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.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Damocles
Character:Josette Legourinec
Release Date:06/10/2016
Baden Baden
Character:Grandmother
Release Date:04/05/2016
Mon cher petit village
Character:Adèle
Release Date:09/01/2015
Lulu in the Nude
Character:Marthe
Release Date:28/09/2013
On My Way
Character:Annie
Release Date:16/05/2013
Louis de Funès, l'homme qui a passé le mur du son
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/2013
Wok the Kasbah
Character:Mme Lavignasse
Release Date:13/12/2011
La Grève des femmes
Character:Mme Deschamps
Release Date:11/02/2011
22 Bullets
Character:Mrs. Fontarosa
Release Date:23/03/2010
Paris Express
Character:La Hollandaise
Release Date:24/02/2010
Louis de Funès ou le pouvoir de faire rire
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2003
Absolutely Fabulous
Character:Mamie Mousson
Release Date:29/08/2001
Changement de cap
Character:Dora
Release Date:22/02/1999
Quiproquos !
Character:Alice
Release Date:08/05/1991
Cloud Waltzing
Character:Madame Hibbert
Release Date:14/02/1987
Poule et frites
Character:Françoise, the mother-in-law
Release Date:01/01/1987
L'étiquette
Character:Gabrielle Caporet
Release Date:04/08/1986
Le Dindon
Character:Clotilde Pontignac
Release Date:14/07/1986
Le Gaffeur
Character:Lucienne
Release Date:04/09/1985
Trompe qui peut
Character:
Release Date:22/12/1982
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
Character:Josépha Cruchot
Release Date:03/10/1982
The Cabbage Soup
Character:Amelie Poulangeard
Release Date:02/12/1981
The Miser
Character:Frosine
Release Date:05/03/1980
Les Deux Vierges
Character:Madeleine
Release Date:07/04/1978
Stop Calling Me Baby!
Character:School headmaster
Release Date:26/10/1977
The Wing or the Thigh?
Character:Marguerite
Release Date:27/10/1976
La folle de Chaillot
Character:Constance, la Folle de Passy
Release Date:30/06/1976
Le Chasseur de chez Maxim's
Character:Germaine
Release Date:14/04/1976
Bedmania
Character:Adrienne
Release Date:02/04/1974
Joe: The Busybody
Character:Sylvie Brisebard
Release Date:31/08/1971
The Gendarme Takes Off
Character:Josépha Cruchot
Release Date:28/10/1970
Le Bal du comte d'Orgel
Character:Mademoiselle d'Orgel
Release Date:30/06/1970
Hibernatus
Character:Edmée de Tartas
Release Date:10/09/1969
The Gendarme Gets Married
Character:Josépha Lefrançois
Release Date:30/10/1968
The Exchange Student
Character:Isabelle Bosquier
Release Date:01/12/1967
Oscar
Character:Mme Germaine Barnier, épouse de Bertrand
Release Date:11/10/1967
The Sultans
Character:Marcelle
Release Date:06/05/1966
Le Legs
Character:La comtesse
Release Date:04/06/1965
A Woman in White
Character:Mlle Viralleau
Release Date:28/04/1965
Comment épouser un premier ministre
Character:Mrs. Grandbourg
Release Date:11/11/1964
The Virtuous Scoundrel
Character:Evelyne, chambermaid
Release Date:18/02/1953
Television Appearances
Un été de canicule
Character:Mamette
Docteur Claire Bellac
Character:Mme Lherminier
Vivement dimanche
Character:Self
Sacrée Soirée
Character:Self
Champs-Elysées
Character:Self
Les Fiancées de l'empire
Character:Mme de Croissy
Gaston Phébus
Character:La reine Jeanne
Midi Première
Character:Self
At Theatre Tonight
Character:La Comtesse
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