Biography
Claude Gensac (1 March 1927 – 27 December 2016) was a French actress. She appeared in more than 70 films and television productions since 1952. Gensac is the oldest nominee to date in the category César Award for Best Supporting Actress, nominated in 2015 for her role as Marthe in the film Lulu femme nue. In 1952, Gensac portrayed the character of Evelyne in her first feature film, La Vie d'un homme honnête. She collaborated on a number of films with Louis de Funès, often playing his wife, to i...
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Complete Filmography
Damocles
2016
as Josette Legourinec
Hélène and Paul, early 30s and long-term singles, have been living in a two-person flat for years. Currently, graphic designer Paul wants to escape th...
Baden Baden
2016
as Grandmother
Charts the trials and tribulations of Ana, a free-spirited 26 year-old returning home to Strasbourg for the summer after living abroad for long enough...
Mon cher petit village
2015
as Adèle
Nuclear engineer Antoine Degas must convince the small town of Saint-Lassou to host a storage site for radioactive waste. But the town's German mayor,...
Lulu in the Nude
2013
as Marthe
After a job interview gone wrong, Lulu sets sail leaving her husband and three children behind. But being an adventurer is easier said than done.
On My Way
2013
as Annie
Deneuve plays sassy grandmother Bettie who takes to the road after being betrayed by her lover and learning her business is on the verge of bankruptcy...
Wok the Kasbah
2011
as Mme Lavignasse
A funny comedy about the war suddenly started between two restaurant owners families.
La Grève des femmes
2011
as Mme Deschamps
22 Bullets
2010
as Mrs. Fontarosa
A retired mobster goes on a revenge spree after being left for dead with 22 bullets in his body by his former childhood friend.
Paris Express
2010
as La Hollandaise
From multicultural Paris to designer Paris, Montmartre to the Champs-Elysées, sleazy sidewalks to high-end galleries... Watch out! Sam the courier is ...
Louis de Funès ou le pouvoir de faire rire
2003
as Self
A documentary on Louis de Funès based on unseen archives and film extracts, interviews from close friends and comedy specialists.
Absolutely Fabulous
2001
as Mamie Mousson
Middle-aged best friends Eddie and Patsy live in an endless haze of drugged, drunken selfishness. The duo leave no impulse unenacted and no lust unsat...
Changement de cap
1999
as Dora
During a cruise, two women marked by life become friends.
Quiproquos !
1991
as Alice
A candidate for mayor of a small town decides to have the mayor's daughter kidnapped to induce him to withdraw his candidacy in the next elections.
Cloud Waltzing
1987
as Madame Hibbert
Journalist Meredith travels to Europe to do a story on vineyard owner Francois De Paul and won't stop until she learns his secrets.
Poule et frites
1987
as Françoise, the mother-in-law
Roger, a chip seller on a Cote d’Azur beach, divides his life between his wife, a painter with a flair for originality whose work is unrecognized, and...
L'étiquette
1986
as Gabrielle Caporet
Le Dindon
1986
as Clotilde Pontignac
Le Gaffeur
1985
as Lucienne
A good country priest discovers that he is a father and must assume his role, a task all the more delicate since his son is a thug.
Trompe qui peut
1982
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
1982
as Josépha Cruchot
Cruchot's police office moves into a new building. They do not only get high tech equipment, but also four young female police officers to educate. Al...
The Cabbage Soup
1981
as Amelie Poulangeard
Two buddy farmers are visited by aliens who like their domestic cabbage soup.
The Miser
1980
as Frosine
Based on Molière's play. The children of Harpagon, Cléante and his sister Elise, are each in love but they still haven't spoken to their father yet. H...
Les Deux Vierges
1978
as Madeleine
Stop Calling Me Baby!
1977
as School headmaster
A man hires a P.I. to find a sexy woman he fell in love with. The woman lives with her underage teen sister who dreams about having sex for the first ...
The Wing or the Thigh?
1976
as Marguerite
Charles Duchemin, a well-known gourmet and publisher of a famous restaurant guide, is waging a war against fast food entrepreneur Tri- catel to save t...
La folle de Chaillot
1976
as Constance, la Folle de Passy
Le Chasseur de chez Maxim's
1976
as Germaine
The love story like no other of an aristocrat with the daughter of the bellboy at Chez Maxim's restaurant.
Bedmania
1974
as Adrienne
A large bed recounts stories from its brief existence. Clumsy burglars, adulterated husbands and wives, homosexuals, lesbians, a lady, and her gigolo,...
Joe: The Busybody
1971
as Sylvie Brisebard
A writer accidentally shoots his blackmailer and tries to hide the body.
The Gendarme Takes Off
1970
as Josépha Cruchot
The whole clique of Cruchot's police station is retired. Now he lives with his rich wife in her castle - and is bored almost to death. He fights with ...
Le Bal du comte d'Orgel
1970
as Mademoiselle d'Orgel
Nobles try desperately to cling to the crumbling aristocracy in the days following World War I. The Count (Jean-Claude Brialy) and his Countess Mahe (...
Hibernatus
1969
as Edmée de Tartas
The frozen body of Paul Fournier is discovered in Greenland where he had disappeared during a scientific expedition in 1905. Perfectly conserved he is...
The Gendarme Gets Married
1968
as Josépha Lefrançois
The Saint-Tropez police launch a major offensive against dangerous drivers. Marechal Cruchot (Louis de Funès) relishes the assignment, which he pursue...
The Exchange Student
1967
as Isabelle Bosquier
Monsieur Bosquier, the owner of a private school, is far from pleased when his eldest son, Philippe, fails his end of year exams. He decides to send h...
Oscar
1967
as Mme Germaine Barnier, épouse de Bertrand
This film originated as a play in Paris. The story focuses on the one-day adventures of Bertrand Barnier played with a genius of French cinema, Louis ...
The Sultans
1966
as Marcelle
Lisa, a fashion photographer, has an affair with a married man. They both know that the relationship forces them to have fun. When he goes through a d...
Le Legs
1965
as La comtesse
A Woman in White
1965
as Mlle Viralleau
Claude Sauvage, a tenacious young gynecologist takes a months long internship in a Paris hospital. Between her private life and medical career, she se...
Comment épouser un premier ministre
1964
as Mrs. Grandbourg
Philippe Lambert, an attractive young attaché to the Prime Minister's office, is a man of many female conquests. One of them, Madame Grandbourg, wife ...
The Virtuous Scoundrel
1953
as Evelyne, chambermaid
La Vie d'un honnête homme English: The Virtuous Scoundrel, is a French comedy drama film from 1953, directed by Sacha Guitry, written by Sacha Guitry,...