Claude Gensac
Born: 1927-03-01 in Acy-en-Multien, Oise, France
Died: 2016-12-27
Known For: Acting
Biography
Claude Gensac (1 March 1927 – 27 December 2016) was a French actress. She appeared in more than 70 films and television productions since 1952. Gensac is the oldest nominee to date in the category César Award for Best Supporting Actress, nominated in 2015 for her role as Marthe in the film Lulu femme nue. In 1952, Gensac portrayed the character of Evelyne in her first feature film, La Vie d'un homme honnête. She collaborated on a number of films with Louis de Funès, often playing his wife, to international acclaim. She appeared in the series of movies "Les Gendarmes" with Louis de Funès. She played De Funès' wife, Josepha Cruchot. After De Funès's death in 1983, Gensac was rarely involved in film, but was active as a theater actress. In 2001 she returned to film in the French version of Absolutely Fabulous, her first film role since 1983. Gensac appeared in over 100 cinema and television films, as well as numerous theater roles. In 2011 she was awarded the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres at the officer grade. Claude Gensac was married twice: from 1952 to 1954 with the actor Pierre Mondy and from 1958 to 1977 with Henri Chemin, a racer and PR Manager of Ford France with whom she had a son. She died in her sleep on 27 December 2016. She was 89 years old. Source: Article "Claude Gensac" from Wikipedia in english, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Filmography
2016
- Damocles as Josette Legourinec
- Baden Baden as Grandmother
2015
- Mon cher petit village as Adèle
2013
- Lulu in the Nude as Marthe
- On My Way as Annie
- Louis de Funès, l'homme qui a passé le mur du son as Self (archive footage)
2011
- Wok the Kasbah as Mme Lavignasse
- La Grève des femmes as Mme Deschamps
2010
- 22 Bullets as Mrs. Fontarosa
- Paris Express as La Hollandaise
2003
- Louis de Funès ou le pouvoir de faire rire as Self
- Un été de canicule as Mamette
2001
- Absolutely Fabulous as Mamie Mousson
- Docteur Claire Bellac as Mme Lherminier
1999
- Changement de cap as Dora
1998
- Vivement dimanche as Self
1991
- Quiproquos ! as Alice
1987
- Sacrée Soirée as Self
- Cloud Waltzing as Madame Hibbert
- Poule et frites as Françoise, the mother-in-law
1986
- Le Dindon as Clotilde Pontignac
- L'étiquette as Gabrielle Caporet
1985
- Le Gaffeur as Lucienne
1982
- Champs-Elysées as Self
- The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes as Josépha Cruchot
- Trompe qui peut
1981
- The Cabbage Soup as Amelie Poulangeard
- Les Fiancées de l'empire as Mme de Croissy
1980
- The Miser as Frosine
1978
- Gaston Phébus as La reine Jeanne
- Les Deux Vierges as Madeleine
1977
- Stop Calling Me Baby! as School headmaster
1976
- The Wing or the Thigh? as Marguerite
- La folle de Chaillot as Constance, la Folle de Passy
- Le Chasseur de chez Maxim's as Germaine
1975
- Midi Première as Self
1974
- Bedmania as Adrienne
1971
- Joe: The Busybody as Sylvie Brisebard
1970
- The Gendarme Takes Off as Josépha Cruchot
- Le Bal du comte d'Orgel as Mademoiselle d'Orgel
1969
- Hibernatus as Edmée de Tartas
1968
- The Gendarme Gets Married as Josépha Lefrançois
1967
- Oscar as Mme Germaine Barnier, épouse de Bertrand
- The Exchange Student as Isabelle Bosquier
1966
- The Sultans as Marcelle
- At Theatre Tonight as La Comtesse
1965
- Le Legs as La comtesse
- A Woman in White as Mlle Viralleau
1964
- Comment épouser un premier ministre as Mrs. Grandbourg
1953
- The Virtuous Scoundrel as Evelyne, chambermaid