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Denise Grey is a Actor Italienne born on 17 september 1896 at Châtillon, Aosta Valley (Italie)

Denise Grey

Denise Grey
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Birth name Édouardine Verthuy
Nationality Italie
Birth 17 september 1896 at Châtillon, Aosta Valley (Italie)
Death 13 january 1996 (at 99 years) at Paris (France)
Awards Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎, Officier de la Légion d'honneur, Officer of the National Order of Merit

Denise Grey, real name Édouardine Verthuy, was a French actress.

Biography

Édouardine Grey was born Châtillon, in the Aosta Valley in north-west Italy, close to the French border. The city was almost totally French-speaking at the time. She was naturalized French on July 13, 1922. She started working in the film industry in 1915 in the silent film En famille, an adaptation of the novel by Hector Malot, before dedicating herself to theatre. She went back to working in films, now talkies, in the 1930s. She came to fame in the 1940s with films such as Monsieur Hector (1940), Boléro (1942) or Devil in the Flesh (1947). Old age did not put an end to her career. For example, in 1972, she starred in a French television series called Les Rois maudits. Thanks to the film La Boum, in which she plays "Poupette", the great-grandmother of Sophie Marceau, she gained recognition from a new audience growing up in the 1980s.

She was a member of the Comédie-Française between 1944 and 1946 and between 1957 and 1958.

She had a daughter: Suzanne Grey, also an actress, who was born on 28 June 1917 and died on 13 December 2005.

In 1986, she sang Devenir vieux (Becoming Old). She died in 1996, a few months before reaching the age of 100. She rests next to her husband in the cemetery of Arradon (Morbihan).

Best films

April Fools' Day (1954)
(Actress)
Strange Fate (1946)
(Actress)
Inside a Girls' Dormitory (1953)
(Actress)
On Foot, on Horse, and on Wheels (1957)
(Actress)
The Party (1980)
(Actress)
We Request a Household (1946)
(Actress)

Usually with

Noël Roquevert
Noël Roquevert
(11 films)
Jean Tissier
Jean Tissier
(11 films)
Albert Michel
Albert Michel
(9 films)
Paul Demange
Paul Demange
(9 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Denise Grey (85 films)

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Actress

A Fine Romance, 1h22
Directed by Gene Saks
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Julie Andrews, Marcello Mastroianni, Jonathan Cecil, Jean-Pierre Castaldi, Denise Grey, Ian Fitzgibbon
Roles Madame Legris
Rating49% 2.471652.471652.471652.471652.47165
Le mari de Pamela a une liaison avec la femme de Cesareo. Les deux conjoints trompés unissent leurs forces pour résoudre la situation. Les obstacles qu'ils rencontrent sont différents puisqu'elle est une femme anglaise réservée et lui un italien qui s'adonne à la fête et au bon vin.
The Seasons of Pleasure, 1h28
Directed by Jean-Pierre Mocky
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Charles Vanel, Denise Grey, Stéphane Audran, Jean-Luc Bideau, Roland Blanche, Jean-Pierre Bacri
Roles Emmanuelle van Bert
Rating52% 2.610672.610672.610672.610672.61067
Solides centenaires, Charles et Emmanuelle, organisent, comme chaque année, dans leur château, le congrès des parfumeurs, qui distribuent leurs produits. Garibaldi, leur gendre mutilé et quelque peu dérangé, en sera le majordome. Hélène et Jacques, leurs petits-enfants, le comité d'accueil...
Le voleur de feuilles
Directed by Pierre Trabaud
Origin France
Genres Comedy-drama
Actors Denise Grey, Jean-Pierre Castaldi, Pierre Trabaud, Patricia Elig, Manuel Gélin, Jean-Pierre Darras
Roles Isabelle Debecker
Rating67% 3.373453.373453.373453.373453.37345
Un vieux vagabond rencontre par hasard un homme qui vient de tuer sa femme. Ils sont tous deux logés chez une vieille femme qui vit dans la nostalgie d'un amour de jeunesse.
En cas de guerre mondiale, je file à l'étranger
Directed by Jacques Ardouin, François Velle
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Actors Denise Petitdidier, Annie Jouzier, Sabine Paturel, Jean-Claude Massoulier, Lucien Barjon, Michel Galabru
Roles Madame Toussaint mother

