Gisèle Casadesus
43 movies · 3 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jun 14, 1914
- Died
- Sep 24, 2017 (age 103)
- Place of birth
- Paris, France
- Also known as
- Gisèle Casadessus
Biography
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 had four children: Jean-Claude (1935), Martine (1939), Béatrice (1942) and Dominique (1954), all artists. She became the 400th member of the Comédie-Française 1 January 1939, and honorary member on 15 April 1967.
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In cinema, Pierre Billon hired her in 1943 to play the role of Clotilde Grandlieus in Vautrin, adapted from Balzac's novel, alongside Michel Simon, and in 1946 for the role of Mary in L'Homme au chapeau rond, alongside Raimu.
In 1971 she was Countess Eguzon in La Belle Aventure, participated in Le Mouton enragé by Michel Deville, played the role of Nicole Leguen, wife of Jean Gabin in Verdict (1974) by André Cayatte, and the mother of Claude Jade in Les Robots pensants (1976).
Again with Claude Jade, she was Mamie Rose (1976), the "grand-mère au pair" in the film by Pierre Goutas, her greatest role. It is followed by her Catherine in Un crime de notre temps (1977) by Gabriel Axel. Claude Lelouch engaged her in 1996 for the role of Clara Blanc, mother of Bernard Tapie, in Hommes, femmes, mode d'emploi. In Aïe (2000), she is the mother of André Dussollier, and in Valérie Lemercier's comedy Palais Royal (2005) she plays the queen mother. She was Margueritte ("with two ts") alongside Gérard Depardieu in Jean Becker's My Afternoons with Margueritte (2010).
In 2013, aged 99, Casadesus acted alongside Anne Consigny and Marie Kremer in Sous le figuier directed by Anne-Marie Étienne. Casadesus was awarded Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour on 29 March 2013.
She was also an Officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, and Grand-Croix of the National Order of Merit. She received an Honorary Molière Award in 2003 for her entire career.
Casadesus died in Paris, France, at the age of 103.
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Gisèle Casadesus: movies and TV shows
Acting (46)
- 2015
- 2014 Week-ends
as Françoise
- 2013 Sous le figuier
as Selma
- 2011 The Great Restaurant II
as Madeleine, the 100 Years Old Fiancée
- 2010 Sarah's Key
as Mamé Tezac
- 2010 What War May Bring
as Ilva (95 ans)
- 2010 My Afternoons with Margueritte
as Margueritte
- 2009 The Hedgehog
as Mrs. de Broglie
- 2009 Ultimate Heist
as Mme Malakian
- 2008 Marie-Octobre
as Clémence
- 2005 Royal Palace
as Alma / Reine Mère
- 2005
- 2005 The Last Mitterrand
as La soeur de Simone Picard
- 2002 Special Delivery
as la dame
- 2001
- 2000 Ouch
as Robert's mother
- 1999 The Children of the Marshland
as Mrs. Mercier
- 1996 Tout ce qui brille
as Mademoiselle de Chambure
- 1996 Men, Women: A User's Manual
as Clara Blanc
- 1993 Roulez jeunesse !
as Bernadette
- 1991
- 1989 Stormy Summer
as Grand-mère
- 1987 Sweet Lies
as Nemo
- 1981 The Collector of Brains
as Mme Vanderwood
- 1980 Le Curé de Tours
as Mlle Salomon de Villenoix
- 1980 Comme chien et chat
as Hermine
- 1977 A Crime of Our Times
as Catherine Revest
- 1976 Un mari, c'est un mari
as Le sénateur
- 1976 Game of Seduction
as Marquise de Lapalmmes
- 1976 Mamie Rose
as Rose
- 1974 Jury of One
as Madame Leguen
- 1974 Love at the Top
as Mrs. Lourceuil
- 1972 La Voyante
as La seconde cliente de Karma
- 1971 Maigret en vacances
as La mère supérieure
- 1966
- 1952
- 1949 Du Guesclin
as Jeanne, Comtesse de Penthièvre
- 1949 Between Eleven and Midnight
as Florence
- 1948 Road Blocked
as Simone Fournier
- 1947 Loves of Casanova
as Geneviève de Cerlin
- 1946 The Eternal Husband
as Marie
- 1945 Paméla
as Joséphine de Beauharnais
- 1944 Coup de tête
as Nadine
- 1944 Sowing the Wind
as Germaine Horp
- 1943 Vautrin the Thief
as Clotilde de Grandlieu
- 1934 The Adventurer
as Geneviève
Talk shows and appearances (2)
- 2015
- 1972 Le Grand Échiquier
1 episode