Gisele Casadesus
Casadesus at the Cabourg Film Festival , 2012
Born	( 1914-06-14 ) 14 June 1914 Paris , France
Died	24 September 2017 (2017-09-24) (aged 103) Paris, France
Nationality	French
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1934?2017
Known for	The Children of the Marshland by Jean Becker My Afternoons with Margueritte by Jean Becker Sarah's Key by Gilles Paquet-Brenner
Spouse	Lucien Pascal ​ ​ ( m.  1934; died 2006) ​
Children	Jean-Claude Casadesus , Martine Pascal , Beatrice Casadesus , and Dominique Probst .
Relatives	Christian Casadesus (older brother), Caroline Casadesus (granddaughter), Olivier Casadesus (grandson), Sebastian Copeland (grandson)

Gisele Casadesus (14 June 1914 ? 24 September 2017) was a French actress, who appeared in numerous theatre and film productions. ^[1] She was an honorary member of the Societaires of the Comedie-Francaise , 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. ^{[2] [3]}

Life and career [ edit ]

Born into a family of artists in the 18th arrondissement of Paris , Gisele 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 Comedie-Francaise in 1934. ^[4] The same year, she married the actor Lucien Pascal (born Lucien Probst), ^[5] with whom she had four children: Jean-Claude (1935), Martine (1939), Beatrice (1942) and Dominique (1954), all artists. ^{[1] [6]} She became the 400th member of the Comedie-Francaise on 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 , ^[7] and in 1946 for the role of Mary in L'Homme au chapeau rond , alongside Raimu . ^[8]

In 1971 she was Countess Eguzon in La Belle Aventure , participated in Le Mouton enrage by Michel Deville , played the role of Nicole Leguen, wife of Jean Gabin in Verdict (1974) by Andre Cayatte , and the mother of Claude Jade in Les Robots pensants (1976). ^{[9] [10]}

Again with Claude Jade , she was Mamie Rose (1976), the "grand-mere 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 Aie (2000), she is the mother of Andre Dussollier , and in Valerie Lemercier 's comedy Palais Royal (2005) she plays the queen mother. She was Margueritte ("with two ts") alongside Gerard Depardieu in Jean Becker 's My Afternoons with Margueritte (2010). ^[11]

Later role and award honours [ edit ]

In 2013, aged 99, Casadesus acted alongside Anne Consigny and Marie Kremer in Sous le figuier directed by Anne-Marie Etienne . ^[12] Casadesus was awarded Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour on 29 March 2013. ^[13]

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 Moliere Award in 2003 for her entire career. ^[14]

Death [ edit ]

Casadesus died in Paris, France, at the age of 103. ^[15]

Theatre [ edit ]

At Comedie-Francaise [ edit ]

Outside Comedie-Francaise [ edit ]

Filmography [ edit ]

Cinema [ edit ]

Television [ edit ]

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1966: fr:Les Compagnons de Jehu (mini-serie) (in French), directed by Michel Drach : Louise de Montrevel ^[16]

2001: Maigret Chez Le Ministre, Maigret and the Minister (Sn7 Ep2) directed by Christian de Chalonge: Mme Calame

Bibliography [ edit ]

• Casadesus, Gisele (1960). Le jeune fille au theatre de Corneille a Claudel .
• Casadesus, Gisele (1961). Le jeune Moliere: pour le tricentenaire de ses premiers succes parisiens, 1661?1961 . Europe-Ed. francais reunis.
• Casadesus, Gisele; Dumesnil, Jacques (1968). Simone de Beauvoir: Extraits de: Memoires d'une jeune fille rangee. La force de l'age. L'Age de discretion . Libr. Hachette.
• Casadesus, Gisele (2007). Le jeu de l'amour et du theatre . Philippe Rey. ISBN   9782848760865 .
• Casadesus, Gisele (2014). Cent ans, c'est passe si vite... Le Passeur Editeur. ISBN   9782368901212 .
• Casadesus, Gisele; Blondie, Isabelle (21 August 2014). Ici Paris d'hier a avant-hier . Chevre-feuille etoilee. ISBN   9782367950815 .

See also [ edit ]

• Casadesus
• List of centenarians (actors, filmmakers and entertainers)

References [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

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• Gisele Casadesus at IMDb
• The Casadesus Family Archived 2017-10-04 at the Wayback Machine
• Gisele Casadesus at the Comedie-Francaise