Un commando de cinq militantes féministes kidnappe un homme considéré comme macho.
The Party 2, 1h43
Directed by Claude Pinoteau, Rémy Duchemin, Michel Thibaud
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children
Actors Claude Brasseur, Brigitte Fossey, Sophie Marceau, Lambert Wilson, Pierre Cosso, Alexandre Sterling
Roles Poupette, grand-mère de François, arrière grand-mère de Vic
Rating62% 3.1119353.1119353.1119353.1119353.111935
Fifteen-year-old Vic (Sophie Marceau) has no boyfriend. Her parents are happily together again, and her great-grandmother Poupette (Denise Grey) thinks about finally marrying her long-term boyfriend. Vic meets Philippe (Pierre Cosso) and is overcome by his charm. She considers making love with him – a step that her girlfriend Penelope (Sheila O'Connor) already has taken.
Don't Forget Your Father in the Cloakroom..., 1h43
Directed by Richard Balducci
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Actors Jean Lefebvre, Manuel Gélin, Patricia Elig, Denise Grey, Nelly Vignon, Dominique Zardi
Roles La dame à la moto
Rating44% 2.23692.23692.23692.23692.2369
Tout en pouvant compter sur le soutien discret de sa mère, Philippe, jeune bourgeois un peu rebelle, est en conflit permanent avec son père, flûtiste dans un orchestre symphonique, aux idées bien arrêtées au sujet des règles de vie en famille. Le jour où le jeune homme rate son bac par manque d'assiduité dans ses études, une violente dispute éclate entre les deux hommes, et Philippe quitte le domicile parental pour « vivre sa vie », faite de pérégrinations amoureuses et de difficultés professionnelles. La rencontre avec la jolie Marlène (Patricia Elig), le soutien de ses amis, et la bienveillance de ses parents permettent finalement à Philippe de repartir du bon pied dans la vie.
The Party
The Party (1980)
, 1h54
Directed by Claude Pinoteau
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children
Actors Sophie Marceau, Claude Brasseur, Brigitte Fossey, Denise Grey, Alexandre Sterling, Sheila O'Connor
Roles Poupette, l'arrière grand-mère de Vic
Rating66% 3.3449553.3449553.3449553.3449553.344955
Thirteen-year-old Vic (Sophie Marceau) is new at her high school. She makes friends with Pénélope (Sheila O'Connor) and together they check out the boys at their school, looking for true love. Vic is frustrated by her parents, who will not allow her to attend the "boum", a big party. Her great-grandmother, Poupette, helps her out, and Vic ends up falling in love with Matthieu (Alexandre Sterling). While Vic is busy finding her true love, her parents' marriage faces a crisis when her father's ex-lover demands a last night together.
Hello-Goodbye, 1h47
Directed by Jean Negulesco
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Michael Crawford, Curd Jürgens, Genevieve Gilles, Lon Satton, Mike Marshall, Didier Haudepin
Roles Concierge
Rating47% 2.359392.359392.359392.359392.35939
Harry England (Michael Crawford), a British car salesman on a trip to France, meets a Baroness "Danny" (Genevieve Gilles) when her Rolls-Royce breaks down. They spend a few days together and become lovers before she disappears one night, but Harry does not know her surname.
The Aristocats, 1h18
Directed by Wolfgang Reitherman, Edward Hansen
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Fantasy, Adventure, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about music and musicians, Film d'animation mettant en scène un animal, Films about cats, Films about dogs, Jazz films, Musical films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Phil Harris, Eva Gabor, Scatman Crothers, Hermione Gingold, Robie Lester, Gary Dubin
Roles M Adélaïde Bonnefamille
Rating71% 3.5539353.5539353.5539353.5539353.553935
