Geneviève Page
Geneviève Page
Born 13/12/1927 in Paris, France

Geneviève Bonjean (13 December 1927 – 14 February 2025), known professionally as Geneviève Page, was a French actress with a film career spanning fifty years and also numerous English-speaking film productions. She was the daughter of French art collector Jacques Paul Bonjean (1899–1990).

Geneviève Bonjean (13 December 1927 – 14 February 2025), known professionally as Geneviève Page, was a French actress with a film career spanning fifty years and also numerous English-speaking film productions. She was the daughter of French art collector Jacques Paul Bonjean (1899–1990).

Page was born in Paris on 13 December 1927, to a family of aesthetes, like her father Jacques Bonjean, who collected art from 17th century France, and her mother Germaine (born Lipman) Bonjean. Her mother's family was Jewish, and had founded LIP. At the age of six, her godfather Christian Dior played the piano with Page's mother, and talked to Page about talking to adults. She recalls, "He had no money at the time, and drew hats for big houses. He had lunch every other day at home and played the piano, with my mother in my room, with four hands. I took refuge in the bathroom to learn my lessons." At the age of twelve, Page read some works by Voltaire, and to her mother's surprise, her father replied "If she can't read Voltaire, she can't read anyone." Despite this, she was a very talented young girl, playing Musset at Théâtre National Populaire and entering the Conservatory.

Her film début was in Pas de pitié pour les femmes (1951), followed by Fanfan la Tulipe (1952), in which she played Madame de Pompadour alongside Gérard Philipe and Gina Lollobrigida. Later, she appeared in Italian, French, British, and American films. She co-starred with Robert Mitchum and Ingrid Thulin in Foreign Intrigue (1956), Dirk Bogarde and Capucine in Song Without End (1960), Charlton Heston and Sophia Loren in El Cid (1961), and was seen in Grand Prix (1966) with James Garner, and Belle de Jour (1967), with Catherine Deneuve and directed by Luis Buñuel. She appeared with Deneuve again when she played Countess Larisch in Mayerling (1968), also co-starring with Ava Gardner and James Mason.

Billy Wilder cast her as the mysterious widow in The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970) because the character she played used her sex appeal to manipulate Holmes. She appeared in Robert Altman's Beyond Therapy (1987) and continued to act until 2003.

She acted in 1943 in Le Soulier de Satin and in Oh! Les Beaux Jours, both of which were directed by Jean-Louis Barrault Madeleine Renaud Co. Her theatre career continued in the 1980s and 1990s, with Les larmes amères de Petra von Kant (The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant) (1980), La nuit des rois (Twelfth Night, William Shakespeare), La femme sur le lit (The Woman on the Bed, Franco Brusati) 1994, and Delicate Balance (1998).

Page was educated at École du Louvre and Conservatoire national des arts et métiers. Page was married to Jean-Claude Bujard from 1959 until his death on 29 August 2011; the couple had two children. In an interview from 2013, she said she was having stewardship problems in her house and that she was "not used to talking anymore".

Page died in Paris on 14 February 2025, at the age of 97.

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Filmography (Movies)

Don't Worry, Be Happy

Don't Worry, Be Happy

Character:Martha Loncle

Release Date:14/05/2003

Mémoires en fuite

Mémoires en fuite

Character:Jeanne

Release Date:08/11/2000

Lovers

Lovers

Character:Alice

Release Date:08/12/1999

Stranger in the House

Stranger in the House

Character:Bernadette

Release Date:03/10/1992

Les gens ne sont pas forcément ignobles

Les gens ne sont pas forcément ignobles

Character:Simone

Release Date:15/06/1991

Dark Woods

Dark Woods

Character:Nathalie Dupin

Release Date:23/08/1989

Italian Postcards

Italian Postcards

Character:Silvana

Release Date:26/03/1987

Beyond Therapy

Beyond Therapy

Character:Zizi

Release Date:27/02/1987

Deadly Circuit

Deadly Circuit

Character:Mrs. Schmitt-Boulanger

Release Date:09/03/1983

Buffet Froid

Buffet Froid

Character:Geneviève Léonard

Release Date:19/12/1979

December

December

Character:Béatrice de St-Mérand

Release Date:02/01/1973

On the Lam

On the Lam

Character:Evremont

Release Date:29/09/1971

Brother Carl

Brother Carl

Character:Karen Sandler

Release Date:20/03/1971

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

Character:Gabrielle Valadon

Release Date:29/10/1970

A Talent for Loving

A Talent for Loving

Character:Lady Butler

Release Date:01/01/1969

Camille '68

Camille '68

Character:Camille

Release Date:23/12/1968

Mayerling

Mayerling

Character:Countess Marie Larisch von Moennich

Release Date:31/10/1968

Decline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher

Decline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher

Character:Margot Beste-Chetwynde

Release Date:30/10/1968

Belle de Jour

Belle de Jour

Character:Madame Anais

Release Date:24/05/1967

Grand Prix

Grand Prix

Character:Monique Delvaux-Sarti

Release Date:21/12/1966

Tender Scoundrel

Tender Scoundrel

Character:Béatrice Dumonceaux

Release Date:12/12/1966

Three Rooms in Manhattan

Three Rooms in Manhattan

Character:Yolande Combes

Release Date:10/11/1965

Le Majordome

Le Majordome

Character:Geneviève des Vallières

Release Date:24/03/1965

Youngblood Hawke

Youngblood Hawke

Character:Frieda Winter

Release Date:04/11/1964

The Reluctant Spy

The Reluctant Spy

Character:Ursula Keller

Release Date:03/09/1963

The Day and the Hour

The Day and the Hour

Character:Agathe

Release Date:05/04/1963

La nuit des Rois

La nuit des Rois

Character:Viola

Release Date:15/11/1962

El Cid

El Cid

Character:Princess Urraca

Release Date:24/10/1961

Song Without End

Song Without End

Character:Countess Marie D'Agoult

Release Date:11/08/1960

A Girl in a Pocket

A Girl in a Pocket

Character:Edith

Release Date:06/11/1957

Ambush in Tangier

Ambush in Tangier

Character:Mary

Release Date:01/01/1957

Michael Strogoff

Michael Strogoff

Character:Nadia Fedoroff

Release Date:14/12/1956

The Silken Affair

The Silken Affair

Character:Genevieve Gerard

Release Date:02/10/1956

Foreign Intrigue

Foreign Intrigue

Character:Dominique Danemore

Release Date:28/06/1956

Cherchez la femme

Cherchez la femme

Character:Barbara Van Looren

Release Date:26/08/1955

Nuits andalouses

Nuits andalouses

Character:Dominique de Bellecombe

Release Date:02/04/1954

Strange Desire of Mr. Bard

Strange Desire of Mr. Bard

Character:Donata

Release Date:04/01/1954

Lettre ouverte

Lettre ouverte

Character:Colette Simonet

Release Date:11/03/1953

Pleasures of Paris

Pleasures of Paris

Character:Violette / Denise

Release Date:21/11/1952

La chasse à l'homme

La chasse à l'homme

Character:

Release Date:14/10/1952

Fan-Fan the Tulip

Fan-Fan the Tulip

Character:Marquise de Pompadour

Release Date:20/03/1952

No Pity for Women

No Pity for Women

Character:Carole de Norbois

Release Date:30/08/1950

The Century Is Fifty

The Century Is Fifty

Character:Self

Release Date:16/03/1950

Television Appearances

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