 Marken began her film career under the aegis of Abel Gance in 1915.She made several films with Marcel Carné including "Hotel du Nord" (1938), and as Madame Hermine, the hotelier (a comic role) in "Les Enfants du Paradis" (1945).She also appeared in films of Julien Duvivier, Jacques Becker, Sacha Guitry, Renoir's "Partie de campagne" ("A Day in the Country" 1936), Yves Allégret's "Une si jolie petite plage" (1949) and "Manèges" (1950), "Dr.