Gisèle Casadesus

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Gisèle Casadesus (born June 14, 1914 in Paris ; † September 24, 2017 there ) was a French actress .

Life

Gisèle Casadesus's parents were the composer Henri Casadesus and the harpist Marie-Louise Beetz. Her brother was the actor Christian Casadesus .

She made her film debut in 1934 in a leading role as Geneviève in L'aventurier , and a year later she began at the Comédie-Française . A film success in 1943, alongside Michel Simon, was her Clotilde in Vautrin . The parts of teenage heroines followed, for example in 1946 as Marie with Raimu in The Eternal Husband .

Gisèle Casadesus became a star in the 1970s: in 1971 she was Countess d'Eguzon in La belle aventure , as Nicole Leguen she was Jean Gabin's wife, who is kidnapped by Sophia Loren in André Cayatte's The Judgment (1974) ; she was the mother of Claude Jade in Chess the Robot (1976).

Her best-known role was the title heroine Rose as the nanny of Claude Jade's son in Everyone Loves Mami Rose ( Mamie Rose , 1976). Your grand-mère au pair in this film testified to wisdom and elegance as she looked after an aggressive child and saved the marriage of her young parents (Claude Jade, Claude Giraud).

The Dane Gabriel Axel engaged her in 1977 for Catherine in Un crime de notre temps , with Claude Lelouch in 1996 she was in Men and Women - The Instructions for Use as Clara Bernard Tapie's mother. Since 2000, she has played grandmother according to her age. In 2010, her leading role as Margueritte in The Labyrinth of Words became an age success .

Casadesus died in Paris in September 2017 at the age of 103. She was buried at the Cimetière Communale in Ars-en-Ré on the Île de Ré , Charente-Maritime department . She was the mother of the conductor Jean-Claude Casadesus , the actress Martine Pascal (* 1939), the composer Dominique Probst and the painter Béatrice Casadesus (* 1942).

Filmography (selection)

  • 1934: L'aventurier
  • 1943: Vautrin
  • 1946: The Eternal Husband (L'homme au chapeau rond)
  • 1947: Casanova (Les aventures de Casanova)
  • 1948: In the shadow of a lie (Route sans issue)
  • 1949: Between 11 a.m. and midnight (Entre onze heures et minuit)
  • 1949: Knight of his King (Du Guesclin)
  • 1966: The Secret of the White Masks (TV series)
  • 1974: The verdict (Verdict)
  • 1975: Everyone loves Mami Rose (Mamie Rose)
  • 1976: The Faithful Woman (Une femme fidèle)
  • 1976: Chess the Robot (Le collectionneur de cerveaux)
  • 1979: The Light of the Righteous (La lumière des justes)
  • 1988: Sweet Lies
  • 1996: Men and Women - The Instructions for Use (Hommes, femmes, mode d'emploi)
  • 1999: A Summer in the Country (Les enfants du Marais)
  • 2000: Aïe
  • 2005: Palais Royal!
  • 2009: The elegance of Madame Michel (Le hérisson)
  • 2009: Inside Ring (Le premier cercle)
  • 2010: The Labyrinth of Words (La tête en friche)
  • 2010: Sarah's Key (Elle s'appelait Sarah)
  • 2011: Le grand restaurant II (TV)
  • 2012: Sous le figuier
  • 2014: Weekends in Normandy (Week-ends)

Web links

Commons : Gisèle Casadesus  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gisèle Casadesus. Gréco Casadesus, accessed on September 25, 2017 .
  2. ↑ The grave of Gisèle Casadesus. In: knerger.de. Retrieved September 24, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Casadesus, Gisèle
BRIEF DESCRIPTION french actress
DATE OF BIRTH June 14, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH September 24, 2017
Place of death Paris