
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.
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The titles people know Gisèle from.
IMDb rating of each title on Cineora, by year.
as Françoise

as Selma

as Madeleine, the 100 Years Old Fiancée
as Mamé Tezac
as Ilva (95 ans)
as Margueritte
as Mrs. de Broglie
as Mme Malakian

as Clémence
as Alma
as La soeur de Simone Picard
as la dame

as Mrs. Mercier

as Mademoiselle de Chambure
as Clara Blanc

as Bernadette
as Mme Calame · 1 episode

as Grand-mère

as Nemo

as Mme Vanderwood

as Mlle Salomon de Villenoix

as Hermine

as Catherine Revest

as Le sénateur
as Marquise de Lapalmmes

as Rose
as Madame Leguen
as Mrs. Lourceuil

as La seconde cliente de Karma
as La mère supérieure

as La mère · 1 episode

as Sabine · 1 episode

as Jeanne, Comtesse de Penthièvre
as Florence

as Simone Fournier

as Geneviève de Cerlin

as Marie

as Joséphine de Beauharnais

as Nadine

as Germaine Horp

as Geneviève
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