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 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.
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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Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 9.041 |
Birthday | 1914-06-14 |
Place of Birth | Paris, France |
Also Known As | Gisèle Casadessus, |
1981
The Collector of Brains
6.3/3
A young pianist is shocked when she witnesses a strange chess tournament with a robot. Could there be a gruesome secret behind this exhibition?
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The Collector of Brains
1976
Mamie Rose
3/1
Agathe and Regis have a little boy, Benoît, who is very capricious and sometimes aggressive. The couple, on the verge of divorce, is planning to go on...
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Mamie Rose
1974
Jury of One
6.5/11
A desperate woman, whose son is on trial for murder, blackmails the judge and kidnaps his wife.
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Jury of One
2005
Royal Palace
5.507/269
Eugenia is the queen of an imaginary European country. When her husband dies, quite unexpectedly, the country is left without a king. According to the...
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Royal Palace
1999
The Children of the Marshland
7.125/160
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The Children of the Marshland
1974
Love at the Top
6.36/43
Nicolas Mallet, an inconspicuous and shy bank employee, one day successfully invites Marie-Paul, a young woman he hadn’t known before, in the streets...
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Love at the Top
1949
Between Eleven and Midnight
6.727/11
Between eleven o’clock and midnight one evening, a notorious trafficker Jérôme Vidauban is shot whilst walking in a tunnel in Paris. The case is assig...
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Between Eleven and Midnight
2010
My Afternoons with Margueritte
6.94/226
An illiterate and lonely man bonds with an older and well-read woman.
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My Afternoons with Margueritte
2010
Sarah's Key
7.288/669
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Sarah's Key
1946
The Eternal Husband
7.7/3
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The Eternal Husband
1996
Men, Women: A User's Manual
6/23
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Men, Women: A User's Manual
2002
Special Delivery
4.8/13
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Special Delivery
2000
Ouch
5.3/6
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Ouch
1987
Sweet Lies
4.8/3
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Sweet Lies
2008
Marie-Octobre
6/3
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Marie-Octobre
2013
Sous le figuier
6.2/8
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Sous le figuier
2014
Week-ends
4/18
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Week-ends
1976
Game of Seduction
1.9/6
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Game of Seduction
2015
La Sonate des spectres
10/1
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La Sonate des spectres
1944
Coup de tête
5/1
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Coup de tête
1934
The Adventurer
5.3/3
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The Adventurer
2009
The Hedgehog
7.3/382
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The Hedgehog
2010
What War May Bring
6.262/21
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What War May Bring
1972
La voyante
0/0
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La voyante
1949
Du Guesclin
5.1/8
A chronicle of the life of Bertrand du Guesclin, grand officer of the French army in the 14th century.
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Du Guesclin
1947
Loves of Casanova
0/0
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Loves of Casanova
1945
Paméla
5.7/3
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Paméla
1976
Un mari, c'est un mari
1/1
Ludovique wanted to spend her holidays with her husband Jean,alone together. But she will have to stand her whole family and relations.
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Un mari, c'est un mari
2001
Les deux vieilles dames et l'accordeur
7/1
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Les deux vieilles dames et l'accordeur
1980
Le Curé de Tours
0/0
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Le Curé de Tours
2015
Divine Comédie, des planches à l'écran
1/1
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Divine Comédie, des planches à l'écran
1989
Stormy Summer
1/1
Every year, the whole gather in the French region of Auvergne's home. During this 1944 summer, Louis falls in love with his cousin Laurence. The arriv...
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Stormy Summer
1996
Tout ce qui brille
1/1
Laurence is 30 years old, has a loving husband and an exciting job. But her happiness is not complete because, despite numerous attempts, she is unabl...
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Tout ce qui brille
1943
Vautrin the Thief
7.8/4
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Vautrin the Thief
1944
Sowing the Wind
0/0
A child is rejected by his father and sister when his mother dies giving birth to him. The family is falling apart; the father takes to drinking, the...
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Sowing the Wind
1948
Road Blocked
0/0
Jacques Audoin falls in love with a pianist, Evelyne Clery, and marries her. In reality, he had wanted to approach her, because he imagined that she h...
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Road Blocked
1977
A Crime of Our Times
0/0
Gabriel Axel's penetrating study of the aftermath of a crime. Bernard and Catherine lead a quiet life in retirement, enjoying their occasional sortie...
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A Crime of Our Times
2009
Ultimate Heist
5.36/89
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Ultimate Heist
2011
The Great Restaurant II
5.8/4
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The Great Restaurant II
2005
Housewarming
5.5/31
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Housewarming
2005
Royal Palace
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