Gisèle Casadesus

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. Source: Article "Gisèle Casadesus" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

  • Title: Gisèle Casadesus
  • Popularity: 1.862
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1914-06-14
  • Place of Birth: Paris, France
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  • Also Known As: Gisèle Casadessus
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Gisèle Casadesus Movies

  • 1981
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    The Collector of Brains

    The Collector of Brains

    6.3 1981 HD

    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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  • 1976
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    Mamie Rose

    Mamie Rose

    3 1976 HD

    Agathe and Regis have a little boy, Benoît, who is very capricious and sometimes aggressive. The couple, on the verge of divorce, is planning...

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  • 1974
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    Jury of One

    Jury of One

    6.8 1974 HD

    A desperate woman, whose son is on trial for murder, blackmails the judge and kidnaps his wife.

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  • 1996
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    Tout ce qui brille

    Tout ce qui brille

    1 1996 HD

    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...

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  • 2005
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    Royal Palace

    Royal Palace

    5.515 2005 HD

    Eugenia is the queen of an imaginary European country. When her husband dies, quite unexpectedly, the country is left without a king. According to...

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  • 1999
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    The Children of the Marshland

    The Children of the Marshland

    7.11 1999 HD

    The film is set in Marais, a quiet region along the banks of Loire river in 1918. Riton is afflicted with a bad-tempered wife and three unruly...

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  • 1974
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    Love at the Top

    Love at the Top

    6.2 1974 HD

    A shy bank employee unexpectedly invites a young woman to a café, leading to a one-night stand. When he shares this with his disillusioned...

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  • 1949
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    Between Eleven and Midnight

    Between Eleven and Midnight

    6.7 1949 HD

    Between eleven o’clock and midnight one evening, a notorious trafficker Jérôme Vidauban is shot whilst walking in a tunnel in...

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  • 2010
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    My Afternoons with Margueritte

    My Afternoons with Margueritte

    6.9 2010 HD

    An illiterate and lonely man bonds with an older and well-read woman.

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  • 2010
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    Sarah's Key

    Sarah's Key

    7.289 2010 HD

    On the night of 16 July 1942, ten year old Sarah and her parents are being arrested and transported to the Velodrome d'Hiver in Paris where thousands...

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  • 1946
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    The Eternal Husband

    The Eternal Husband

    7.7 1946 HD

    An adaptation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's "Le Eternel Mari", a somber story of marital infidelity, revenge and near madness, and starring Raimu in his...

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  • 1943
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    Vautrin the Thief

    Vautrin the Thief

    7.8 1943 HD

    A famous convict Jacques Collin, alias Trompe la mort, or abbot Carlos Herrera, also called Vautrin, escapes from prison. Chance makes him meet...

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  • 1944
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    Sowing the Wind

    Sowing the Wind

    1 1944 HD

    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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  • 1996
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    Men, Women: A User's Manual

    Men, Women: A User's Manual

    6.036 1996 HD

    Benoit Blanc loves living, he loves women, he loves daring. He is a famous businessman who suffers from stomach-ache. Fabiolini, a would-be actor, is...

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  • 1948
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    Road Blocked

    Road Blocked

    1 1948 HD

    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...

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  • 2002
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    Special Delivery

    Special Delivery

    4.8 2002 HD

    An unexpected phone call from a certain Kirsch sets off a crisis between Catherine and Raphaël that will affect all those around them, be they...

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  • 2000
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    Ouch

    Ouch

    5.3 2000 HD

    A chance meeting with Aie, a waitress with a strange name, will drive a 50 year old neurotic man, Robert, crazy.

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  • 1987
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    Sweet Lies

    Sweet Lies

    4.8 1987 HD

    An insurance investigator is visiting Paris on assignment. He is soon made the object of a seduction bet amongst three ladies. Problems arise when...

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  • 2008
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    Marie-Octobre

    Marie-Octobre

    6 2008 HD

    After the Liberation of France during the World War II, ten former Resistant fighters meet again during a dinner organized by Marie-Octobre...

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  • 2005
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    Housewarming

    Housewarming

    5.412 2005 HD

    Chantal, an advocate involved in defending homeless illegal immigrant, decides to refurbish her flat. Following her convictions she calls Columbian...

