Jacqueline Laurent (6 August 1918 – 18 December 2009) was a French film actress. She starred with Jean Gabin in Marcel Carné's Le jour se lève (1939).^[1]

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Jacqueline Laurent
Laurent as she was pictured in Photoplay magazine's August 1938 issue.
Born	(1918-08-06)6 August 1918 Brienne-le-Château, Aube, France
Died	18 December 2009(2009-12-18) (aged 91) Grasse, Alpes-Maritimes, France
Other names	Jacqueline Suzanne Janin
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1935–1965 (film)

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Laurent was the daughter of Jacques Janin, a composer whose compositions included music for films.^[2]

After seeing one of Laurent's French films, Louis B. Mayer suggested that she try acting in Hollywood. That suggestion led to her American film debut in Judge Hardy's Children (1938).^[2]

Laurent was married when she was 16 and divorced soon after.^[2]

• Gaspard de Besse (1935)
• Sarati the Terrible (1937)
• Judge Hardy's Children (1938)
• Le Jour Se Lève (1939)
• The Italian Straw Hat (1941)
• The Man Who Played with Fire (1942)
• Farewell Love! (1943)
• Two Timid Souls (1943)
• L'abito nero da sposa (1945)
• The Ways of Sin (1946)