Actress. From a noted career on the French screen she is remembered as Belle's sister Felicie in Jean Cocteau's 1946 classic "Beauty and the Beast". Born Olga Colette Peszynsky she took to show business early and in 1930 toured America as a singer with Rudy Vallee. Mila made her silver screen bow in the 1932 comedy "L'amour qi'il faut aux femmes" and over the next two decades earned praise in several feature films including Jean Renoir's 1939 "The Rules of the Game", 1952's "Le plasir", and the 1953 crime drama "Blood Orange", with her 1946 performance as Felicie coming opposite Josette Day as Belle. Mila appeared in the late 1950s television series "The Vise" and "Sailor of Fortune" but abandoned her career when her husband Scottish racing driver TASO Mathieson (1908-1991) was injured on the track. She was to maintain a home in Vichy for her last 50 years while also running a Paris perfume shop; Mila returned to the big screen in 1989's "Comedy Summer" and earned her final credit in the 1991 television movie "The Grande Dune". At her death from the effects of advanced age a number of her performances were available on DVD.
Actress. From a noted career on the French screen she is remembered as Belle's sister Felicie in Jean Cocteau's 1946 classic "Beauty and the Beast". Born Olga Colette Peszynsky she took to show business early and in 1930 toured America as a singer with Rudy Vallee. Mila made her silver screen bow in the 1932 comedy "L'amour qi'il faut aux femmes" and over the next two decades earned praise in several feature films including Jean Renoir's 1939 "The Rules of the Game", 1952's "Le plasir", and the 1953 crime drama "Blood Orange", with her 1946 performance as Felicie coming opposite Josette Day as Belle. Mila appeared in the late 1950s television series "The Vise" and "Sailor of Fortune" but abandoned her career when her husband Scottish racing driver TASO Mathieson (1908-1991) was injured on the track. She was to maintain a home in Vichy for her last 50 years while also running a Paris perfume shop; Mila returned to the big screen in 1989's "Comedy Summer" and earned her final credit in the 1991 television movie "The Grande Dune". At her death from the effects of advanced age a number of her performances were available on DVD.
Bio by: Bob Hufford
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