France Rumilly

France Rumilly (born May 1, 1939 in Boulogne-Billancourt ; born Marie-Françoise Rumilly ) is a French actress .

Live and act

After studying at the monastery L'Institut Saint-Vincent de Paul and attending an acting school, she was discovered by director Jack Pinoteau during a casting and received her first film role under his direction for the 1963 film Five Lucky People .

A little later she achieved cult status through her appearance as the mad sister Clotilde in the gendarme films alongside Louis de Funès and plays this role in five other films in the series. During this time she was also active in the theater.

In 1986 she completely withdrew from the film business. Also on the 20th anniversary of Louis de Funès' death in 2003, in contrast to many other actors from the films, she did not take part in any event organized for it on television. In the documentary Un jour, un destin - Louis de Funès, derrière le masque (first broadcast in France 2 on December 11, 2012), she reported on the collaboration with the French comedian in an appearance with Claude Gensac , who appeared in many films Wife played alongside Louis de Funès.

Filmography (selection)

• 1963: Five Lucky Mushrooms (Les Veinards) - Director: Jack Pinoteau
• 1964: The Gendarme de Saint-Tropez (Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez) - Director: Jean Girault
• 1965: Caroline and the men over forty (Moi et les hommes de 40 ans) - Director: Jack Pinoteau
• 1965: The Gendarme from Broadway (Le Gendarme à New York) - Director: Jean Girault
• 1966: Sharp Curves for Madame (Le Grand restaurant) - Director: Jacques Besnard
• 1966: Take it easy, take dynamite (Ne nous fâchons pas) - Director: Georges Lautner
• 1966: CIA agent Jeff Gordon (Le Solitaire passe à l'attaque) - Director: Ralph Habib
• 1967: The precious painting (La Bonne peinture) - directed by Philippe Agostini
• 1967: Tati's glorious times (Play Time) - Director: Jacques Tati
• 1968: Balduin, the Heiratsmuffel (Le Gendarme se marie) - Director: Jean Girault
• 1970: Baldwin, the horror of St. Tropez (Le Gendarme en balade) - Director: Jean Girault
• 1973: Through Paris with noises (Elle court, elle court la banlieue) - Director: Gérard Pirès
• 1973: I don't know anything and say everything (Je sais rien, mais je dirai tout) - Director: Pierre Richard
• 1979: Louis' eerie encounter with the aliens (Le Gendarme et les extra-terrestres) - Directed by Jean Girault
• 1979: Immoral Angels (Les Héroïnes du mal) - Director: Walerian Borowczyk
• 1981: Everything under control (Fais gaffe à la gaffe!) - Director: Paul Boujenah
• 1982: Louis and his crazy policewomen (Le Gendarme et les gendarmettes) - Director: Jean Girault
• 1985: An old thick head (Le Facteur de Saint-Tropez) - Director: Richard Balducci
• 1986: A Day in Paris (Suivez mon regard) - Director: Jean Curtelin
• 1986: Twist Again in Moscow (Twist again à Moscou) - Director: Jean-Marie Poiré

Web links

• France Rumilly in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• France Rumilly in the German dubbing index

Individual evidence

1. ↑ cf. forcedynamique.blog.fr ( Memento of the original from January 15, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .  
2. ↑ cf. defunes.de ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .