Denise Grey
Actor
September 17, 1896 — January 13, 1996 (99 years)
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Denise Grey, real name Édouardine Verthuy, was a French actress.
Édouardine Grey was born Châtillon, in the Aosta Valley in north-west Italy, close to the French border. The city was almost totally French-speaking at the time. She was naturalized French on July 13, 1922. She started working in the film industry in 1915 in the silent film En famille, an adaptation of the novel by Hector Malot, before dedicating herself to theatre. She went back to working in films, now talkies, in the 1930s. She came to fame in the 1940s with films such as Monsieur Hector (1940), Boléro (1942) or Devil in the Flesh (1947). Old age did not put an end to her career. For example, in 1972, she starred in a French television series called Les Rois maudits. Thanks to the film La Boum, in which she plays "Poupette", the great-grandmother of Sophie Marceau, she gained recognition from a new audience growing up in the 1980s.
She was a member of the Comédie-Française between 1944 and 1946 and between 1957 and 1958.
She had a daughter: Suzanne Grey, also an actress, who was born on 28 June 1917 and died on 13 December 2005.
In 1986, she sang Devenir vieux (Becoming Old). She died in 1996, a few months before reaching the age of 100. She rests next to her husband in the cemetery of Arradon (Morbihan).
Denise Grey, real name Édouardine Verthuy, was a French actress.
Édouardine Grey was born Châtillon, in the Aosta Valley in north-west Italy, close to the French border. The city was almost totally French-speaking at the time. She was naturalized French on July 13, 1922. She started working in the film industry in 1915 in the silent film En famille, an adaptation of the novel by Hector Malot, before dedicating herself to theatre. She went back to working in films, now talkies, in the 1930s. She came to fame in the 1940s with films such as Monsieur Hector (1940), Boléro (1942) or Devil in the Flesh (1947). Old age did not put an end to her career. For example, in 1972, she starred in a French television series called Les Rois maudits. Thanks to the film La Boum, in which she plays "Poupette", the great-grandmother of Sophie Marceau, she gained recognition from a new audience growing up in the 1980s.
She was a member of the Comédie-Française between 1944 and 1946 and between 1957 and 1958.
She had a daughter: Suzanne Grey, also an actress, who was born on 28 June 1917 and died on 13 December 2005.
In 1986, she sang Devenir vieux (Becoming Old). She died in 1996, a few months before reaching the age of 100. She rests next to her husband in the cemetery of Arradon (Morbihan).
Known For
Filmography
| 1991 | A Fine Romance · as Madame Legris |
| 1988 | Les saisons du plaisir · as Emmanuelle Van Bert |
| 1982 | The Party 2 · as Poupette, François' Grandmother, Vic's Great-Grandmother |
| 1982 | N'oublie pas ton père au vestiaire... · as La Dame À La Moto |
| 1980 | The Party · as Poupette, Vic's Great Grandmother |
| 1979 | Les Dames de la côte · as Adélaïde Decourt |
| 1972 | The Accursed Kings · as Madame Marie De Hongrie |
| 1971 | |
| 1970 | Hello-Goodbye · as Concierge |
| 1969 | The House in the Country · as Baroness De Bocquigny |
| 1968 | The Adventures of Babar · as La Vieille Dame |
| 1967 | The Flashing Blade · as The Countess Of Blainville |
| 1966 | At the Theater Tonight · as La Comtesse Apoline De Mont-Vermeil |
| 1964 | La bonne soupe · as Mrs. Boudard Mother |
| 1960 | Bombs on Monte Carlo · as Contesse Tamm |
| 1960 | Love and the Frenchwoman · as La Mère De Danielle (segment "le Divorce") |
| 1959 | The Woman's Confidant · as La Comtesse |
| 1958 | Sputnik · as Marguerite Martin |
| 1958 | Mimi Pinson · as The Grandmother |
| 1958 | Carve Her Name with Pride · as Mrs. Bushell |
| 1957 | It's Adam's Fault · as Jeanne Sandret |
| 1957 | Police judiciaire · as Madame Jambert |
| 1957 | À pied, à cheval et en voiture · as Marguerite Martin |
| 1957 | La peau de l'ours · as Mrs. Legrand, The Mother-In-Law |
| 1957 | Une nuit aux Baléares · as Marguerite Vargas |
| 1956 | Mitsou · as Estelle |
| 1955 | Spring, Autumn and Love · as La Cliente |
| 1954 | Il seduttore · as La Mamma Di Jacqueline |
| 1954 | Service Entrance · as Mme Thévenot, La Mère D'aline |
| 1954 | April Fools' Day · as Clémentine Prévost |
| 1954 | Raspoutine · as La Princesse Dikvona |
| 1954 | The Sheep Has Five Legs · as Mme Durand-Perrin |
| 1953 | Julietta · as Mme Valender - La Mère De Julietta Et Martine |
| 1953 | Girls' Dormitory · as Mme Hazard-Habran, La Directrice |
| 1953 | The Tour of the Grand Dukes · as The Baroness |
| 1950 | Not Any Weekend for Our Love · as Gabrielle |
| 1949 | Bonheur en location · as Gilde |
| 1947 | Carré de valets · as Mme De La Bastide |
| 1947 | Devil in the Flesh · as Madame Grangier |
| 1947 | Six Hours to Lose · as Madame De Witt |
| 1946 | Strange Fate · as Madame D'evremond |
| 1946 | Le couple idéal · as Antoinette |
| 1945 | Majestic Hotel Cellars · as Madame Van Bell |
| 1944 | L'aventure est au coin de la rue · as Madame Laurat-Dossin |
| 1943 | Adieu Léonard · as Bernardine Leonard |
| 1943 | L'honorable Catherine · as Madame D'ambroisie |
| 1942 | The Blue Veil · as Madame Volnar-Bussel |
| 1942 | Boléro · as Anne-Marie Houillier |
| 1941 | Montmartre · as Moussette |
| 1940 | Monsieur Hector · as Maroussia De Dragomir |
| 1939 | Serge Panine · as Lady Harton |
| 1987 | Night of the Molières · as Self |
| 1982 | Champs-Elysees · as Self |
| 1975 | Midi-Première · as Self |