Hélène Duc
Born: 1917-03-22 in Bergerac, Dordogne, France
Died: 2014-11-23
Known For: Acting
Biography
Marcelle Duc (22 March 1917 – 23 November 2014), known professionally as Hélène Duc, was a French actress. She appeared in Edward and Caroline (1951), Je sais rien, mais je dirai tout (1973), and Tanguy (2001). Duc played the role of Mahaut, Countess of Artois in the 1972 miniseries Les Rois maudits, and later played Marguerite de Bouville in the 2005 adaptation of the same novels. In 1983, she performed at the Théâtre de la Gaîté-Montparnasse in a production of Chienne Dactylographe. She was named an officer of the Legion of Honour and Righteous Among the Nations in 2005. Duc was married to René Catroux, with whom she had two daughters. Source: Article "Hélène Duc" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Filmography
2005
- The Accursed Kings as Mme de Bouville
1998
- Vivement dimanche as Self
1997
- Les Sœurs Soleil as La dame chez le vétérinaire
1995
- Samson le magnifique as Madame Brachart
1991
- Des cadavres à la pelle as Tante Gianni
1987
- Promised... sworn! as Bonne Maman
- Miss Mona as Mona's mother
1983
- La chienlit as Madame Cornebugle
- Père Noël et fils
1980
- Alors... Heureux ? as L'examinateur Mlle Chaufour
1978
- Claudine as Tante Coeur
1977
- Appelez-moi maître as Mme Gonzales
1976
- Voyez-vous ce que je vois as Dorothée Paulin
1975
- Numéro un as Self
- Catherine & Co.
- The Phoney as Mamy
1973
- I Don't Know Much, But I'll Say Everything as Gastié-le-Roy mère
- La Duchesse d'Avila as La duègne de Leonor
- Poker d'As as La comtesse de Rhuys
1972
- The Accursed Kings as Mahaut d'Artois, comtesse, tante de Robert
1970
- Le lys dans la vallée as Madame de Vandenesse
- Les assassins associés as Thérèse
1968
- The Great Chase as Albert's wife
1967
1966
- At Theatre Tonight as Mme Decluze
- Les malabars sont au parfum as Tante Berthe
1965
- Les baratineurs as Marie-Louise du Portail
1964
- Male Hunt as Madame Armande
1962
- Les trois chapeaux claques ... (Writer)
- How to Succeed in Love as Wife of the director of Editions du Soleil
1961
- Famous Love Affairs as une marquise
1960
- The Boss as Edmée
1959
- Picnic on the Grass as Isabelle, la secrétaire du biologiste
1955
- The Grand Manoeuvre as Prefect (uncredited)
1952
- The Happiest of Men as The worldly lawyer
1951
- Edward and Caroline as Music-loving guest
1945
- Paris Frills as Une employée de la maison de couture (uncredited)