Gisèle Casadesus

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. In cinema, Pierre Billon hired her in 1943 to play the role of Clotilde Grandlieus in…

Movies & TV Shows

1. Sarah's Key (2010) — Mamé Tezac
2. The Hedgehog (2009) — Mrs. de Broglie
3. Royal Palace (2005) — Alma
4. My Afternoons with Margueritte (2010) — Margueritte
5. The Children of the Marshland (1999) — Mrs. Mercier
6. Ultimate Heist (2009) — Mme Malakian
7. Love at the Top (1974) — Mrs. Lourceuil
8. Housewarming (2005)
9. Men, Women: A User's Manual (1996) — Clara Blanc
10. Week-ends (2014) — Françoise
11. The Last Mitterrand (2005) — La soeur de Simone Picard
12. Maigret (1991) — Mme Calame
13. What War May Bring (2010) — Ilva (95 ans)
14. Special Delivery (2002) — la dame
15. Jury of One (1974) — Madame Leguen
16. Between Eleven and Midnight (1949) — Florence
17. Game of Seduction (1976) — Marquise de Lapalmmes
18. Du Guesclin (1949) — Jeanne, Comtesse de Penthièvre
19. Sous le figuier (2013) — Selma
20. Vautrin the Thief (1943) — Clotilde de Grandlieu
21. Ouch (2000) — Robert's mother
22. The Collector of Brains (1981) — Mme Vanderwood
23. The Eternal Husband (1946) — Marie
24. Sweet Lies (1987) — Nemo
25. The Great Restaurant II (2011) — Madeleine, the 100 Years Old Fiancée
26. The Adventurer (1934) — Geneviève
27. Paméla (1945) — Joséphine de Beauharnais
28. At Theatre Tonight (1966) — La mère
29. Marie-Octobre (2008) — Clémence
30. Le Grand Échiquier (1972) — Self
31. Mamie Rose (1976) — Rose
32. Tout ce qui brille (1996) — Mademoiselle de Chambure
33. Coup de tête (1944) — Nadine
34. Un mari, c'est un mari (1976) — Le sénateur
35. Stormy Summer (1989) — Grand-mère
36. Roulez jeunesse ! (1993) — Bernadette
37. Sowing the Wind (1944) — Germaine Horp
38. Road Blocked (1948) — Simone Fournier
39. A Crime of Our Times (1977) — Catherine Revest
40. La Sonate des spectres (2015)