Claude Gensac

Claude Gensac , born Claude Jeanne Malca Gensac on March 1st 1927 with Acy-in-Multien, (Oise) is a French actress .

Before specializing in the comedy, even in the burlesque one, she played of the great first dramatic roles, which one has tendency to forget: Madam de Montespan in the Business of the poisons (in the televised series the Camera explores time ) or of tempting high bourgeoisies a little bitchy girls How to marry a millionaire , the Sultans , the Newspaper of a woman in white .

She begins with the cinema in the Life from an honest man , of Sacha Guitry, film in which she interprête the good one at the sides of Funès.

She was married in first weddings, of 1951 to 1955, with the actor Pierre Mondy then, in second weddings, of 1958 to 1977, with Henri Chemin, Racing driver French.

Although the cinema generally confined it in supporting roles, one will remember it like having played, with ten recoveries, in company of Louis de Funès, of which it interpreted, generally, the part of the wife:

Catalog of films

the Life of an honest man (1952), of Sacha Guitry
Summer holidays (1967) of Jean Girault
Oscar (1967), of Edouard Molinaro
the Gendarme Marie (1968) of Jean Girault
Hibernatus (1969), of Edouard Molinaro
the Gendarme trotts of it (1970), of Jean Girault
OJ (1971), of Jean Girault
the Wing or the thigh (1976), of Claude Zidi (partnership where she not plays - briefly - the woman but the secretary of the character played by Funès)
Miserly the (1979), of Jean Girault and Louis de Funès (partnership where she interprets the character of Frosine)
Soup with the cabbages (1981), of Jean Girault
the Gendarme and the gendarmettes (1982), of Jean Girault

Claude Gensac also played in following films:

How to marry a Prime Minister (1964), of Michel Boisrond
the Newspaper of a woman in white (1965), of Claude Autant-Lara
the Sultans (1966), of Jean Delannoy
the Ball of the count d' Orgel (1970), of Marc Allégret
the clover Lady (1973)), of Pierre Cavassilas
the Bed in madness (1973), of Jacques Lemoine
the Hunter from Maxim' S (1976), of Claude Vital
Me, blue flower (1977), of Eric Hung
Gaffeur (1985), of Serge Pénard
Hen and fried (1987), of Shine Rego
Change of course (1998), of Patrick Malakian
Absolutely fabulous (2001), of Gabriel Aghion
the Prophecy of Avignon (2007) of David Delrieux

Claude Gensac is also an actress of theater (beginning in 1952 at the sides from… Louis de Funès in Without Ceremony ), appeared on the boards at the sides of Edwige Feuillère in the Insane one of Chaillot (1974), of Manual Robert in the two virgins (1984), as well as Robert Lamoureux, in the Turkey .

Lastly, she played of the various roles in a score of series or television serials, of which its last role marking of a miserly aunt in the series Under the sun .

She is especially known to be the “hind” of regretted of Funès.

Some counterparts of its characters

; Oscar

(aside in direction of the spectator) : “After all, it is p' T-being me which become insane…”

; Hibernatus

“But I insane of the government! ” (in answer to professor Loriebat, which announces to him that the decision to insulate Hibernated the emanates from the more high ranking authorities)

; OJ

“I wonder whether I will not put myself in shirt. ” (vêtue of its only skirt and a combination , in full winter and all opened windows, whereas, by need, it withdrew its shirt maker to hide the gantée hand of the corpse dissimulated in the statue)

; the Gendarme and the gendarmettes

“Aaaahhh! Then there, I kill it, I commit suicide and I ask for the divorce! ” (it arrived in its apartment and found two gendarmettes with half naked on the settee)

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