Claude Gensac
Nacimiento : 1927-03-01, Acy-en-Multien, Oise, France
Muerte : 2016-12-27
Historia
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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Josette Legourinec
Hélène and Paul, early 30s and long-term singles, have been living in a two-person flat for years. Currently, graphic designer Paul wants to escape the digital constraints of his time and has acquired an age-old phone on which only "real" friends can reach him. One evening Paul gets from a friend at a party, his future predicted: Soon he will meet the love of his life, but also commit a murder. A short time later, when he meets the stunning Camille and falls in love with her, he begins to doubt with all luck. Could the prophecy really be true?
La grand-mère
Charts the trials and tribulations of Ana, a free-spirited 26 year-old returning home to Strasbourg for the summer after living abroad for long enough to feel out of place everywhere.
Adèle
Nuclear engineer Antoine Degas must convince the small town of Saint-Lassou to host a storage site for radioactive waste. But the town's German mayor, a fierce ecologist and organic farmer, is steadfastly opposed to the idea.
Marthe
After a job interview gone wrong, Lulu sets sail leaving her husband and three children behind. But being an adventurer is easier said than done.
Annie
Una mujer (Catherine Deneuve) harta de la vida que lleva decide un día abandonarlo todo, ponerse en carretera y huir sin rumbo definido.
Mme Lavignasse
A funny comedy about the war suddenly started between two restaurant owners families.
Mme Deschamps
Mrs. Fontarosa
Un antiguo miembro de la mafia que lleva 3 años retirado, viviendo una plácida vida dedicado a su mujer y a sus hijos, es atacado una mañana por unos hombres y dado por muerto después de recibir 22 balas. Pero sobrevivirá milagrosamente y buscará a Tony Zacchia, el único hombre capaz de atreverse a matarlo. Tony ha cometido solo un error, fallar en su intento.
La Hollandaise
From multicultural Paris to designer Paris, Montmartre to the Champs-Elysées, sleazy sidewalks to high-end galleries... Watch out! Sam the courier is a man on a mission! On his scooter, Sam breaks every rule of the road to make good on the "express delivery" promise of the courier service he works for. But however hard he tries, Sam never gets a bonus from his boss, never beats his slicker colleagues and never gets past his Dad, a cop who books him every time. All Sam has up is Nadia, and she will turn on him if he doesn't show up for her sister's wedding. Trouble is, Sam has one more delivery to make and his day has just gone from bad to worse...
Self
A documentary on Louis de Funès based on unseen archives and film extracts, interviews from close friends and comedy specialists.
Mamie Mousson
The wildly popular British television show Absolutely Fabulous gets a Francophonic makeover with this film version directed by Gabriel Aghion. In this go around, Josiane Balasko and Nathalie Baye play the incorrigible Eddie and Patsy, who leave no impulse unenacted and no lust unsated -- be it for sex or the latest in designer clothing. Waking up from a night of drunken debauchery, the two dip right into a feast of champagne and caviar, much to the irritation of Eddie's elegant mother and her resentful daughter. As Eddie stretches an appalling pair of leopard-print leotards (complete with matching shoes, purse, and hat) over her massive rear end, she and Patsy learn of a handsome young Rollerblading delivery boy who quickly becomes the object of their lust. This film was screened at the 2001 Toronto Film Festival.
Dora
During a cruise, two women marked by life become friends.
Alice
A candidate for mayor of a small town decides to have the mayor's daughter kidnapped to induce him to withdraw his candidacy in the next elections.
Madame Hibbert
Journalist Meredith travels to Europe to do a story on vineyard owner Francois De Paul and won't stop until she learns his secrets.
Françoise, the mother-in-law
Roger, a chip seller on a Cote d’Azur beach, divides his life between his wife, a painter with a flair for originality whose work is unrecognized, and his mistress Bébé, a beautician on vacation. But his encounter with a third woman, a picaresque singer with whom he falls madly in love, will be accompanied by numerous adventures.
Gabrielle Caporet
Clotilde Pontignac
Lucienne
A good country priest discovers that he is a father and must assume his role, a task all the more delicate since his son is a thug.
Josépha Cruchot
La comisaría de Cruchot se traslada a un nuevo edificio con un equipamiento de última generación y además con cuatro miembros nuevos, que no son otros que cuatro mujeres policías. Todos se pelean para entrenar a las nuevas reclutas. Pero las cosas se complican cuando una tras otra las policías van siendo secuestradas.
Amelie Poulangeard
Le Glaude y Le Bombé, dos granjeros cascarrabias, son vecinos en una zona rural. Una noche bajo las estrellas, se tiran un pedo, y un extraterrestre lo recibe como una llamada y les baja a visitar. Con el tiempo volverá, ya que se hace amigo de Le Glaude, pero sobre todo porque le encanta la sopa de col.
