Viviane Romance (July 4, 1912 – September 25, 1991) was a French actress. Born Pauline Ronacher Ortmanns in Roubaix, France, Romance began her career as a dancer at the Moulin Rouge in Paris and was elected Miss Paris of 1930 before she made her film debut in 1931 with a cameo role in La Chienne. Romance caused a small scandal winning Miss Paris because she had a child. She appeared in several films over the next few years before making a strong impression in La belle équipe (1936). From this time to the late 1950s she was regarded as one of France's leading cinematic actresses and played dozens of femme fatales, fallen women (with hearts of gold) and vamps. Her acting roles after 1956 were few, and she retired in 1974.

Filmography

• 1974The Nada Gang — Madame Gabrielle
• 1963Any Number Can Win — Ginette, Charles's Wife
• 1956L'inspecteur connaît la musique — Muriel Vincent
• 1956Pity for the Vamps — Flora Davis
• 1955Pleasures and Vices — Loïna Gauthier
• 1955The Affair of the Poisons — Catherine Deshayes, dite La Voisin
• 1954Dangerous Turning — Lucienne Courtois
• 1954Flesh and Desire — Mylène Valdès
• 1953Man, Beast and Virtue — Assunta Perella
• 1953Trouble for the Legion — Cherie
• 1952Heart of the Casbah — Maria Pilar
• 1952The Seven Deadly Sins — Mrs. Blanc (segment "La Luxure")
• 1952Woman Are Angels — Edmée Clotier
• 1951Passion — Marie Charbonnier
• 1949Maya — Bella dite Maya, Producer
• 1948Crossroads of Passion — Irène Dumesnil
• 1947Anger of the Gods — Rita / Maria
• 1947Panic — Alice
• 1947The House Under the Sea — Flore
• 1946Queen's Necklace — Countess Jeanne de la Motte-Valois
• 1945Box of Dreams — Nicole Payen-Laurel, Writer
• 1945La Route du bagne — Manon
• 1944Carmen — Carmen
• 1943A Woman in the Night — Denise Lorin
• 1942Cartacalha, reine des gitans — Cartacalha
• 1942Sacred Fire — Paulette Vernier
• 1941Blind Venus — Clarisse
• 1939Blood Red Rose — Angélica
• 1939La Tradition de minuit — Clara Véry
• 1939Pasha's Wives — Mireille, the French wife
• 1938Gibraltar — Mercedes Garcia
• 1938Le Joueur — Blanche du Placet
• 1938Marked Girls — Régine
• 1938Sirocco — Safia
• 1938The Puritan — Molly
• 1938The Strange Monsieur Victor — Adrienne Robineau
• 1937A Man to Kill — Hilda
• 1937L'Ange du foyer — Chouquette
• 1937Le Club des Aristocrates — Gloriane
• 1937Naples Under the Kiss of Fire — Lolita
• 1937Street of Shadows — Gaby, la chanteuse de cabaret
• 1936La Belle Équipe — Gina
• 1936Une gueule en or
• 1935Dark Eyes — Countess
• 1935Flight Into Darkness — Une girl
• 1935Justin de Marseille — Une pensionnaire de Madame Olympe
• 1935La Bandera — la fille de Barcelone
• 1935Princess Tam Tam — Lucie's Friend
• 1935Return to Paradise — Suzanne
• 1935Second Bureau
• 1934Liliom — La marchande de cigarettes - Cigarette Girl
• 1934Mam'zelle Spahi
• 1934N'aimer que toi
• 1933Ciboulette — A mistress
• 1933The Hawk
• 1932He Is Charming — Uncredited
• 1931La Chienne — (uncredited)
• 1931Mam'zelle Nitouche — (uncredited)

Appearances as themselves (4)

• Le Grand Échiquier — Self
• Samedi soir — Self
• Cinépanorama — Self
• 1948Le Plus Bel Homme du monde — Self