She will remain Little Violet, the adorable little blonde girl from
La Vie est belle
, a classic American film by Frank Capra.
Jeanine Ann Roose died on New Year's Eve, December 31, 2021, in Los Angeles where she lived.
She was 84 years old.
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Although her film career fizzled out, she would nostalgia for the character of "
Little Violette
"
all her life
.
To an American film critic, she confided a few years ago: “La Vie est belle
is and will remain my one and only film.
But what joy and what a memory to have shared this so young with the whole crew of the filming of this work which has now become cult.
"
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After this memorable entry into the wonderful world of the seventh art, Jeanine Ann Roose decided to devote herself not to comedy but to her studies, which were continued a few years later at UCLA, the famous University of California in Los Angeles.
After having successfully completed her first nursing diplomas, she obtained a license in psychology and then specialized in Jungian psychoanalysis.
A choice of life that she will explain later to the astonished film specialists that she did not want to continue a career as acrobats: “
I always wanted to worry about others.
With psychoanalysis, I was able to help people find meaning in their existence.
Basically a bit like Clarence Obody who, in Capra's film, empathizes with all those close to him.
"
The memorable excerpt from
La Vie est belle
(1946) by Frank Capra with Jeanine Ann Roose as Little Violet
