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 ComédieFrançaise Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor Officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and GrandCroix 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 MarieLouise 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 ComédieFrançaise in 1934 The same year she married the actor Lucien Pascal born Lucien Probst with whom she had four children JeanClaude 1935 Martine 1939 Béatrice 1942 and Dominique 1954 all artists She became the 400th member of the ComédieFrançaise 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 Balzacs novel alongside Michel Simon and in 1946 for the role of Mary in LHomme 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 grandmère 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 demploi In Aïe 2000 she is the mother of André Dussollier and in Valérie Lemerciers comedy Palais Royal 2005 she plays the queen mother She was Margueritte with two ts alongside Gérard Depardieu in Jean Beckers My Afternoons with Margueritte 2010 In 2013 aged 99 Casadesus acted alongside Anne Consigny and Marie Kremer in Sous le figuier directed by AnneMarie 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 GrandCroix 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 CCBYSA 30
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