Claude Gensac
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.
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Acted in
Damocles
2016
as Josette Legourinec
Baden Baden
2016
as Grandmother
Mon cher petit village
2015
as Adèle
Lulu in the Nude
2013
as Marthe
On My Way
2013
as Annie
Our dear neighbors
2012
as Dr. Derek's Grandmother
Wok the Kasbah
2011
as Mme Lavignasse
La Grève des femmes
2011
as Mme Deschamps
22 Bullets
2010
as Mrs. Fontarosa
Paris Express
2010
as La Hollandaise
Un été de canicule
2003
as Mamette
Louis de Funès ou le pouvoir de faire rire
2003
as Self
Docteur Claire Bellac
2001
as Mme Lherminier
Absolutely Fabulous
2001
as Mamie Mousson
Changement de cap
1999
as Dora
Quiproquos !
1991
as Alice
Cloud Waltzing
1987
as Madame Hibbert
Poule et frites
1987
as Françoise, the mother-in-law
L'étiquette
1986
as Gabrielle Caporet
Le Dindon
1986
as Clotilde Pontignac
Le Gaffeur
1985
as Lucienne
Trompe qui peut
1982
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
1982
as Josépha Cruchot
The Cabbage Soup
1981
as Amelie Poulangeard
Les Fiancées de l'empire
1981
as Mme de Croissy
The Miser
1980
as Frosine
Gaston Phébus
1978
as La reine Jeanne
Les Deux Vierges
1978
as Madeleine
Stop Calling Me Baby!
1977
as School headmaster
The Wing or the Thigh?
1976
as Marguerite, la secrétaire de Charles Duchemin
La folle de Chaillot
1976
as Constance, la Folle de Passy
Le Chasseur de chez Maxim's
1976
as Germaine
Midi Première
1975
as Self
Bedmania
1974
as Adrienne
Joe: The Busybody
1971
as Sylvie Brisebard
The Gendarme Takes Off
1970
as Josépha Cruchot
Le Bal du comte d'Orgel
1970
as Mademoiselle d'Orgel
Hibernatus
1969
as Edmée de Tartas
The Gendarme Gets Married
1968
as Josépha Lefrançois
The Exchange Student
1967
as Isabelle Bosquier
Oscar
1967
as Mme Germaine Barnier, épouse de Bertrand
At Theatre Tonight
1966
as La Comtesse
The Sultans
1966
as Marcelle
A Woman in White
1965
as Mlle Viralleau
Comment épouser un premier ministre
1964
as Mrs. Grandbourg
The Virtuous Scoundrel
1953
as Evelyne, la femme de chambre