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Name
Andree Tainsy
Role
Actress
Born
26 April 1911 (
1911-04-26
)
Etterbeek, Belgium
Died
December 19, 2004, Paris, France
Movies
Under the Sand, The Clockmaker, Chicken with Vinegar, Fantomas, After You
Similar People
Marina de Van, Andre Hunebelle, Robert Dhery, Pierre Salvadori, Bertrand Tavernier
Andrée Micheline Ghislaine Tainsy (26 April 1911 – 19 December 2004) was a Belgian actress. She worked with several notable actors like Philippe Noiret, Jean Louis Trintignant, Charlotte Rampling and famous directors like Claude Chabrol, Costas Gavras and François Ozon. Tainsy began her career with theater plays and her first film debut was in 1945, followed by over 80 different cinema and TV works as co-star. She worked until the day of her death.
Andrée Tainsy attended Brussels' Conservatory, where she trained to become a theater performer in the early 1930s. She moved to Paris and made her debut with the Georges Pitoëff theatrical company in Les Voyageurs Sans Bagage (1937). Her film debut was ready in 1939 however, as World War II started, she fled to South America, where she reconnected with other artists who had also left. Her first experience in front of was in Chile a movie camera and in 1945 her movie career began starring in Jacques Remy's Le Moulin des Andes (Released in Chile as La Fruta Mordida).
Upon her return to France, after the end of the war, she resumed her theatrical activity with Les Amants de Noël and Joyeux Chagrins, both in 1948. Tainsy's career as an actress and comedian went on until the very end of her life. She worked until the day of her death. She appeared in a small role in Arnaud Desplechin's Rois et Reine on 22 December 2004, just three days after she died. Her cinema endeavors comprised works with several directors like Bertrand Tavernier, Woody Allen, Claude Chabrol, François Ozon and Arnaud Desplechin.
Later life
On 19 December 2004, after attending a presentation of a play by Pierre Desproges, she suffered a heart attack at her Parisian apartment. She was buried at Père-Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.
Filmography
Actress
2004
Kings & Queen as
La grand-mère
2003
Après Vous as
Louis' Grandmother
2003
Dans le rouge du couchant as
Princesse Czerny
2001
Les aveugles (Short) as
La vieille dame
2000
Paris-Deauville (TV Movie) as
Mrs. Gauvin
2000
Under the Sand as
Suzanne
2000
Code Unknown as
Mrs. Becker
1998
Les gens de passage (Short)
1998
Noël en famille (Short)
1996
Love, etc. as
Mireille
1996
Le coeur fantôme as
The old lady
1994
Tout vieux déjà (Short)
1993
Mensonge as
Maria
1990
Bouvard et Pecuchet (TV Series) as
Germaine
- Part 2 (1990) - Germaine
- Part 1 (1990) - Germaine
1987
Madame le maire (TV Series) as
Josépha
1985
Simone (TV Movie) as
La grand-mère
1985
Cop Au Vin as
Marthe
1982
Boulevard des assassins as
Mme Graveline
1981
Et pourtant elle tourne... as
La grand-mère de Jeanne
1981
Seuls as
La tante
1981
Pause-café (TV Series) as
La grand-mère de Rolande
- Episode #1.4 (1981) - La grand-mère de Rolande
- Episode #1.3 (1981) - La grand-mère de Rolande
1980
Ali au pays des mirages
1980
L'enterrement de Monsieur Bouvet (TV Movie) as
Mme Blanche
1980
Mathieu, Gaston, Peluche (TV Movie) as
La propriètaire du cheval
1980
Les dossiers de l'écran (TV Series) as
Clara Zetkin
- Le grand fossé (1980) - Clara Zetkin
1980
La plume (TV Movie) as
Mme Anglade
1979
Twice a Woman
1978
Adieu voyages lents as
la mère de Simone
1978
Le paradis des riches as
Albertine
1978
Aurélien (TV Series) as
Mme Duvigne
- L'inconnue de la Seine (1978) - Mme Duvigne
- Bérénice (1978) - Mme Duvigne
1978
Le refuge (TV Movie) as
Chouquette
1978
