Andrée Tainsy
Known for Acting · 55 credits
- Born
- 1911-04-26
- Died
- 2004-12-19
- Place of birth
- Etterbeek, Belgium
Biography
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.
She was born in Etterbeek, Belgium.
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.
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.
Known For
TV Shows (3)
Movies (52)
Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case
1959
as Club Hula-Hoop Manager (uncredited)
Z
1969
as Nick's Mother
Fantomas
1964
as Habilleuse
Love and Death
1975
as Woman (uncredited)
Code Unknown
2000
as Mrs. Becker
Diary of a Chambermaid
1964
as La paysanne
Under the Sand
2001
as Suzanne
Twice a Woman
1979
How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
1965
as Germaine, la gouvernante de Léon (sketch "Les Bons Vivants")
Faustine and the Beautiful Summer
1972
as The Grandmother
Gloria
1977
as Estelle
Cop au Vin
1985
as Marthe
The Strangler
1971
as Jeanne
Let Joy Reign Supreme
1975
as Nun
Spoiled Children
1977
as Madame Descombes
A Slightly Pregnant Man
1973
as Clarisse de Saint-Clair
Holiday for Henrietta
1952
as (uncredited)
The Watchmaker of St. Paul
1974
as Madeleine Fourmet
Kings & Queen
2004
as La grand-mère
End of Desire
1958
as Ludivine - la servante
Mission in Tangier
1949
as Cabaret sweeper
Demoniac
1957
as Business card seller
Handsome Face
1972
The Sinners
1949
as Kitchen girl
My Wife Is Formidable
1951
as la femme de ménage
The Devil's Tricks
1966
as La mère de Ginette
Matrimonial Agency
1952
as (uncredited)
Solemn Communion
1977
as Charlotte Fourcignie
Man with the Transplanted Brain
1972
Fantomas Against Fantomas
1949
as (uncredited)
Stain on the Snow
1954
as (uncredited)
Le Sagouin
1972
as 'Fraulein'
Assassin's Check
1962
as La marchande de journaux
The Mad Dog
1966
Boulevard des assassins
1982
as Mrs. Graveline
Love, etc.
1996
as Mireille
Mannequins of Paris
1956
Red Sunset
2004
as Princesse Czerry
Hedda Gabler
1967
as Julie Tesman
Bouvard et Pécuchet
1990
as Germaine
A. Constant
1977
as Jeanne
Le Tour d'Écrou
1974
as Mme Grose
Le Prussien
1971
as Yvonne
The Phantom Heart
1996
as The old lady
Les Lumières du soir
1956
as Job seeker
Julie de Carneilhan
1950
as Madame Sabrier
Too Small My Friend
1971
as Mme Herbin
Mathieu Gaston peluche
1980
as Propriétaire du cheval
No More Vacation for the Good Lord
1950
Simone
1985
as La grand mère
Adieu voyages lents
1978
as La mère
The Blind
2000
as The Old Woman
About Andrée Tainsy
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. She was born in Etterbeek, Belgium. Andrée Tainsy attended Brussels' Conservatory, where she tra… With 55 credits spanning from 1949 to 2004, Andrée Tainsy has appeared in 52 films and 3 TV shows.
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- Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case (1959) — as Club Hula-Hoop Manager (uncredited)
- Z (1969) — as Nick's Mother
- Fantomas (1964) — as Habilleuse
- Love and Death (1975) — as Woman (uncredited)
- Code Unknown (2000) — as Mrs. Becker
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