Claude Gensac

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
Mar 01, 1927 (98 years old)
Death date
Dec 27, 2016

Claude Gensac

Known For

Damocles
1h 25m
Movie 2016

Damocles

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?

Baden Baden
1h 35m
Movie 2016

Baden Baden

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.

Mon cher petit village
1h 28m
Movie 2015

Mon cher petit village

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.

22 Bullets
1h 57m
Movie 2010

22 Bullets

A retired mobster goes on a revenge spree after being left for dead with 22 bullets in his body by his former childhood friend.

Paris Express
1h 30m
Movie 2010

Paris Express

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...

Louis de Funès ou le pouvoir de faire rire
0h 52m
Movie 2003

Louis de Funès ou le pouvoir de faire rire

A documentary on Louis de Funès based on unseen archives and film extracts, interviews from close friends and comedy specialists.

Changement de cap
1h 28m
Movie 1999

Changement de cap

During a cruise, two women marked by life become friends.

Quiproquos !
1h 18m
Movie 1991

Quiproquos !

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.

Biography

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. Source: Article "Claude Gensac" from Wikipedia in english, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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