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Gisèle Casadesus

Actor
Died September 24, 2017 (103 years)
Gisèle Casadesus (14 June 1914 – 24 September 2017) was a French actress, who appeared in numerous theatre and film productions. She was an honorary member of the Sociétaires of the Comédie-Française, Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor, Officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, and Grand-Croix of the National Order of Merit. In a career spanning more than 80 years, Casadesus appeared in more than a dozen films after turning 90.

Born into a family of artists in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, Gisèle was the daughter of musician, composer and conductor Henri Casadesus and harpist Marie-Louise Beetz, her older brother was actor Christian Casadesus. After receiving first prize in acting at French National Academy of Dramatic Arts at the age of twenty, Casadeus joined the Comédie-Française in 1934. The same year, she married the actor Lucien Pascal (born Lucien Probst), with whom she had four children: Jean-Claude (1935), Martine (1939), Béatrice (1942) and Dominique (1954), all artists. She became the 400th member of the Comédie-Française 1 January 1939, and honorary member on 15 April 1967.

In cinema, Pierre Billon hired her in 1943 to play the role of Clotilde Grandlieus in Vautrin, adapted from Balzac's novel, alongside Michel Simon, and in 1946 for the role of Mary in L'Homme au chapeau rond, alongside Raimu.

In 1971 she was Countess Eguzon in La Belle Aventure, participated in Le Mouton enragé by Michel Deville, played the role of Nicole Leguen, wife of Jean Gabin in Verdict (1974) by André Cayatte, and the mother of Claude Jade in Les Robots pensants (1976).

Again with Claude Jade, she was Mamie Rose (1976), the "grand-mère au pair" in the film by Pierre Goutas, her greatest role. It is followed by her Catherine in Un crime de notre temps (1977) by Gabriel Axel. Claude Lelouch engaged her in 1996 for the role of Clara Blanc, mother of Bernard Tapie, in Hommes, femmes, mode d'emploi. In Aïe (2000), she is the mother of André Dussollier, and in Valérie Lemercier's comedy Palais Royal (2005) she plays the queen mother. She was Margueritte ("with two ts") alongside Gérard Depardieu in Jean Becker's My Afternoons with Margueritte (2010).

In 2013, aged 99, Casadesus acted alongside Anne Consigny and Marie Kremer in Sous le figuier directed by Anne-Marie Étienne. Casadesus was awarded Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour on 29 March 2013.

She was also an Officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, and Grand-Croix of the National Order of Merit. She received an Honorary Molière Award in 2003 for her entire career.

Casadesus died in Paris, France, at the age of 103.

Source: Article "Gisèle Casadesus" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Movies & Shows on Plex
  • Sarah's Key
Known For
  • My Afternoons with Margueritte
  • Sarah's Key
  • The Hedgehog
  • The Children of the Marshland
  • Palais royal!
  • Verdict
  • Sous le figuier
  • Ouch
  • Housewarming
  • The Collector of Brains
  • Special Delivery
  • Game of Seduction
  • Sweet Lies
  • Week-ends
  • Marie Octobre
  • L'aventurier
  • Vautrin the Thief
  • Loves of Casanova
  • Du Guesclin
  • The Mystery of the White Masks
  • Paméla
  • A Sea Urchin in the Pocket

Filmography

2014
Week-ends · as Françoise
2012
Sous le figuier · as Selma
2010
Sarah's Key · as Mamé Tezac
2010
What War May Bring · as Ilva (95 Ans)
2010
2009
The Hedgehog · as Mrs. De Broglie
2009
Ultimate Heist · as Mme Malakian
2008
Marie Octobre · as Clémence
2007
2006
Le grand appartement · as Marie-Antoinette
2005
Palais royal! · as Alma
2005
2005
The Last Mitterrand · as La Soeur De Simone Picard
2002
Special Delivery · as La Dame
2000
Ouch · as Robert's Mother
1999
La dilettante · as Bénévole De La Mission
1999
1998
Riches, belles, etc. · as Rosalinde
1997
P.J. (TV Series) · as Mme Mirmont
1997
After Sex · as Cast
1996
A Woman of Honor (TV Series) · as Marthe Langlois
1996
1991
Maigret (1991) (TV Series) · as Catherine
1989
Stormy Summer · as Grand-Mère
1987
Sweet Lies · as Nemo
1980
Le curé de Tours · as Mlle Salomon De Villenoix
1980
La folle de Chaillot · as La Folle De Saint Sulpice
1979
La lumière des justes (TV Series) · as La Comtesse De Lambrefoux
1977
A Sea Urchin in the Pocket · as La Mère De Benjamin
1976
The Collector of Brains · as Mme Vanderwood
1976
Game of Seduction · as Marquise De Lapalmmes
1975
Cinéma 16 (TV Series) · as Mme Nicolas
1974
Verdict · as Madame Leguen
1974
Le ballot · as Cast
1974
Love at the Top · as Mrs. Lourceuil
1971
La belle aventure · as La Comtesse D'eguzon
1967
Maigret (1967) (TV Series) · as La Mère Supérieure
1967
Le Tribunal de l'Impossible (TV Series) · as Sally Adulte
1966
The Mystery of the White Masks (TV Series) · as Louise
1966
At the Theater Tonight (TV Series) · as La Mère
1959
Un ami de jeunesse · as Mme Le Blumel
1957
La bonne mère · as Madame Mathurine
1956
Le menteur · as Sabine
1949
Du Guesclin · as Jeanne, Comtesse De Penthièvre
1949
1947
Loves of Casanova · as Geneviève De Cerlin
1946
1945
Paméla · as Joséphine De Beauharnais
1943
Vautrin the Thief · as Clotilde De Grandlieu
1934
L'aventurier · as Geneviève

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