Florence Marly (2 June 1919 – 9 November 1978) was a Czech-born French film actress. During World War II, Marly moved to neutral Argentina with her Jewish husband the film director Pierre Chenal where she appeared in several films. She also acted in two of her husband's films while they were in Chile.

Biography

At a dinner, director Fritz Lang once bit Marly's hand. During early years of her acting career, US Consulate mistook her for the left-inclined singer Anna Marly and she was subsequently blacklisted by the House Un-American Activities Committee. Even after she was cleared from the blacklist, at a party Jack L. Warner "turned his back on [her]". Noël Coward, in a letter called her a "rather sweet" "beautiful Czech lady". She was married to Chenal from 1937 to 1955.

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