Claude Gensac
Born
March 1, 1927
Died
December 27, 2016 (89 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Acy-en-Multien, Oise, France
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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Known For
Damocles
Josette Legourinec
2016
Baden Baden
Grandmother
2016
Mon cher petit village
Adèle
2015
Lulu in the Nude
Marthe
2013
On My Way
Annie
2013
Wok the Kasbah
Mme Lavignasse
2011
La Grève des femmes
Mme Deschamps
2011
22 Bullets
Mrs. Fontarosa
2010
Paris Express
La Hollandaise
2010
Un été de canicule
Mamette · (4 episodes)
2003
Louis de Funès ou le pouvoir de faire rire
Self
2003
Docteur Claire Bellac
Mme Lherminier · (3 episodes)
2001
Absolutely Fabulous
Mamie Mousson
2001
Changement de cap
Dora
1999
Vivement dimanche
Self · (1 episode)
1998
Quiproquos !
Alice
1991
Sacrée soirée
Self · (1 episode)
1987
Cloud Waltzing
Madame Hibbert
1987
Poule et frites
Françoise, the mother-in-law
1987
L'étiquette
Gabrielle Caporet
1986
Le Dindon
Clotilde Pontignac
1986
Le Gaffeur
Lucienne
1985
Trompe qui peut
1982
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
Josépha Cruchot
1982
Champs-Elysées
Self · (1 episode)
1982
The Cabbage Soup
Amelie Poulangeard
1981
Les Fiancées de l'empire
Mme de Croissy · (6 episodes)
1981
The Miser
Frosine
1980
Gaston Phébus
La reine Jeanne · (6 episodes)
1978
Les Deux Vierges
Madeleine
1978
Stop Calling Me Baby!
School headmaster
1977
The Wing or the Thigh?
Marguerite
1976
La folle de Chaillot
Constance, la Folle de Passy
1976
Le Chasseur de chez Maxim's
Germaine
1976
Midi Première
Self · (1 episode)
1975
Bedmania
Adrienne
1974
Joe: The Busybody
Sylvie Brisebard
1971
The Gendarme Takes Off
Josépha Cruchot
1970
Le Bal du comte d'Orgel
Mademoiselle d'Orgel
1970
Hibernatus
Edmée de Tartas
1969
The Gendarme Gets Married
Josépha Lefrançois
1968
The Exchange Student
Isabelle Bosquier
1967
Oscar
Mme Germaine Barnier, épouse de Bertrand
1967
At Theatre Tonight
La Comtesse · (1 episode)
1966
The Sultans
Marcelle
1966
Le Legs
La comtesse
1965
A Woman in White
Mlle Viralleau
1965
Comment épouser un premier ministre
Mrs. Grandbourg
1964
The Virtuous Scoundrel
Evelyne, chambermaid
1953