Claude Gensac

Personal Info

Birthday

March 1, 1927

Day of Death

2016-12-27

(89 years old)

Place of Birth

Acy-en-Multien, Oise, France

Claude Gensac

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.

Known For

At Theatre Tonight

22 Bullets

The Wing or the Thigh?

The Cabbage Soup

The Gendarme Gets Married

The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes

Hibernatus

The Gendarme Takes Off

Filmography

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