Geneviève Cluny (born 18 April 1928) is a former French
film actress
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. She appeared in both
French New Wave
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films as well as popular mainstream commercial productions during the 1950s and 1960s. She is credited for the basic idea on which
Jean-Luc Godard
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A Woman Is a Woman
''A Woman Is a Woman'' (french: Une femme est une femme) is a 1961 French Musical film, musical romantic comedy film written and directed by Jean-Luc Godard, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo, Anna Karina and Jean-Claude Brialy. It is a tribute to Americ ...
'' was based.
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Selected filmography
* ''
Les Cousins'' (1959)
* ''
The Love Game'' (1960)
* ''
The Joker
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'' (1960)
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The Merry Widow
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'' (1962)
* ''
People in Luck
''People in Luck'' (French title: ''Les veinards''), is a 1963 French comedy film directed by Philippe de Broca and Jean Girault, written by Jacques Vilfrid and Jean Girault and starring France Anglade and Louis de Funès (uncredited). The fi ...
'' (1963)
* ''
If You Go Swimming in Tenerife
''If You Go Swimming in Tenerife'' (german: Wenn man baden geht auf Teneriffa) is a 1964 West German comedy film directed by Helmuth M. Backhaus and starring Geneviève Cluny, Peter Kraus and Gunnar Möller.Reimer & Zachau p.160
The film's sets ...
'' (1964)
* ''
Agent 505: Death Trap in Beirut'' (1965)
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House of Cards
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'' (1968)
References
Bibliography
* Marie, Michel. ''The French New Wave: An Artistic School''. John Wiley & Sons, 2008.
External links
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1928 births
Living people
French film actresses
People from Deux-Sèvres
Signatories of the 1971 Manifesto of the 343
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