In Paris in 1910, mother cat Duchess and her three kittens, Marie, Berlioz, and Toulouse, live with retired opera diva Madame Adelaide Bonfamille, and her English butler, Edgar. While preparing her will with lawyer Georges Hautecourt, Madame declares her fortune to be left to her cats until their deaths, and thereafter to Edgar. Edgar hears this through a speaking tube, and plots to eliminate the cats. Therefore, he sedates the cats by sleeping pills in their food, and enters the countryside to abandon them. There, he is ambushed by two hounds, named Napoleon and Lafayette, and the cats are stranded in the countryside, while Madame Adelaide, Roquefort the mouse, and Frou-Frou the horse discover their absence. In the morning, Duchess meets an alley cat named Thomas O'Malley, who offers to guide her and the kittens to Paris. The group briefly hitchhike in a milk cart before being chased off by the driver. Later, while crossing a railroad trestle, the cats narrowly avoid an oncoming train, but Marie falls into a river and is saved by O'Malley; himself rescued by two English geese, Amelia and Abigail Gabble, who accompany the cats to Paris. Edgar returns to the country to retrieve his possessions from Napoleon and Lafayette, as the only evidence that could incriminate him.
La Maison de campagne, 1h27
Directed by Jean Girault
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Actors Danielle Darrieux, Jean Richard, Xavier Gélin, Guy Tréjan, Denise Grey, Laurence Badie
Roles Baroness de Bocquigny
Rating48% 2.409932.409932.409932.409932.40993
Lorette et Bertrand Boiselier sont heureux avec leurs trois enfants. Le couple achète une maison de campagne. Mais les travaux coûtent cher et Lorette rajoute toujours quelque chose.
Pas de caviar pour tante Olga, 1h40
Directed by Jean Becker
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Actors Pierre Brasseur, Francis Blanche, Pierre Vernier, Dora Doll, Sophie Daumier, Denise Grey
Roles M Dumont-Freville
Rating67% 3.363873.363873.363873.363873.36387
Rosa, femme de ménage dans un bureau de l'OTAN à Paris, dérobe un micro-film pour le compte de son amant...
How to Make a French Dish, 1h37
Directed by Robert Thomas
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Annie Girardot, Marie Bell, Franchot Tone, Claude Dauphin, Félix Marten, Jane Marken
Roles Mrs. Boudard mother
Rating59% 2.9762652.9762652.9762652.9762652.976265
Une joueuse de casino peu chanceuse se met à raconter sa vie à un directeur après la fermeture.
Love and the Frenchwoman, 2h17
Directed by Jean-Paul Le Chanois, Christian-Jaque, René Clair, Michel Boisrond, Henri Decoin, Jean Delannoy, Henri Verneuil
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Anthology film, Romance
Actors Darry Cowl, Sophie Desmarets, Pierre Mondy, Jacqueline Porel, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Alfred Adam
Roles La mère de Danielle (Le Divorce)
Rating61% 3.0819453.0819453.0819453.0819453.081945
Gisèle Bazouche, neuf ans, demande « comment viennent les enfants » à ses parents. Ne sachant que lui répondre, ceux-ci, concierges d’un immeuble parisien, sollicitent l’aide de plusieurs locataires : une prostituée, un colonel et un enseignant.
Bombs on Monte Carlo, 1h26
Directed by Georg Jacoby
Origin German
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Monde imaginaire, Transport films, Musical films
Actors Eddie Constantine, Gunther Philipp, Barbara Laage, Dominique Wilms, Denise Grey, Albert Préjean
Roles La comtesse Tamm
Rating49% 2.459242.459242.459242.459242.45924
Après que le capitaine play-boy Eddie Cronen a de nouveau fait couler un bateau, il est bloqué dans une petite maison avec son ami, le Dr. Swaart. Depuis des semaines, il n'a pas réglé ses factures, son patron lui prend ses pantalons de sorte qu'il ne peut pas fuir sans payer ses dettes. Il plaît à la fille du patron et à la jeune Giuletta qui se battent pour l'avoir. Il reçoit une lettre du royaume de Dorado, dans laquelle on lui propose de devenir le commandant de la flotte. Swaart avait répondu à une annonce sans le dire à Eddie. Le patron tente d'amadouer Eddie, Swaart reprend les pantalons. Peu après, ils s'en vont à Dorado.
The Crab Basket, 1h20
Directed by Joseph Lisbona
Origin France
Genres Romantic drama
Themes Films about films
Actors Pierre Michael, Anne Doat, Michel Bardinet, Anne Tonietti, Louis Arbessier, André Chanu

Charles est étudiant à Strasbourg. Abandonné par Liliane, sa fiancée qui a sans explication renoncé au mariage, il s'installe à Paris où il décide de faire carrière dans le cinéma. Il fonde un ciné-club et devient journaliste, puis assistant d'un réalisateur célèbre. Il est peu à peu confronté aux compromissions diverses propres à ce milieu professionnel. Après avoir écrit un scénario qui relate son expérience, il obtient l'aide de Chantal, une jeune comédienne, pour que son projet de film soit concrétisé.