Claude Gensac
Acting • Born 1927-03-01 – Died 2016-12-27
Biography
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. Source: Article "Claude Gensac" from Wikipedia in english, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Filmography
50 credits
The Wing or the Thigh?
Movie • 1976
Marguerite
Hibernatus
Movie • 1969
Edmée de Tartas
Oscar
Movie • 1967
Mme Germaine Barnier, épouse de Bertrand
The Gendarme Gets Married
Movie • 1968
Josépha Lefrançois
Le Dindon
Movie • 1986
Clotilde Pontignac
The Gendarme Takes Off
Movie • 1970
Josépha Cruchot
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
Movie • 1982
Josépha Cruchot
Joe: The Busybody
Movie • 1971
Sylvie Brisebard
The Cabbage Soup
Movie • 1981
Amelie Poulangeard
The Virtuous Scoundrel
Movie • 1953
Evelyne, chambermaid
Absolutely Fabulous
Movie • 2001
Mamie Mousson
Le Gaffeur
Movie • 1985
Lucienne
L'étiquette
Movie • 1986
Gabrielle Caporet
On My Way
Movie • 2013
Annie
The Sultans
Movie • 1966
Marcelle
Le Chasseur de chez Maxim's
Movie • 1976
Germaine
Lulu in the Nude
Movie • 2013
Marthe
La Grève des femmes
Movie • 2011
Mme Deschamps
The Exchange Student
Movie • 1967
Isabelle Bosquier
The Miser
Movie • 1980
Frosine
Stop Calling Me Baby!
Movie • 1977
School headmaster
Poule et frites
Movie • 1987
Françoise, the mother-in-law
Bedmania
Movie • 1974
Adrienne
A Woman in White
Movie • 1965
Mlle Viralleau
Mon cher petit village
Movie • 2015
Adèle
Le Bal du comte d'Orgel
Movie • 1970
Mademoiselle d'Orgel
Comment épouser un premier ministre
Movie • 1964
Mrs. Grandbourg
Baden Baden
Movie • 2016
Grandmother
22 Bullets
Movie • 2010
Mrs. Fontarosa
Paris Express
Movie • 2010
La Hollandaise
Damocles
Movie • 2016
Josette Legourinec
Louis de Funès ou le pouvoir de faire rire
Movie • 2003
Self
Cloud Waltzing
Movie • 1987
Madame Hibbert
Changement de cap
Movie • 1999
Dora
Wok the Kasbah
Movie • 2011
Mme Lavignasse
Les Deux Vierges
Movie • 1978
Madeleine
La Folle de Chaillot
Movie • 1976
Constance, la Folle de Passy
Trompe qui peut
Movie • 1982
Quiproquos !
Movie • 1991
Alice
Le Legs
Movie • 1965
La comtesse
Louis de Funès, l'homme qui a passé le mur du son
Movie • 2013
Self (archive footage)
Un été de canicule
TV • 2003
Mamette
Docteur Claire Bellac
TV • 2001
Mme Lherminier
Midi Première
TV • 1975
Self
Champs-Elysées
TV • 1982
Self
Gaston Phébus
TV • 1978
La reine Jeanne
Les Fiancées de l'empire
TV • 1981
Mme de Croissy
Vivement dimanche
TV • 1998
Self
At Theatre Tonight
TV • 1966
La Comtesse
Sacrée Soirée
TV • 1987
Self