Denise Grey
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Denise Grey, real name Édouardine Verthuy, was a French actress. 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).
Filmography
The Seasons of Pleasure
as Emmanuelle van Bert
The Seasons of Pleasure
as Emmanuelle van Bert
Le Voleur de feuilles
as Isabelle Debecker
Le Voleur de feuilles
as Isabelle Debecker
En cas de guerre mondiale, je file à l'étranger
as Madame Toussaint mother
En cas de guerre mondiale, je file à l'étranger
as Madame Toussaint mother
The Party 2
as Poupette, François' grandmother, Vic's great-grandmother
The Party 2
as Poupette, François' grandmother, Vic's great-grandmother
The Party
as Mrs Valadier aka 'Poupette', Vic's great grandmother
The Party
as Mrs Valadier aka 'Poupette', Vic's great grandmother
La Vénus de Milo
as Mme Alix Passegrain, veuve du magistrat
La Vénus de Milo
as Mme Alix Passegrain, veuve du magistrat
Mais qui donc m'a fait ce bébé ?
Mais qui donc m'a fait ce bébé ?
Hello-Goodbye
as Concierge
Hello-Goodbye
as Concierge
Le Mari, la femme et la mort
as Julie, la voisine
Le Mari, la femme et la mort
as Julie, la voisine
La Maison de campagne
as Baroness de Bocquigny
La Maison de campagne
as Baroness de Bocquigny
Le minotaure
as Rirette
Le minotaure
as Rirette
J'y suis, j'y reste
as La comtesse Apoline de Mont-Vermeil
J'y suis, j'y reste
as La comtesse Apoline de Mont-Vermeil
Pas de caviar pour tante Olga
as Mrs. Dumont-Freville
Pas de caviar pour tante Olga
as Mrs. Dumont-Freville
How to Make a French Dish
as Mrs. Boudard mother
How to Make a French Dish
as Mrs. Boudard mother
Love and the Frenchwoman
as La mère de Danielle (segment "Le Divorce")
Love and the Frenchwoman
as La mère de Danielle (segment "Le Divorce")
A Dog, A Mouse and a Sputnik
as Marguerite Martin
A Dog, A Mouse and a Sputnik
as Marguerite Martin
Mimi Pinson
as The grandmother
Mimi Pinson
as The grandmother
Le Tombeur !!!
as Natacha Olivaro
Le Tombeur !!!
as Natacha Olivaro
La Peau de l'ours
as Mrs. Legrand, the mother-in-law
La Peau de l'ours
as Mrs. Legrand, the mother-in-law
La Rue des bouches peintes
as Winifred
La Rue des bouches peintes
as Winifred
Villa Sans-Souci
Villa Sans-Souci
Fantaisie d'un jour
as Mrs. de Cédillon
Fantaisie d'un jour
as Mrs. de Cédillon
The Seducer
as La mamma di Jacqueline
The Seducer
as La mamma di Jacqueline
The Sheep Has Five Legs
as Mme Durand-Perrin
The Sheep Has Five Legs
as Mme Durand-Perrin
Service Entrance
as Mme Thévenot, la mère d'Aline
Service Entrance
as Mme Thévenot, la mère d'Aline
Castles in Spain
as (uncredited)
Castles in Spain
as (uncredited)
April Fools' Day
as Clémentine Prévost
April Fools' Day
as Clémentine Prévost
Rasputin
as La princesse Dikvona
Rasputin
as La princesse Dikvona
Inside a Girls' Dormitory
as Mme Hazard-Habran, la directrice
Inside a Girls' Dormitory
as Mme Hazard-Habran, la directrice
The Father of the Girl
as Mme Isabelle Marinier, mère
The Father of the Girl
as Mme Isabelle Marinier, mère
Julietta
as Mme Valender - la mère de Julietta et Martine
Julietta
as Mme Valender - la mère de Julietta et Martine
Les Petites Cardinal
as Mrs. Cardinal
Les Petites Cardinal
as Mrs. Cardinal
Tomorrow We Get Divorced
as Mrs. Tourelle
Tomorrow We Get Divorced
as Mrs. Tourelle
Tête blonde
as Isabelle Truche
Tête blonde
as Isabelle Truche
My Friend Sainfoin
as Eugénie's mother
My Friend Sainfoin
as Eugénie's mother
Rome Express
as Margot
Rome Express
as Margot
Bonheur en location
as Gilde
Bonheur en location
as Gilde
Une femme par jour
as La Duchesse de Kerentrec
Une femme par jour
as La Duchesse de Kerentrec
Et dix de der
as Betty
Et dix de der
as Betty
Square of Knaves
as Mme de la Bastide
Square of Knaves
as Mme de la Bastide
Coïncidences
as Madame Bardolas
Coïncidences
as Madame Bardolas
Six Hours to Lose
as Madame de Witt
Six Hours to Lose
as Madame de Witt
We Request a Household
as Sabine Robinet
We Request a Household
as Sabine Robinet
The Ideal Couple
as Antoinette
The Ideal Couple
as Antoinette
Madame et son flirt
as The pseudo-cousin Léa
Madame et son flirt
as The pseudo-cousin Léa
Majestic Hotel Cellars
as Madame Van Bell
Majestic Hotel Cellars
as Madame Van Bell
Adieu Léonard
as Bernardine Leonard
Adieu Léonard
as Bernardine Leonard
Vingt-cinq ans de bonheur
as Élisabeth Castille
Vingt-cinq ans de bonheur
as Élisabeth Castille
Des jeunes filles dans la nuit
as Andrée's mother
Des jeunes filles dans la nuit
as Andrée's mother
The Honorable Catherine
as Madame d'Ambroisie
The Honorable Catherine
as Madame d'Ambroisie
Threesome Romance
as Loys Erland
Threesome Romance
as Loys Erland
Boléro
as Anne-Marie Houillier
Boléro
as Anne-Marie Houillier
Montmartre on the Seine
as Moussette
Montmartre on the Seine
as Moussette
Monsieur Hector
as Maroussia de Dragomir
Monsieur Hector
as Maroussia de Dragomir
Trois artilleurs à l'opéra
as Paulette
Trois artilleurs à l'opéra
as Paulette
Serge Panine
as Lady Harton
Serge Panine
as Lady Harton
Trois artilleurs au pensionnat
as Hortense, second teacher
Trois artilleurs au pensionnat
as Hortense, second teacher