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  • 2013
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    Sous le figuier

    Sous le figuier

    6.2 2013 HD

    Nathalie, Christophe and Joëlle are in the midst of an existential crisis. Brought together by Selma, 95 and seriously ill, they will spend a...

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  • 2014
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    Week-ends

    Week-ends

    4 2014 HD

    It sometimes takes little to spoil a weekend in the country. A simple misunderstanding in a supermarket parking lot, a bad reaction, and there you...

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  • 1976
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    Game of Seduction

    Game of Seduction

    2.429 1976 HD

    A virtuous young woman becomes the target of the schemes of an amoral womanizer who is in the habit of wooing women and killing their lovers and...

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  • 1977
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    A Crime of Our Times

    A Crime of Our Times

    1 1977 HD

    Gabriel Axel's penetrating study of the aftermath of a crime. Bernard and Catherine lead a quiet life in retirement, enjoying their occasional...

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  • 2009
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    Ultimate Heist

    Ultimate Heist

    5.33 2009 HD

    The Malakian clan, a family of ruthless gangsters, controls the underworld of Southern France. At its head, the violent godfather Milo Malakian rules...

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  • 2015
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    La Sonate des spectres

    La Sonate des spectres

    10 2015 HD

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  • 1944
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    Coup de tête

    Coup de tête

    5 1944 HD

    A sporty and chivalrous young man creates, with some comrades, a society whose goal is to protect honest people against rogues. He finds himself...

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  • 2011
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    The Great Restaurant II

    The Great Restaurant II

    5.8 2011 HD

    The great restaurant reopens with new extravagent costumers and the same beloved manager.

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  • 1934
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    The Adventurer

    The Adventurer

    5.3 1934 HD

    A scandalised Frenchman returns from Africa where he has been involved in illegal trading of mines (resulting in the deaths of many African miners)....

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  • 2005
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    Royal Palace

    Royal Palace

    5.515 2005 HD

    Eugenia is the queen of an imaginary European country. When her husband dies, quite unexpectedly, the country is left without a king. According to...

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  • 2009
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    The Hedgehog

    The Hedgehog

    7.262 2009 HD

    Paloma is a serious and highly articulate but deeply bored 11-year-old who has decided to kill herself on her 12th birthday. Fascinated by art and...

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  • 2010
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    What War May Bring

    What War May Bring

    6.3 2010 HD

    A theater projectionist's daughter is involved in the Resistance in WWII, but she doesn’t share his political involvement & only believes...

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  • 1972
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    La voyante

    La voyante

    1 1972 HD

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  • 1949
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    Du Guesclin

    Du Guesclin

    5.1 1949 HD

    A chronicle of the life of Bertrand du Guesclin, grand officer of the French army in the 14th century.

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  • 1947
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    Loves of Casanova

    Loves of Casanova

    1 1947 HD

    On his way to Paris, Casanova keeps on collecting female conquests, does not shy away from duels and gets into many a colorful adventure. Once in the...

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  • 1945
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    Paméla

    Paméla

    5.7 1945 HD

    During the Directory, a handful of royalists tried to get the Dauphin Louis XVII to escape from the Temple.

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  • 1976
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    Un mari, c'est un mari

    Un mari, c'est un mari

    1 1976 HD

    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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  • 2001
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    Les deux vieilles dames et l'accordeur

    Les deux vieilles dames et l'accordeur

    7 2001 HD

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  • 1980
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    Le Curé de Tours

    Le Curé de Tours

    1 1980 HD

    Father Birotteau and Father Troubert, both of whom are priests at Tours, have separate lodgings in the house belonging to the crabby spinster Sophie...

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  • 2015
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    Divine Comédie, des planches à l'écran

    Divine Comédie, des planches à l'écran

    1 2015 HD

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  • 1989
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    Stormy Summer

    Stormy Summer

    1 1989 HD

    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...

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  • 1966
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    At Theatre Tonight

    At Theatre Tonight

    7.5 1966 HD

    At Theater tonight is a TV show broadcasted from 25th August 1966 to 21st September 1985. The show is broadcast plays recorded in two or three days,...

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  • 1972
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    Le Grand Échiquier

    Le Grand Échiquier

    8 1972 HD

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