Andrée Tainsy

Personal Info

Birthday

April 26, 1911

Day of Death

2004-12-19

(93 years old)

Place of Birth

Etterbeek, Belgium

Andrée Tainsy

Biography

Andrée Micheline Ghislaine Tainsy (26 April 1911 – 19 December 2004) was a Belgian actress. She worked with several notable actors like Philippe Noiret, Jean Louis Trintignant, Charlotte Rampling and famous directors like Claude Chabrol, Costas Gavras and François Ozon.

Tainsy began her career with theater plays and her first film debut was in 1945, followed by over 80 different cinema and TV works as co-star. She worked until the day of her death. She was born in Etterbeek, Belgium.

Known For

Diary of a Chambermaid

Fantomas

Under the Sand

Code Unknown

Love and Death

How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning

A Slightly Pregnant Man

Filmography

2004
Kings & Queen
as La grand-mère
Red Sunset
as Princesse Czerry
2000
Code Unknown
as Mrs. Becker
Under the Sand
as Suzanne
1996
Love, etc.
as Mireille
The Phantom Heart
as The old lady
1990
Bouvard et Pécuchet
as Germaine
1985
Simone
as La grand mère
Cop au Vin
as Marthe
1982
Boulevard des assassins
as Mrs. Graveline
1980
Mathieu Gaston peluche
as Propriétaire du cheval
1978
Adieu voyages lents
as La mère
1977
A. Constant
as Jeanne
Gloria
as Estelle
Spoiled Children
as La locataire âgée
Solemn Communion
as Charlotte Fourcignie
1975
Love and Death
as Woman (uncredited)
Let Joy Reign Supreme
as Nun
1974
Le Tour d'Écrou
as Mme Grose
The Watchmaker of St. Paul
as Madeleine Fourmet
1973
A Slightly Pregnant Man
as Clarisse de Saint-Clair
1972
Le sagouin
as 'Fraulein'
Faustine and the Beautiful Summer
as The Grandmother
1971
Le Prussien
as Yvonne
The Strangler
as Jeanne, the owner of the bar restaurant
Too Small My Friend
as Mme Herbin
1969
Z
as Nick's Mother
1967
Hedda Gabler
as Julie Tesman
1966
The Devil's Tricks
as La mère de Ginette
1965
How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
as Germaine, Léon's housekeeper (segment "Les Bons Vivants") (uncredited)
1964
Fantomas
as Habilleuse
Diary of a Chambermaid
as La paysanne
1962
Assassin's Check
as La marchande de journaux
1959
Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case
as Club Hula-Hoop Manager (uncredited)
1958
End of Desire
as Ludivine - la servante
1957
Demoniac
as Business card seller
1956
Les Lumières du soir
as Job seeker
1954
Stain on the Snow
as (uncredited)
1952
Holiday for Henrietta
as (uncredited)
Matrimonial Agency
as (uncredited)
1951
My Wife Is Formidable
as la femme de ménage
1950
Julie de Carneilhan
as Madame Sabrier
1949
The Sinners
as Kitchen girl
Mission in Tangier
as Cabaret sweeper
Fantomas Against Fantomas
as (uncredited)