Ginette Garcin
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Ginette Garcin was a French
actress of stage, film and television.
and went on to appear in Strélesky's absurdist theatre revues in Rouen
. Her portrayal of Charlot to the music of Deux petits chaussons was very well received. She collaborated with Colette Vudal (who later adopted the name Colette Monroy in Paris) Mona Monick and Robert Thomas, author of some successful detective plays.
Garcin was one of the first to perform and record the songs of Boby Lapointe
and Jean Yanne
in the 1960s. In the 1970s, she embarked on a career in film and theatre, with guidance from Audiard, Lelouch, Yanne, Boisset and Tacchella. She appeared in the television series Marc et Sophie. In 1990, she wrote the critically acclaimed Le clan des veuves in which she starred alongside Jackie Sardou
for four years. In 1997, she had an acting and singing role in Le passe-muraille, a musical comedy by Marcel Aymé with Didier van Cauwelaert and Michel Legrand.
In her final decade, Ginette Garcin played a character in the television series Famille d'accueil as well as appearing in the films La Beuze and Les Dalton. A new version of Le clan des veuves was staged at the Bouffes-Parisiens theatre in 2006.
Also in her later years she appeared in Raphaël Mezrahi's play, Monique est demandée en caisse 12.
France
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actress of stage, film and television.
Biography
Ginette Garcin made her musical debut with Jacques Hélian and his orchestra in 1946. She then worked with Loulou GastéLoulou Gasté
Louis "Loulou" Gasté was a French composer of several successful mélodies.Louis Gasté was born in Paris in 1908. In his fifty year career, he composed approximately 1,200 songs, ten of which have received international success. In 1929, he played in Ray Ventura's orchestra, and composed several...
and went on to appear in Strélesky's absurdist theatre revues in Rouen
Rouen
Rouen , in northern France on the River Seine, is the capital of the Haute-Normandie region and the historic capital city of Normandy. Once one of the largest and most prosperous cities of medieval Europe , it was the seat of the Exchequer of Normandy in the Middle Ages...
. Her portrayal of Charlot to the music of Deux petits chaussons was very well received. She collaborated with Colette Vudal (who later adopted the name Colette Monroy in Paris) Mona Monick and Robert Thomas, author of some successful detective plays.
Garcin was one of the first to perform and record the songs of Boby Lapointe
Boby Lapointe
Robert Lapointe was a French singer, noted for his humorous texts, alliterations and plays on words.He was born in Pézenas, in the Hérault département of France...
and Jean Yanne
Jean Yanne
Jean Yanne is the artist name of Jean Gouyé, born the 18 July 1933 in Les Lilas who died the 23 May 2003 in Morsains...
in the 1960s. In the 1970s, she embarked on a career in film and theatre, with guidance from Audiard, Lelouch, Yanne, Boisset and Tacchella. She appeared in the television series Marc et Sophie. In 1990, she wrote the critically acclaimed Le clan des veuves in which she starred alongside Jackie Sardou
Jackie Sardou
Jackie Sardou was a French actress.She was born Jackie Rollin in Paris, and married Fernand Sardou, a singer. She is the mother of singer Michel Sardou; and grandmother of Romain Sardou, an author and of Davy Sardou an actor. She died in 1998.- Selected filmography :* Street Without a King...
for four years. In 1997, she had an acting and singing role in Le passe-muraille, a musical comedy by Marcel Aymé with Didier van Cauwelaert and Michel Legrand.
In her final decade, Ginette Garcin played a character in the television series Famille d'accueil as well as appearing in the films La Beuze and Les Dalton. A new version of Le clan des veuves was staged at the Bouffes-Parisiens theatre in 2006.
Also in her later years she appeared in Raphaël Mezrahi's play, Monique est demandée en caisse 12.
Cinema
- 1971 : Le drapeau noir flotte sur la marmite : Marie-Ange Ploubaz
- 1972 : Tout le monde il est beau, tout le monde il est gentil : The Singing Continuity Girl
- 1972 : Le Tueur : Lulu
- 1974 : Juliette et Juliette : Miss Quiblier
- 1975 : Cousin, cousineCousin, cousineCousin, cousine is a 1975 French film which tells the story of cousins-by-marriage who have an affair when they discover that their spouses have been unfaithful. It stars Marie-Christine Barrault, Victor Lanoux and Marie-France Pisier....
: Biju - 1975 : Dupont Lajoie : Ginette Lajoie
- 1977 : Le Pays bleu : Zoé
- 1979 : Charles et Lucie : Lucie
- 1981 : Les Uns et les AutresLes Uns et les AutresLes Uns et les Autres is a 1981 French film by Claude Lelouch. The film is a musical epic and it is widely considered as the director's best work with Un Homme et une Femme. It won the Technical Grand Prize at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival. In the United States, it was distributed under the name...
