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Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 1, 1927
Died
December 27, 2016
Place of Birth
Acy-en-Multien, Oise, France
Claude Gensac
0.9 Popularity
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.
Known For
4.7
Josette Legourinec
Damocles
2016
5.9
Grandmother
Baden Baden
2016
5.0
Adèle
Mon cher petit village
2015
6.1
Marthe
Lulu in the Nude
2013
6.5
Annie
On My Way
2013
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Louis de Funès, l'homme qui a passé le mur du son
2013
4.8
Mme Lavignasse
Wok the Kasbah
2011
3.0
Mme Deschamps
La Grève des femmes
2011
6.7
Mrs. Fontarosa
22 Bullets
2010
5.1
La Hollandaise
Paris Express
2010
Credits
Damocles
as Josette Legourinec
2016
4.7
Baden Baden
as Grandmother
2016
5.9
Mon cher petit village
as Adèle
2015
5.0
Lulu in the Nude
as Marthe
2013
6.1
On My Way
as Annie
2013
6.5
Louis de Funès, l'homme qui a passé le mur du son
as Self (archive footage)
2013
0.0
Wok the Kasbah
as Mme Lavignasse
2011
4.8
La Grève des femmes
as Mme Deschamps
2011
3.0
22 Bullets
as Mrs. Fontarosa
2010
6.7
Paris Express
as La Hollandaise
2010
5.1
Un été de canicule
as Mamette
2003
0.0
Louis de Funès ou le pouvoir de faire rire
as Self
2003
6.1
Docteur Claire Bellac
as Mme Lherminier
2001
10.0
Absolutely Fabulous
as Mamie Mousson
2001
4.9
Changement de cap
as Dora
1999
6.0
Vivement dimanche
as Self
1998
3.0
Quiproquos !
as Alice
1991
0.0
Sacrée Soirée
as Self
1987
5.1
Cloud Waltzing
as Madame Hibbert
1987
7.0
Poule et frites
as Françoise, the mother-in-law
1987
3.3
L'étiquette
as Gabrielle Caporet
1986
9.0
Le Dindon
as Clotilde Pontignac
1986
4.0
Le Gaffeur
as Lucienne
1985
6.7
Trompe qui peut
1982
0.0
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
as Josépha Cruchot
1982
6.0
Champs-Elysées
as Self
1982
6.3
The Cabbage Soup
as Amelie Poulangeard
1981
6.4
Les Fiancées de l'empire
as Mme de Croissy
1981
0.0
The Miser
as Frosine
1980
6.3
Gaston Phébus
as La reine Jeanne
1978
0.0
Les Deux Vierges
as Madeleine
1978
0.0
Stop Calling Me Baby!
as School headmaster
1977
3.8
The Wing or the Thigh?
as Marguerite
1976
7.2
La folle de Chaillot
as Constance, la Folle de Passy
1976
0.0
Le Chasseur de chez Maxim's
as Germaine
1976
5.2
Midi Première
as Self
1975
10.0
Bedmania
as Adrienne
1974
3.7
Joe: The Busybody
as Sylvie Brisebard
1971
7.2
The Gendarme Takes Off
as Josépha Cruchot
1970
6.3
Le Bal du comte d'Orgel
as Mademoiselle d'Orgel
1970
5.0
Hibernatus
as Edmée de Tartas
1969
6.7
The Gendarme Gets Married
as Josépha Lefrançois
1968
6.5
The Exchange Student
as Isabelle Bosquier
1967
6.8
Oscar
as Mme Germaine Barnier, épouse de Bertrand
1967
7.3
At Theatre Tonight
as La Comtesse
1966
6.7
The Sultans
as Marcelle
1966
4.3
Le Legs
as La comtesse
1965
0.0
A Woman in White
as Mlle Viralleau
1965
5.0
Comment épouser un premier ministre
as Mrs. Grandbourg
1964
1.0
The Virtuous Scoundrel
as Evelyne, chambermaid
1953
5.9