Émile Zola ou La conscience humaine (TV Mini Series) as
Mme Bastian
- Un homme assez courageux (1978) - Mme Bastian
1977
A. Constant as
Jeanne
1977
C'est Mozart qu'on assassine (TV Movie) as
Nounou
1977
Gloria as
Estelle - la gouvernante
1977
Spoiled Children as
Madame Descombes
1977
La communion solennelle as
Charlotte Fourcignie
1977
Les jeudis d'Adrienne (TV Movie) as
Émilienne
1976
Cinéma 16 (TV Series) as
La mère de Georges
- Journal d'un prêtre ouvrier (1976) - La mère de Georges
1975
La simple histoire d'un merveilleux poste de télévision (TV Movie) as
Mme Coiffard
1975
Love and Death (uncredited)
1975
Paul Gauguin (TV Mini Series) as
Madame Reynier
- Episode #1.3 (1975) - Madame Reynier
1975
Jack (TV Series)
- Episode #1.13 (1975)
1975
Les prétendants de Madame Berrou (TV Movie) as
Marguerite
1975
Let Joy Reign Supreme as
La religieuse
1975
Les charmes de l'été (TV Mini Series) as
Gabrielle
- Episode #1.5 (1975) - Gabrielle
- Episode #1.4 (1975) - Gabrielle
- Episode #1.3 (1975) - Gabrielle
- Episode #1.2 (1975) - Gabrielle
- Episode #1.1 (1975) - Gabrielle
1975
That Most Important Thing: Love as
La mère de Jacques (scenes deleted, as Andree Tainsy)
1974
Paul et Virginie (TV Series)(1974)
1974
Nouvelles d'Henry James (TV Series) as
Mme Grose
- Le tour d'écrou (1974) - Mme Grose
1974
The Clockmaker as
Madeleine Fourmet
1973
Les trois morts d'Émile Gauthier (TV Movie) as
L'épicière
1973
On l'appelait Tamerlan (TV Movie) as
Amélie
1973
Le feu sous la neige (TV Movie) as
Marcelle
1973
A Slightly Pregnant Man as
Clarisse de Saint-Clair, une cliente du salon
1973
L'enlèvement (TV Movie) as
Mère Clarisse
1973
La fusillade en réponse à Dostoïevsky (TV Movie) as
Dacha Prakova
1973
Un jour à Nice (TV Movie) as
Yvonne
1973
La pomme oubliée (TV Movie) as
Mathilde
1973
La porteuse de pain (TV Mini Series)
- Episode #1.13 (1973)
- Episode #1.12 (1973)
- Episode #1.11 (1973)
- Episode #1.8 (1973)
- Episode #1.7 (1973)
- Episode #1.6 (1973)
1972
Beau masque
1972
Le fils du ciel (TV Series) as
Raymonde
1972
Comme avant, mieux qu'avant (TV Movie) as
Betta
1972
La mare au diable (TV Movie) as
Mère Maurice
1972
La malle de Hambourg (TV Series) as
Eugénie
- Le gardien de nuit (1972) - Eugénie
- Les caves de la brasserie (1972) - Eugénie
- L'enquête (1972) - Eugénie
- L'agression (1972) - Eugénie
- Le chantage (1972) - Eugénie
- La photo du repas de noce (1972) - Eugénie
1972
L'homme au cerveau greffé
1972
Les cent livres des hommes (TV Series) as
Une femme du peuple
- L'exode (1972) - Une femme du peuple
1972
Le sagouin (TV Movie) as
Fraulein
1972
Faustine et le bel été as
Grandmother
1971
François Gaillard (TV Series) as
Louise Chevillon
- René (1971) - Louise Chevillon
1971
Le Prussien (TV Movie) as
Yvonne
1970
Les cousins de la Constance (TV Mini Series) as
La mère Guillou
- Episode #1.5 (1970) - La mère Guillou
- Episode #1.6 (1970) - La mère Guillou
- Episode #1.4 (1970) - La mère Guillou
- Episode #1.3 (1970) - La mère Guillou
- Episode #1.2 (1970) - La mère Guillou
- Episode #1.1 (1970) - La mère Guillou
1970
Donkey Skin as
La mère
1970
Trop petit mon ami as
Mme Herbin
1970
The Strangler as
Mme Jeanne, la patronne du bar restaurant
1969
Z as
La mère de Nick
1968
La maison des autres (TV Movie)
1968
L'homme de l'ombre (TV Series)
- Le condamné à mort (1968)
1967
Hedda Gabler (TV Movie)
1967
Malican père et fils (TV Series) as
Angèle
- Cache-cache (1967) - Angèle
1967
En votre âme et conscience (TV Series) as
La femme Dumollard
- L'affaire Dumollard (1967) - La femme Dumollard
1967
Allô police (TV Series) as
La concierge
- Le témoin (1967) - La concierge
1966
Le chien fou
1966
Les ruses du diable (Neuf portraits d'une jeune fille) as