Nanette Bordeaux

Hélène Olivine Veilleux (April 3, 1911 – September 20, 1956), known professionally as Nanette Bordeaux, was a French Canadian-born American film actress. Bordeaux made over 15 film appearances between 1942 and 1957.

Nanette Bordeaux
Bordeaux in the 1940s
Born	Hélène Olivine Veilleux (1911-04-03)April 3, 1911 Saint-Georges, Quebec, Canada
Died	September 20, 1956(1956-09-20) (aged 45) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Other names	Francine Bordeaux
Years active	1942-1957

Career

Bordeaux moved with her family from Quebec to New York City in the 1930s, where she began auditioning for several theatre productions. By 1938, Bordeaux did a screen test at the Hal Roach Studios, and was chosen over 50 other actresses. She made appearances in several small movies in the 1940s, under the name Francine Bordeaux.^[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.^[1]

Death

Bordeaux's career was cut short when she died of acute bronchopneumonia on September 20, 1956, at age 45.^[1] Her last film, A Merry Mix Up, was released six months after her death.^[1]

Selected filmography

• I Married an Angel (1942) (as Francine Bordeaux)^[1]
• Women in Bondage (1943) (as Francine Bordeaux)^[1]
• So Dark the Night (1946) (as Francine Bordeaux)^[1]
• Homecoming (1948) (as Francine Bordeaux)^[1]
• Flung by a Fling (1949)
• Hugs and Mugs (1950)
• Three Hams on Rye (1950)
• Pest Man Wins (1951)
• A Missed Fortune (1952)
• Loose Loot (1953)
• He Popped His Pistol (1953)
• Come on Seven (1956)
• A Merry Mix Up (1957)