: Ginette - 1981 : La Gueule du loup : Fernande
- 1983 : Édith et MarcelÉdith et Marcel-Plot:In 1947, the singer Édith Piaf and the boxer Marcel Cerdan are both at the peak of their respective careers. Their encounter gives birth to a passionate love affair lasting some two years, cut short by Cerdan's death in an air crash.-Technical details:...
: Guite - 1984 : Notre histoire : The Florist
- 1985 : Tranches de vie by François Leterrier
- 1985 : Partir, revenirPartir, revenir-Cast and roles:* Annie Girardot - Hélène Rivière* Jean-Louis Trintignant - Roland Rivière* Françoise Fabian - Sarah Lerner* Erik Berchot - Salomon Lerner* Michel Piccoli - Simon Lerner* Évelyne Bouix - Salomé Lerner* Richard Anconina - Vincent Rivière...
: The Priest's Housekeeper - 1986 : Paris minuit : The Tramp
- 1987 : Attention bandits !
- 1987 : Il est génial Papy ! : The Caretaker
- 1991 : Les Secrets professionnels du Dr Apfelglück : The Older Marinette
- 1992 : 588, rue Paradis588, rue Paradis588, rue Paradis is a 1992 Italian film. It stars Claudia Cardinale....
- 1992 : L'homme de ma vie : Arlette
- 1995 : Les Bidochon : Mrs Bordel
- 2000 : Deuxième vie : Henriette
- 2001 : Entre deux rails : Marguerite
- 2001 : Mauvais genres : Louisette Vincent
- 2003 : La Beuze : Mrs Batin
- 2004 : Les DaltonLes DaltonLes Dalton is a 2004 French Western comedy film directed by Philippe Haïm. It was inspired by the characters The Daltons in the comic Lucky Luke. It was filmed in France, Germany, and Spain. It was released 8 December 2004....
: Ma James - 2005 : Terre de sang : Yvonne le Dantec
- 2009 : La Femme invisible (based on a true story) : Mamita
- 2009 : TrésorTresorTresor is an underground techno nightclub and record label. The club was founded in March 1991 in the vaults of the former old Wertheim department store in Mitte, the central part of the former East Berlin, next to the famous Potsdamer Platz, however the history of the club goes back to 1988 when...
: The Lady
Television
- 1975 : Au théâtre ce soir (TV series) : Cherry-May
- 1976 : Le Temps d'un regard (made-for-TV film) : The Hotelier
- 1978 : Les cinq dernières minutesLes Cinq Dernières MinutesLes Cinq Dernières Minutes is a French television series starring Lily Fayol....
(TV series) : Lucie - 1978 : La GrâceLa GraceLa Grace is the replica of the brig from 18th century. The original ship of Augustine Herman bore this name in travels both merchant and exploratory around Europe, America, Caribbean and over the Atlantic Ocean. La Grace was also renown for her corsair activities...
(made-for-TV film) : Marianne Huchemin - 1978-1981 : Les enquêtes du commissaire Maigret (TV series) : Mrs Blanche / Désirée Brault
- 1979 : Pierrot mon ami (made-for-TV film) : Mrs Pradonet
- 1979 : Les Fleurs fanées (made-for-TV film) : Mathilde
- 1980 : Docteur Teyran (made-for-TV film) : Ginette
- 1982 : Ce fut un bel été (made-for-TV film) : Dominique
- 1982 : Les Joies de la famille Pinelli (made-for-TV film) : Germaine
- 1983 : Le Disparu du 7 octobre (made-for-TV film) : Marie Fortier
- 1984 : LaceLaceLace is an openwork fabric, patterned with open holes in the work, made by machine or by hand. The holes can be formed via removal of threads or cloth from a previously woven fabric, but more often open spaces are created as part of the lace fabric. Lace-making is an ancient craft. True lace was...
(made-for-TV film) : Mrs Chardin - 1985 : Série noireSérie noireSérie noire is a French publishing imprint, founded in 1945 by Marcel Duhamel. It has released a collection of crime fiction of the hardboiled detective thrillers variety published by Gallimard....
(TV series) : Simone - 1987 : L'Heure Simenon (TV series) : The Neighbour
- 1987-1991 : Marc et Sophie (TV series) : Mamma
- 1989-1990 : Imogène (TV series) : Maryvonne
- 1991 : Crimes et jardins (made-for-TV film) : Ida
- 1993 : L'Instit (TV series) : Donatienne
- 1993 : MayrigMayrigMayrig is a 1991 semi-autobiographical film written and directed by French-Armenian filmmaker Henri Verneuil. The film's principal cast includes Claudia Cardinale and Omar Sharif...
