977At Night All Cats Are Crazy — Madame Banalesco
• 1977Peppermint Soda — The General Supervisor
• Police Commissioner Moulin — La grande-tante de Moulin
• 1975La adúltera — Simone
• 1975Plus amer que la mort — mme Dejean
• 1975The Restroom Robbery — Rose, la « dame pipi »
• Mort au jury — Madame Muss-Leduran
• 1974Shanks — Mrs. Barton
• Le 16 à Kerbriant — Blanche Lacassagne
• 1971Shéhérazade — la magicienne
• 1971Ten Days' Wonder — Mère Théo
• 1971The Wedding Ring — Mme Duvernet
• 1970Distracted — Madame Cliston
• 1969Les Gauloises bleues — La directrice
• Baal's Companions — Une adoratrice de Cosmochronos
• 1968Very Happy Alexander — Mrs. Bouillot
• 1967Alerte à Jonzac
• Mésentente cordiale — Madame Puch
• 1965Public School
• 1965The Big Swag — Newspaper seller
• 1965The Buddies — l'hôtelière
• 1963Bebert and the Train — Traveler
• 1963Sweet and Sour
• 1962Rue du Havre
• 1962The Seven Deadly Sins — (segment "La colère") (uncredited)
• The Nostradamus Agency — Angélique
• On est loin d'avoir fini

Appearances as themselves (3)

• Vivement dimanche — Self
• Matin Bonheur — Self
• Sacrée soirée — Self