"Although she spent most of her life as a stage comedienne actress Maria Falconetti would forever make her place in history for her one and only film role, that of the title role in Carl Dryer's silent masterpiece "La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc" (The Passion of Joan of Arc). Her work in that film, which is comprised almost entirely of close-ups, has been widely hailed as the single greatest performance in the history of film." 03-11
"She was known historically for her one and only film role in The Passion of Joan of Arc [1928]. When she died in 1946 she was, coincidentally, cremated."