- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- April 26, 1911
- Place of Birth
- Etterbeek, Belgium
- Died
- December 19, 2004
Andrée Tainsy
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. Andrée Tainsy attended Brussels' Conservatory, where she trained to become a theater performer in the early 1930s. She moved to Paris and made her debut with the Georges Pitoëff theatrical company in Les Voyageurs Sans Bagage (1937). Her film debut was ready in 1939 however, as World War II started, she fled to South America, where she reconnected with other artists who had also left. Her first experience …
Filmography
movieKings & Queen
2004 · La grand-mère
movieRed Sunset
2004 · Princesse Czerry
movieUnder the Sand
2001 · Suzanne
movieThe Blind
2000 · The Old Woman
movieCode Unknown
2000 · Mrs. Becker
movieLove, etc.
1996 · Mireille
movieThe Phantom Heart
1996 · The old lady
movieBouvard et Pécuchet
1990 · Germaine
Simone
movieSimone
1985 · La grand mère
movieCop au Vin
1985 · Marthe
movieBoulevard des assassins
1982 · Mrs. Graveline
movieAli in Wonderland
1980
movieMathieu Gaston Peluche
1980 · Propriétaire du cheval
movieTwice a Woman
1979
Adieu voyages lents
movieAdieu voyages lents
1978 · La mère
movieA. Constant
1977 · Jeanne
movieGloria
1977 · Estelle
movieSpoiled Children
1977 · Madame Descombes
movieSolemn Communion
1977 · Charlotte Fourcignie
Henry James Stories
tvHenry James Stories
1976 · Mme Grose
movieLove and Death
1975 · Woman (uncredited)
movieLet Joy Reign Supreme
1975 · Nun
movieLe Tour d'Écrou
1974 · Mme Grose
movieThe Watchmaker of St. Paul
1974 · Madeleine Fourmet
movieA Slightly Pregnant Man
1973 · Clarisse de Saint-Clair
movieHandsome Face
1972
movieMan with the Transplanted Brain
1972
movieLe Sagouin
1972 · 'Fraulein'
movieFaustine and the Beautiful Summer
1972 · The Grandmother
movieLe Prussien
1971 · Yvonne
movieThe Strangler
1971 · Jeanne
movieToo Small My Friend
1971 · Mme Herbin
tvThe Cousins of Constance
1970 · Alice Guillou
tvLes Cent Livres des Hommes
1970 · Une femme du peuple
movieZ
1969 · Nick's Mother
movieHedda Gabler
1967 · Julie Tesman
movieThe Mad Dog
1966
movieThe Devil's Tricks
1966 · La mère de Ginette
movieHow to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
1965 · Germaine, la gouvernante de Léon (sketch "Les Bons Vivants")
movieFantomas
1964 · Habilleuse
movieDiary of a Chambermaid
1964 · La paysanne
movieAssassin's Check
1962 · La marchande de journaux
movieMaigret and the St. Fiacre Case
1959 · Club Hula-Hoop Manager (uncredited)
tvDiscorama
1959 · Self
movieEnd of Desire
1958 · Ludivine - la servante
movieDemoniac
1957 · Business card seller
movieLes Lumières du soir
1956 · Job seeker
movieMannequins of Paris
1956
movieStain on the Snow
1954 · (uncredited)
movieHoliday for Henrietta
1952 · (uncredited)
movieMatrimonial Agency
1952 · (uncredited)
movieMy Wife Is Formidable
1951 · la femme de ménage
movieJulie de Carneilhan
1950 · Madame Sabrier
movieNo More Vacation for the Good Lord
1950
movieThe Sinners
1949 · Kitchen girl
movieMission in Tangier
1949 · Cabaret sweeper
movieFantomas Against Fantomas
1949 · (uncredited)