Andrée Micheline Ghislaine Tainsy (26 April 1911 – 19 December 2004) was a Belgian actress. She worked with several notable actors like Philippe Noiret, Jean Louis Trintignant, Charlotte Rampling and famous directors like Claude Chabrol, Costas Gavras and François Ozon. Tainsy began her career with theater plays and her first film debut was in 1945, followed by over 80 different cinema and TV works as co-star. She worked until the day of her death.
Andrée Micheline Ghislaine Tainsy (26 April 1911 – 19 December 2004) was a Belgian actress. She worked with several notable actors like Philippe Noiret, Jean Louis Trintignant, Charlotte Rampling and famous directors like Claude Chabrol, Costas Gavras and François Ozon. Tainsy began her career with theater plays and her first film debut was in 1945, followed by over 80 different cinema and TV works as co-star. She worked until the day of her death.
She was born in Etterbeek, Belgium.
Andrée Tainsy attended Brussels' Conservatory, where she trained to become a theater performer in the early 1930s. She moved to Paris and made her debut with the Georges Pitoëff theatrical company in Les Voyageurs Sans Bagage (1937). Her film debut was ready in 1939 however, as World War II started, she fled to South America, where she reconnected with other artists who had also left. Her first experience in front of was in Chile a movie camera and in 1945 her movie career began starring in Jacques Remy's Le Moulin des Andes (Released in Chile as La Fruta Mordida).
Upon her return to France, after the end of the war, she resumed her theatrical activity with Les Amants de Noël and Joyeux Chagrins, both in 1948. Tainsy's career as an actress and comedian went on until the very end of her life. She worked until the day of her death. She appeared in a small role in Arnaud Desplechin's Rois et Reine on 22 December 2004, just three days after she died. Her cinema endeavors comprised works with several directors like Bertrand Tavernier, Woody Allen, Claude Chabrol, François Ozon and Arnaud Desplechin.
On 19 December 2004, after attending a presentation of a play by Pierre Desproges, she suffered a heart attack at her Parisian apartment. She was buried at Père-Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.
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Filmography (Movies)
Kings & Queen
Character:La grand-mère
Release Date:22/12/2004
Red Sunset
Character:Princesse Czerry
Release Date:25/06/2004
Under the Sand
Character:Suzanne
Release Date:07/02/2001
Code Unknown
Character:Mrs. Becker
Release Date:15/11/2000
Love, etc.
Character:Mireille
Release Date:27/11/1996
The Phantom Heart
Character:The old lady
Release Date:27/03/1996
Bouvard et Pécuchet
Character:Germaine
Release Date:17/09/1990
Simone
Character:La grand mère
Release Date:17/07/1985
Cop au Vin
Character:Marthe
Release Date:10/04/1985
Boulevard des assassins
Character:Mrs. Graveline
Release Date:29/03/1982
Mathieu Gaston peluche
Character:Propriétaire du cheval
Release Date:06/05/1980
Twice a Woman
Character:
Release Date:23/05/1979
Adieu voyages lents
Character:La mère
Release Date:30/11/1978
A. Constant
Character:Jeanne
Release Date:26/10/1977
Gloria
Character:Estelle
Release Date:14/09/1977
Spoiled Children
Character:La locataire âgée
Release Date:06/09/1977
Solemn Communion
Character:Charlotte Fourcignie
Release Date:27/04/1977
Love and Death
Character:Woman (uncredited)
Release Date:10/06/1975
Let Joy Reign Supreme
Character:Nun
Release Date:23/03/1975
Le Tour d'Écrou
Character:Mme Grose
Release Date:25/02/1974
The Watchmaker of St. Paul
Character:Madeleine Fourmet
Release Date:16/01/1974
A Slightly Pregnant Man
Character:Clarisse de Saint-Clair
Release Date:20/09/1973
Handsome Face
Character:
Release Date:29/11/1972
Man with the Transplanted Brain
Character:
Release Date:29/03/1972
Le sagouin
Character:'Fraulein'
Release Date:27/01/1972
Faustine and the Beautiful Summer
Character:The Grandmother
Release Date:12/01/1972
Le Prussien
Character:Yvonne
Release Date:29/11/1971
The Strangler
Character:Jeanne
Release Date:24/09/1971
Too Small My Friend
Character:Mme Herbin
Release Date:06/08/1971
Z
Character:Nick's Mother
Release Date:26/02/1969
Hedda Gabler
Character:Julie Tesman
Release Date:24/10/1967
The Mad Dog
Character:
Release Date:02/09/1966
The Devil's Tricks
Character:La mère de Ginette
Release Date:15/06/1966
How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
Character:Germaine, la gouvernante de Léon (sketch "Les Bons Vivants")
Release Date:28/10/1965
Fantomas
Character:Habilleuse
Release Date:04/11/1964
Diary of a Chambermaid
Character:La paysanne
Release Date:04/03/1964
Assassin's Check
Character:La marchande de journaux
Release Date:10/08/1962
Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case
Character:Club Hula-Hoop Manager (uncredited)
Release Date:02/09/1959
End of Desire
Character:Ludivine - la servante
Release Date:24/09/1958
Demoniac
Character:Business card seller
Release Date:26/04/1957
Les Lumières du soir
Character:Job seeker
Release Date:07/11/1956
Mannequins of Paris
Character:
Release Date:19/09/1956
Stain on the Snow
Character:(uncredited)
Release Date:19/02/1954
Holiday for Henrietta
Character:(uncredited)
Release Date:17/12/1952
Matrimonial Agency
Character:(uncredited)
Release Date:21/05/1952
My Wife Is Formidable
Character:la femme de ménage
Release Date:05/12/1951
Julie de Carneilhan
Character:Madame Sabrier
Release Date:21/04/1950
No More Vacation for the Good Lord
Character:
Release Date:12/04/1950
The Sinners
Character:Kitchen girl
Release Date:30/09/1949
Mission in Tangier
Character:Cabaret sweeper
Release Date:06/06/1949
Fantomas Against Fantomas
Character:(uncredited)
Release Date:08/02/1949
Television Appearances
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