Gisèle Casadesus (14 June 1914 – 24 September 2017) was a French actress, who appeared in numerous theatre and film productions. She was an honorary member of the Sociétaires of the Comédie-Française, Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor, Officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, and Grand-Croix of the National Order of Merit. In a career spanning more than 80 years, Casadesus appeared in more than a dozen films after turning 90.
Gisèle Casadesus (14 June 1914 – 24 September 2017) was a French actress, who appeared in numerous theatre and film productions. She was an honorary member of the Sociétaires of the Comédie-Française, Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor, Officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, and Grand-Croix of the National Order of Merit. In a career spanning more than 80 years, Casadesus appeared in more than a dozen films after turning 90.
Born into a family of artists in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, Gisèle was the daughter of musician, composer and conductor Henri Casadesus and harpist Marie-Louise Beetz, her older brother was actor Christian Casadesus. After receiving first prize in acting at French National Academy of Dramatic Arts at the age of twenty, Casadeus joined the Comédie-Française in 1934. The same year, she married the actor Lucien Pascal (born Lucien Probst), with whom she had four children: Jean-Claude (1935), Martine (1939), Béatrice (1942) and Dominique (1954), all artists. She became the 400th member of the Comédie-Française 1 January 1939, and honorary member on 15 April 1967.
In cinema, Pierre Billon hired her in 1943 to play the role of Clotilde Grandlieus in Vautrin, adapted from Balzac's novel, alongside Michel Simon, and in 1946 for the role of Mary in L'Homme au chapeau rond, alongside Raimu.
In 1971 she was Countess Eguzon in La Belle Aventure, participated in Le Mouton enragé by Michel Deville, played the role of Nicole Leguen, wife of Jean Gabin in Verdict (1974) by André Cayatte, and the mother of Claude Jade in Les Robots pensants (1976).
Again with Claude Jade, she was Mamie Rose (1976), the "grand-mère au pair" in the film by Pierre Goutas, her greatest role. It is followed by her Catherine in Un crime de notre temps (1977) by Gabriel Axel. Claude Lelouch engaged her in 1996 for the role of Clara Blanc, mother of Bernard Tapie, in Hommes, femmes, mode d'emploi. In Aïe (2000), she is the mother of André Dussollier, and in Valérie Lemercier's comedy Palais Royal (2005) she plays the queen mother. She was Margueritte ("with two ts") alongside Gérard Depardieu in Jean Becker's My Afternoons with Margueritte (2010).
In 2013, aged 99, Casadesus acted alongside Anne Consigny and Marie Kremer in Sous le figuier directed by Anne-Marie Étienne. Casadesus was awarded Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour on 29 March 2013.
She was also an Officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, and Grand-Croix of the National Order of Merit. She received an Honorary Molière Award in 2003 for her entire career.
Casadesus died in Paris, France, at the age of 103.
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Filmography (Movies)
La Sonate des spectres
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Release Date:21/01/2015
Divine Comédie, des planches à l'écran
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2015
Week-ends
Character:Françoise
Release Date:26/02/2014
Sous le figuier
Character:Selma
Release Date:20/03/2013
The Great Restaurant II
Character:Madeleine, the 100 Years Old Fiancée
Release Date:30/04/2011
Sarah's Key
Character:Mamé Tezac
Release Date:16/09/2010
What War May Bring
Character:Ilva (95 ans)
Release Date:15/09/2010
My Afternoons with Margueritte
Character:Margueritte
Release Date:02/06/2010
The Hedgehog
Character:Mrs. de Broglie
Release Date:01/07/2009
Ultimate Heist
Character:Mme Malakian
Release Date:03/03/2009
Marie-Octobre
Character:Clémence
Release Date:15/10/2008
Royal Palace
Character:Alma
Release Date:23/11/2005
Royal Palace
Character:Reine Mère
Release Date:23/11/2005
Housewarming
Character:
Release Date:01/06/2005
The Last Mitterrand
Character:La soeur de Simone Picard
Release Date:16/02/2005
Special Delivery
Character:la dame
Release Date:11/12/2002
Les Deux Vieilles Dames et l'accordeur
Character:
Release Date:09/11/2001
Ouch
Character:Robert's mother
Release Date:06/09/2000
The Children of the Marshland
Character:Mrs. Mercier
Release Date:03/03/1999
Tout ce qui brille
Character:Mademoiselle de Chambure
Release Date:01/10/1996
Men, Women: A User's Manual
Character:Clara Blanc
Release Date:28/08/1996
Roulez jeunesse !
Character:Bernadette
Release Date:28/04/1993
Stormy Summer
Character:Grand-mère
Release Date:21/06/1989
Sweet Lies
Character:Nemo
Release Date:18/12/1987
The Collector of Brains
Character:Mme Vanderwood
Release Date:07/01/1981
Le Curé de Tours
Character:Mlle Salomon de Villenoix
Release Date:02/12/1980
Comme chien et chat
Character:Hermine
Release Date:22/01/1980
A Crime of Our Times
Character:Catherine Revest
Release Date:21/09/1977
Un mari, c'est un mari
Character:Le sénateur
Release Date:15/12/1976
Game of Seduction
Character:Marquise de Lapalmmes
Release Date:25/08/1976
Mamie Rose
Character:Rose
Release Date:18/02/1976
Jury of One
Character:Madame Leguen
Release Date:11/09/1974
Love at the Top
Character:Mrs. Lourceuil
Release Date:13/03/1974
La Voyante
Character:La seconde cliente de Karma
Release Date:21/02/1972
Du Guesclin
Character:Jeanne, Comtesse de Penthièvre
Release Date:03/06/1949
Between Eleven and Midnight
Character:Florence
Release Date:23/03/1949
Road Blocked
Character:Simone Fournier
Release Date:21/01/1948
Loves of Casanova
Character:Geneviève de Cerlin
Release Date:26/02/1947
The Eternal Husband
Character:Marie
Release Date:19/06/1946
Paméla
Character:Joséphine de Beauharnais
Release Date:02/05/1945
Coup de tête
Character:Nadine
Release Date:12/10/1944
Sowing the Wind
Character:Germaine Horp
Release Date:16/03/1944
Vautrin the Thief
Character:Clotilde de Grandlieu
Release Date:13/12/1943
The Adventurer
Character:Geneviève
Release Date:28/12/1934
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