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Baden Baden

as Grandmother

2016
On My Way

as Annie

2013
Lulu in the Nude

as Marthe

2014
Wok the Kasbah

as Mme Lavignasse

2011
22 Bullets

as Mrs. Fontarosa

2010
The Cabbage Soup

as Amelie Poulangeard

1981
The Miser

as Frosine

1980
Stop Calling Me Baby!

as School headmaster

1977
The Wing or the Thigh?

as Marguerite #1, la secrétaire de Charles Duchemin

1976
The Gendarme Takes Off

as Josépha Cruchot

1970
Hibernatus

as Edmée de Tartas

1969
The Gendarme Gets Married

as Josépha Lefrançois

1968
The Exchange Student

as Isabelle Bosquier

1967
Claude Gensac Claude Gensac

Birthday

1927-03-01

Place of Birth

Acy-en-Multien, Oise, France

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.
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