(TV soap) - 1997 : MaigretMaigretJules Maigret, Maigret to most people, including his wife, is a fictional police detective, actually a commissaire or commissioner of the Paris "Brigade Criminelle" , created by writer Georges Simenon.Seventy-five novels and twenty-eight short stories about Maigret were published between 1931 and...
(TV series) : Denise - 1997 : La Vie comme un Dimanche : Sister Louise
- 1997 : Les Petites Bonnes (Television) : Germaine
- 2000 : L'Avocate (made-for-TV film) : Mrs Carton
- 2001 : Mistinguett, la dernière revue : Ernestine
- 2001-2009 : Famille d'accueil (TV series) : Jeanne Ferrière
- 2002-2003 : Père et Maire (TV series) : Mrs Cotte
- 2003 : Le Don fait à Catchaires (made-for-TV film) : Rose
- 2005 : Marc Eliot (TV series) : Mamy Eliot
- 2005 : Retiens-moi (made-for-TV film) : Mrs Vannier
- 2005 : La Tête haute (made-for-TV film) : Mother Cardinaud
- 2006 : Concours de danse à Piriac (made-for-TV film) : Marc's Grandma
- 2007 : La Boîte à images (made-for-TV film) : Émilie Fargeau
Theatre
- 1971 : Le Nu au tambour by Noel CowardNoël CowardSir Noël Peirce Coward was an English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what Time magazine called "a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise".Born in Teddington, a suburb of London, Coward attended a dance academy...
, directed by Jacques-Henri Duval, Théâtre Michel - 1971 : Au bal des chiens by Rémo Forlani, directed by André Barsacq, Théâtre de l'AtelierThéâtre de l'AtelierThe Théâtre de l'Atelier is a theater at 1, place Charles Dullin in the 18th arrondissement of Paris.-History:Opened on November 23, 1822 under the name Théâtre Montmartre this theater was one of the first built by Pierre-Jacques Seveste, who held the license to operate theaters outside the town...
- 1978 : Hôtel particulierHôtel particulierIn French contexts an hôtel particulier is an urban "private house" of a grand sort. Whereas an ordinary maison was built as part of a row, sharing party walls with the houses on either side and directly fronting on a street, an hôtel particulier was often free-standing, and by the 18th century it...
by Pierre Chesnot, directed by Raymond Rouleau, Théâtre de ParisThéâtre de ParisThe Théâtre de Paris is a theatre located at 15, rue Blanche in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. It includes a second smaller venue, called the Petit Théâtre de Paris.-History:... - 1986 : Le Nègre by Didier Van CauwelaertDidier Van CauwelaertDidier Van Cauwelaert is a French author who was born in Nice. In 1994 his novel Un Aller simple won the Prix Goncourt.-Works:* Vingt ans et des poussières * Poisson d'amour * Les vacances du fantôme...
, directed by Pierre Boutron, Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens - 1988 : L'Inconvenant by Gildas Bourdet, directed by the author, Théâtre de l'Idéal, Théâtre national de la CollineThéâtre national de la CollineThe Théâtre national de la Colline is a theatre at 15, rue Malte-Brun in the 20th arrondissement of Paris. It is one of the five national theatres dedicated to drama which are entirely supported by the French Ministry of Culture. The other four are the Odéon-Théâtre, the Comédie-Française, the...
- 1989 : La Bonne Adresse by Marc Camoletti, directed by the author, Théâtre Michel
- 1990 : Le Clan des veuves by Ginette Garcin, directed by François GuérinFrançois Guérin-Selected filmography:* La Vie d'un honnête homme * Mam'zelle Nitouche * The Aristocrats * Maid in Paris * Mitsou * Ramuntcho * Eyes Without a Face * Dear Caroline...
, Théâtre Fontaine - 1997 : Le Passe-muraille by Marcel AyméMarcel AyméMarcel Aymé was a French novelist, children's writer, humour writer and also a screenwriter and theatre playwright.- Biography :...
, directed by Alain Sachs, Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisienslai - 2009 : Monique est demandée en caisse 12 by Raphaël Mezrahi, directed by Philippe Sohier, Théâtre du Rond-PointThéâtre du Rond-PointThéâtre du Rond-Point is a theatre in Paris, located at 2bis avenue Franklin-D.-Roosevelt, 8th arrondissement.-History:The theatre began with an 1838 project of architect Jacques Ignace Hittorff for a rotunda in the Champs Elysees. Inaugurated in 1839, this structure was integrated with other...