Jacques Ferney — Abused Confidence Character Profile

About Jacques Ferney

A wealthy and renowned historian whose repressed past leads him to unknowingly take in Lydia, believing her to be his long-lost daughter.

Jacques Ferney — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Charles Vanel

Appears in

Abused Confidence (1937)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (3)

• Jacques Ferney — Family Imposter Daughter — Lydia (Danielle Darrieux)

  Lydia assumes the identity of Jacques's deceased lover's child.

• Jacques Ferney — Family Husband — Hélène Ferney (Valentine Tessier)

  Married couple navigating a shared domestic secret.

• Jacques Ferney — Unknown Indirect Link — Alice (Yvette Lebon)

  Alice's family artifact serves as the bridge to Jacques's history.

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• Lydia (Danielle Darrieux)
• Hélène Ferney (Valentine Tessier)
• Pierre Montant (Pierre Mingand)
• Un garçon dans la fête (Pierre-Louis)
• Alice (Yvette Lebon)
• La logeuse (Thérèse Dorny)
• Le tireur à la carabine (Robert Ozanne)
• l'homme du cimetière (Georges Lannes)
• le valet des Ferney (Lucien Callamand)
• Le président du tribunal (Jean Worms)
• Paul (Gilbert Gil)
• Dieulafoy (René Bergeron)