- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- June 14, 1914
- Place of Birth
- Paris, France
- Died
- September 24, 2017
Gisèle Casadesus
Gisèle Casadesus (14 June 1914 – 24 September 2017) was a French actress, who appeared in numerous theatre and film productions. She was an honorary member of the Sociétaires of the Comédie-Française, Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor, Officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, and Grand-Croix of the National Order of Merit. In a career spanning more than 80 years, Casadesus appeared in more than a dozen films after turning 90. Born into a family of artists in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, Gisèle was the daughter of musician, composer and conductor Henri Casadesus and harpist Marie-Louise Beetz, her older brother was actor Christian Casadesus. After receiving first prize in acting at French National Academy of Dramatic Arts at the age of twenty, Casadeus joined the Comédie-Française in 1934. The same year, she married the actor Lucien Pascal (born Lucien Probst), with whom she…
Filmography
movieLa Sonate des spectres
2015
movieDivine Comédie, des planches à l'écran
2015 · Self
movieWeek-ends
2014 · Françoise
movieSous le figuier
2013 · Selma
movieThe Great Restaurant II
2011 · Madeleine, the 100 Years Old Fiancée
movieSarah's Key
2010 · Mamé Tezac
movieWhat War May Bring
2010 · Ilva (95 ans)
movieMy Afternoons with Margueritte
2010 · Margueritte
movieThe Hedgehog
2009 · Mrs. de Broglie
movieUltimate Heist
2009 · Mme Malakian
movieMarie-Octobre
2008 · Clémence
movieRoyal Palace
2005 · Alma, Reine Mère
movieHousewarming
2005
movieThe Last Mitterrand
2005 · La soeur de Simone Picard
movieSpecial Delivery
2002 · la dame
movieLes Deux Vieilles Dames et l'accordeur
2001
movieOuch
2000 · Robert's mother
movieThe Children of the Marshland
1999 · Mrs. Mercier
movieTout ce qui brille
1996 · Mademoiselle de Chambure
movieMen, Women: A User's Manual
1996 · Clara Blanc
movieRoulez jeunesse !
1993 · Bernadette
tvMaigret
1991 · Mme Calame, Catherine
movieStormy Summer
1989 · Grand-mère
movieSweet Lies
1987 · Nemo
movieThe Collector of Brains
1981 · Mme Vanderwood
movieLe Curé de Tours
1980 · Mlle Salomon de Villenoix
movieComme chien et chat
1980 · Hermine
movieA Crime of Our Times
1977 · Catherine Revest
movieUn mari, c'est un mari
1976 · Le sénateur
movieGame of Seduction
1976 · Marquise de Lapalmmes
movieMamie Rose
1976 · Rose
movieJury of One
1974 · Madame Leguen
movieLove at the Top
1974 · Mrs. Lourceuil
movieLa Voyante
1972 · La seconde cliente de Karma
tvLe Grand Échiquier
1972 · Self
Maigret en vacances
movieMaigret en vacances
1971 · La mère supérieure
tvAt Theatre Tonight
1966 · La mère
tvLa Comédie-Française
1952 · Sabine
movieDu Guesclin
1949 · Jeanne, Comtesse de Penthièvre
movieBetween Eleven and Midnight
1949 · Florence
movieRoad Blocked
1948 · Simone Fournier
movieLoves of Casanova
1947 · Geneviève de Cerlin
movieThe Eternal Husband
1946 · Marie
moviePaméla
1945 · Joséphine de Beauharnais
movieCoup de tête
1944 · Nadine
movieSowing the Wind
1944 · Germaine Horp
movieVautrin the Thief
1943 · Clotilde de Grandlieu
movieThe Adventurer
1934 · Geneviève