Antoinette Cellier

Antoinette Cellier, Lady Seton (23 June 1913 – 18 January 1981) was an English film and theatre actress.^[1][2]

Antoinette Cellier
Cellier from Film Star Who's Who on the Screen (1938).
Born	Florence Antoinette Glossop Cellier (1913-06-23)23 June 1913 Broadstairs, Kent, England
Died	18 January 1981(1981-01-18) (aged 67) London, England
Occupation	Actress
Spouse	Bruce Seton ​ ​ (m. 1940; died 1969)​
Children	1
Parent(s)	Frank Cellier Florence Glossop-Harris
Relatives	Augustus Harris (maternal grandfather) François Cellier (paternal grandfather) Alfred Cellier (great-uncle) Peter Cellier (half-brother) Phyllis Shannaw (stepmother)

Early life and education

She was born Florence Antoinette Glossop Cellier in Broadstairs, Kent, England. Her father, Frank Cellier, was a film and theatre actor, and her mother was Florence Glossop-Harris. Her grandparents included Augustus Harris, the actor-manager, and François Cellier, musical director of the Savoy Theatre. Her half-brother Peter Cellier also became a film, television and theatre actor.^[3][4]

Cellier was trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.^[5]

In 1940, she became the second wife of actor Sir Bruce Lovat Seton, 11th Baronet of Abercorn.^[6][7]

Career

She made her stage début in London's West End theatre in Firebird.^{[clarification needed][8]} Her first film was Music Hath Charms (1935).

Filmography

• Late Extra (1935)
• Music Hath Charms (1935)
• Royal Cavalcade (1935)
• The Tenth Man (1936)
• Ourselves Alone (1936)
• Death Croons the Blues (1937)
• The Great Barrier (1937)
• The Gables Mystery (1938)
• Lucky to Me (1939)
• I Killed the Count (1939)
• At the Villa Rose (1940)
• Dear Octopus (1943)
• Headline (1944)
• Bees in Paradise (1944)
• The End of the River (1947)

Death

Cellier died 18 January 1981, age 67, in London.^{[citation needed][9]}

References

1. "Antoinette Cellier". BFI. Archived from the original on 16 July 2012.
2. "Antoinette Cellier". theatricalia.com.
3. Sandra Brennan. "Peter Cellier - Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos - AllMovie". AllMovie.
4. McFarlane, Brian; Slide, Anthony (1 January 2013). The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth Edition. Manchester University Press. ISBN 9780719091391.
5. "Antoinette Cellier". IMDb. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
6. "Marriage of Bruce Lovat Seton and Antoinette Florence Glossop Cellier". Scotland's People.
7. "Bruce Seton". Scotland's People.
8. The Playbill. New York Theatre Program Corporation. 1934. p. 10.
9. Aaker, Everett (2006). Encyclopedia of Early Television Crime Fighters: All Regular Cast Members in American Crime and Mystery Series, 1948-1959. McFarland. p. 498. ISBN 978-0-7864-2476-4.

External links

• Antoinette Cellier at IMDb