Louise
Background
Louise is a secretary for Doctor Genessier in France.
During the events of Eyes Without a Face (1960) played by Alida Valli
Louise is driving her car at night when she uses her rear view mirror to stare at the faceless body sitting in the back. She drives to a reservoir and then dumps the body in the water. While walking along the streets of Paris, Louise follows Edna Gruber and her friends and overhears that Edna is looking for a room to rent. At Christiane Genessier's funeral, Doctor Genessier tells Christiane's fiance, Jacques Vernon to go home and after he leaves, Louise asks Doctor Genessier to leave, but he refuses. Louise brings Christiane food and tells her to have faith in Doctor Genessier as he succeeded in repairing her face and Christiane comments the procedure she needed was not as extreme as hers. At the theater, Louise tells Edna, who is waiting in line, she has an extra ticket. As time goes on, she tells Edna, she knows a room that is available to rent and invites her to see it. They drive to Doctor Genessier's villa. Louise introduces Edna to Doctor Genessier and when Edna seems suspicious, Doctor Genessier uses a chemical to make her unconscious. Her body is dragged to a medical lab in the basement of the villa and Doctor Genessier tells Louise, this time the surgery will work. After dinner, Doctor Genessier performs surgery and removes the face of Edna and transplants it onto Christiane.
Louise tells Doctor Genessier that the operation seems to be a success, but Doctor Genessier is hesitant to believe it. Edna wakes up from surgery and knocks Louise unconscious with a bottle when Louise brings her food. She tries to escape, but commits suicide when she can't escape. Doctor Genessier and Louise drive Edna's body to the cemetery and bury it in the family crypt. At dinner, Doctor Genessier applauds his success and tells Christiane she can soon get a new identity and continue her life. She asks about Jacques, and Doctor Genessier tells her he will tell him about her being alive, but it will pose a problem. He is called away for a medical reason and as he kisses Christiane's head, he notices it has started to change color in one spot. As he and Louise walk to the hospital, Louise tells him she noticed he looked anxious and he tells her he failed once more. As the days go by, Christiane's face starts to rot away. Christiane calls Jacques before Louise catches her and hangs up the phone. Christiane tells Louise she wishes she were dead and begs Louise to give her drugs so she can commit suicide. A new patient named Paulette Merodon is released and as she is leaving, Louise drives up to her and offers to drive her to the train station. During surgery to remove Paulette's face, Louise tells Doctor Genessier that Parot and the Inspector are there to see him. Paulette wakes up on the operating table and Christiane sets her free and then stabs Louise in the throat with a scalpel, killing her.