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Claude Gensac

Claude Gensac

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1927-03-01

Birth Place

Acy-en-Multien, Oise, France

Movies and TV shows :

22 Bullets

22 Bullets

2010

6.7

Movie
A Woman in White

A Woman in White

1965

5.0

Movie
Absolutely Fabulous

Absolutely Fabulous

2001

5.0

Movie
poster

At Theatre Tonight

1966

7.5

TV
Baden Baden

Baden Baden

2016

6.0

Movie
Bedmania

Bedmania

1974

4.0

Movie
poster

Champs-Elysées

1982

6.2

TV
Changement de cap

Changement de cap

1999

6.0

Movie
Cloud Waltzing

Cloud Waltzing

1987

7.0

Movie
Comment épouser un premier ministre

Comment épouser un premier ministre

1964

1.0

Movie
Damocles

Damocles

2016

4.9

Movie
poster

Docteur Claire Bellac

2001

10.0

TV
poster

Gaston Phébus

1978

0.0

TV
Hibernatus

Hibernatus

1969

6.7

Movie
Joe: The Busybody

Joe: The Busybody

1971

7.2

Movie
L'étiquette

L'étiquette

1986

9.0

Movie
La folle de Chaillot

La folle de Chaillot

1976

0.0

Movie
La Grève des femmes

La Grève des femmes

2011

3.5

Movie
Le Bal du comte d'Orgel

Le Bal du comte d'Orgel

1970

5.0

Movie
Le Chasseur de chez Maxim's

Le Chasseur de chez Maxim's

1976

5.4

Movie
Le Dindon

Le Dindon

1986

4.0

Movie
Le Gaffeur

Le Gaffeur

1985

6.7

Movie
Les Deux Vierges

Les Deux Vierges

1978

0.0

Movie
poster

Les Fiancées de l'empire

1981

0.0

TV
Louis de Funès ou le pouvoir de faire rire

Louis de Funès ou le pouvoir de faire rire

2003

6.1

Movie
Lulu in the Nude

Lulu in the Nude

2013

6.2

Movie
poster

Midi Première

1975

10.0

TV
Mon cher petit village

Mon cher petit village

2015

5.0

Movie
On My Way

On My Way

2013

6.5

Movie
Oscar

Oscar

1967

7.3

Movie
poster

Our dear neighbors

2012

4.7

TV
Paris Express

Paris Express

2010

5.2

Movie
Poule et frites

Poule et frites

1987

3.0

Movie
Quiproquos !

Quiproquos !

1991

0.0

Movie
poster

Scènes de ménages

2009

6.3

TV
Stop Calling Me Baby!

Stop Calling Me Baby!

1977

4.0

Movie
The Cabbage Soup

The Cabbage Soup

1981

6.4

Movie
The Exchange Student

The Exchange Student

1967

6.9

Movie
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes

The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes

1982

6.0

Movie
The Gendarme Gets Married

The Gendarme Gets Married

1968

6.5

Movie
The Gendarme Takes Off

The Gendarme Takes Off

1970

6.4

Movie
The Miser

The Miser

1980

6.3

Movie
The Sultans

The Sultans

1966

4.3

Movie
The Virtuous Scoundrel

The Virtuous Scoundrel

1953

6.1

Movie
The Wing or the Thigh?

The Wing or the Thigh?

1976

7.2

Movie
Trompe qui peut

Trompe qui peut

1982

0.0

Movie
poster

Un été de canicule

2003

0.0

TV
poster

Vivement dimanche

1998

3.2

TV
Wok the Kasbah

Wok the Kasbah

2011

4.7

Movie