Frosine
Harpagon, avaro e irascible, es víctima de su amor desmesurado por su cofrecito de luises de oro. Para conservarlo sólo para él, debe aceptar que su hijo se case con una mujer sin dinero y su hija con su mayordomo.
Madeleine
School headmaster
A man hires a P.I. to find a sexy woman he fell in love with. The woman lives with her underage teen sister who dreams about having sex for the first time, but wants a real man. That's when the P.I. shows up and stirs up the household.
Marguerite #1, Duchemin's secretary
Louis de Funes interpreta a un prestigioso crítico gastronómico que edita la guía "Duchemin", y donde valora la calidad de los restaurantes... a los cuales acude disfrazado.
Constance, la Folle de Passy
Germaine
The love story like no other of an aristocrat with the daughter of the bellboy at Chez Maxim's restaurant.
Sylvie Brisebard
Comedia de intriga que gira en torno al plan que ha tramado un escritor para cometer el crimen perfecto. Pronto descubrirá que, si bien existe, los detalles son lo más importante para que todo salga bien.
Josépha Cruchot
Un grupo de cadetes jóvenes se incorporan a la gendarmería, cosa que provoca una inminente retirada del grupo de gendarmes liderado por Cruchot. Éste es reticente a abandonar su puesto, pero el cambio le condena a una jubilación forzosa. Cruchot no puede acostumbrarse a esta nueva vida de inactividad. Pero cuando Fougasse, uno de sus hombres, es internado por un problema de amnesia, Cruchot ve una oportunidad para volver con su brigada y demostrar que su experiencia es mejor que los nuevos métodos.
Mademoiselle d'Orgel
Nobles try desperately to cling to the crumbling aristocracy in the days following World War I. The Count (Jean-Claude Brialy) and his Countess Mahe (Sylvia Fennec) delight in throwing lavish costume balls. The couple develops a friendship with a young boy who delights in the parties thrown by the noble couple. Love soon blooms between the Countess and the boy as she searches for something more than a string of endless parties and social affairs. The masquerades are an attempt to freeze time and hold on to the nostalgia of a bygone era. For fear of losing her, the Count allows the Countess to continue her love affair.
Edmée de Tartas
Huber de Tartas, industrial y especialista en el campo del embalaje, vive tranquilamente con su esposa Edmeé y su hijo Didier, estudiante de medicina que está a las puertas de un matrimonio muy prometedor. Pero la aparición de un hombre, después de 65 años de hibernación en los glaciares del polo, viene a cuestionarlo todo, ya que se trata del abuelo de Edmeé.
Josépha Lefrançois
El gendarme Cruchot trabaja en una operación para castigar a automovilistas imprudentes. Un buen día se enamora perdidamente de Josefa, la viuda de un coronel de gendarmes. Cruchot y Josefa empezarán a verse a escondidas y esto no le sentará muy bien a Nicole, la hija de Cruchot. Poco a poco las relaciones entre las dos mujeres se irán estabilizando pero Cruchot parecerá más preocupado por el ascenso que se debate entre Gerber y él.
Isabelle Bosquier
Charles Bosquier es el estricto director de una prestigiosa escuela. Cuando su hijo suspende inglés, quiere mandarlo a Inglaterra de intercambio, pero el joven ya tenía planes para el verano. Así que decide mandar a un compañero en su lugar.
Germaine Barnier
Bertrand Barnier es un rico empresario para el que la vida transcurre tranquilamente junto a su mujer y a su hija Colette. Para mantener su forma física hace ejercicio regularmente bajo la dirección de un joven atleta, cuya inteligencia está lejos de igualar su fuerza física. El servicio de la casa está perfectamente atendido por Bernadette, la joven criada, y Oscar, el chofer. Sin embargo, esta confortable situación va a verse perturbada, cuando su empleado, Christian Martin, irrumpe en la casa a primera hora de la mañana para exigir a este un aumento de sueldo, con la intención de pedirle la mano al padre de su novia. El caos se desata en casa de Bernier cuando este descubre que es su propia hija con la que Christian desea casarse.
Marcelle
Lisa, fotógrafa de modas, mantiene un romance con un hombre casado. Ambos saben que la relación no les obliga sino a pasarlo bien. Cuando él atraviesa una delicada situación familiar provocada por la aventura de su hija con un hombre mucho mayor, Lisa comprende lo enamorada que está y lo poco que puede esperar de él. (FILMAFFINITY)
Mlle Viralleau
Claude Sauvage, a tenacious young gynecologist takes a months long internship in a Paris hospital. Between her private life and medical career, she set her doubts and desires in a society where the square and the plight of women remain at that time a secondary issue. The film follows Claude and the staff through the case of some patients while the crucial debate on women's professional ambition, contraception and abortion rights.
Mrs. Grandbourg
Evelyne, la femme de chambre
La Vie d'un honnête homme English: The Virtuous Scoundrel, is a French comedy drama film from 1953, directed by Sacha Guitry, written by Sacha Guitry, starring Michel Simon and Louis de Funès.
