Ginette Leclerc (born Geneviève Lucie Menut; February 9, 1912 – January 2, 1992) was a French film actress.
She appeared in nearly 90 films between 1932 and 1978. Her last TV appearance was in 1981. She was born in
Ile-de-France, France and died in Paris. She was married to the actor
Lucien Gallas. She is possibly best-remembered for her roles in such films as ''
Le Corbeau
''Le Corbeau'' () is a 1943 French film directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot and starring Pierre Fresnay, Micheline Francey and Pierre Larquey. The film is about a French town where a number of citizens receive anonymous letters containing libelou ...
'' (1943), ''
The Baker's Wife
''The Baker's Wife'' is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and the book by Joseph Stein, based on the 1938 French film of the same name by Marcel Pagnol and Jean Giono. The musical premiered in the West End in 1989 for a short ...
'' (1938), ''
Cab Number 13'' (1948), and ''
Tropic of Cancer
The Tropic of Cancer, which is also referred to as the Northern Tropic, is the most northerly circle of latitude on Earth at which the Sun can be directly overhead. This occurs on the June solstice, when the Northern Hemisphere is tilted toward ...
'' (1970).
Selected filmography
* ''L'enfant du miracle'' (1932)
* ''Pomme d'amour'' (1932)
* ''La dame de chez Maxim's'' (1933)
* ''
The Star of Valencia'' (1933) - Une girl
* ''
Toto'' (1933) - La petite femme (uncredited)
* ''Cette vieille canaille'' (1933) - (uncredited)
* ''Adieu les beaux jours'' (1933) - Marietta
* ''
Ciboulette
''Ciboulette'' is a French opérette in three acts, music by Reynaldo Hahn, libretto by Robert de Flers and Francis de Croisset, first performed at the Théâtre des Variétés, in Paris, on 7 April 1923. One of the most elegant and refined compo ...
'' (1933) - Une cocotte
* ''Les surprises du sleeping'' (1933)
* ''Minuit... place Pigalle'' (1934) - Irma
* ''L'hôtel du libre échange'' (1934) - Victoire
* ''Dédé'' (1934) - Une des deux poules
* ''Compartiment de dames seules'' (1935) - Isabelle, des 'Folies Bergères'
* ''Gangster malgré lui'' (1935)
* ''L'heureuse aventure'' (1935)
* ''Paris Camargue'' (1935) - Margot, une pensionnaire
* ''Et moi, j'te dis qu'elle t'a fait de l'oeil'' (1935) - Francine
* ''L'école des cocottes'' (1935) - (uncredited)
* ''
Fanfare of Love
''Fanfare of Love'' (French: ''Fanfare d'amour'') is a 1935 French comedy film directed by Richard Pottier and starring Fernand Gravey, Betty Stockfeld and Julien Carette.Ginsberg & Mensch p.403 The film's art direction was by Max Heilbronner. Th ...
'' (1935)
* ''Le commissaire est bon enfant, le gendarme est sans pitié'' (1935) - Le flirt de Breloc
* ''Les gaîtés de la finance'' (1936) - Fanny
* ''
La Peur'' (1936)
* ''Oeil de lynx, détective'' (1936) - Janine
* ''Passé à vendre'' (1936)
* ''
Bach the Detective
''Bach the Detective'' (French: ''Bach détective'') is a 1936 French comedy film directed by René Pujol and starring Bach, Ginette Leclerc and Paul Bernard.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.242 The film's sets were designed by the art director Emile Du ...
'' (1936) - Zita
* ''
Jacques and Jacotte'' (1936)
* ''La peau d'un autre'' (1937) - Zézette
* ''La loupiote'' (1937) - Thérèse - La Sauterelle
* ''
The Man from Nowhere'' (1937) - Romilda Pescatore Pascal
* ''La pocharde'' (1937)
* ''Les dégourdis de la 11ème'' (1937) - Nina Vermillon
* ''Le choc en retour'' (1937)
* ''
The Call of Life
''The Call of Life'' (french: L'appel de la vie) is a 1937 French drama film directed by Georges Neveux and starring Victor Francen, Renée Devillers, and Daniel Lecourtois. It is a French-language film made in Berlin by the German studio UFA a ...
'' (1937) - Marcelle
* ''Mon deputé et sa femme'' (1937) - Florine
* ''Le fraudeur'' (1937) - Viviane
* ''Le gagnant'' (1937)
* ''
Prison sans barreaux'' (1938) - Renée
* ''
Tricoche and Cacolet'' (1938) - Fanny de Saint-Origan dite Fanny Bombance
* ''
The Baker's Wife
''The Baker's Wife'' is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and the book by Joseph Stein, based on the 1938 French film of the same name by Marcel Pagnol and Jean Giono. The musical premiered in the West End in 1989 for a short ...
'' (1938) - Aurélie Castanier
* ''Le ruisseau'' (1938) - Ginette
* ''
Metropolitan'' (1939) - Viviane
* ''Coups de feu'' (1939) - Lisa
* ''
Louise
Louise or Luise may refer to:
* Louise (given name)
Arts Songs
* "Louise" (Bonnie Tyler song), 2005
* "Louise" (The Human League song), 1984
* "Louise" (Jett Rebel song), 2013
* "Louise" (Maurice Chevalier song), 1929
*"Louise", by Clan of ...
'' (1939) - Lucienne
* ''Menaces...'' (1940) - Ginette
* ''L'empreinte du Dieu'' (1940) - Fanny
* ''Le briseur de chaînes'' (1941) - Graziella
* ''Ce n'est pas moi'' (1941) - Lulu
* ''Fièvres'' (1942) - Rose
* ''Vie privée'' (1942) - Ginette
* ''L'homme qui joue avec le feu'' (1942) - Clara
* ''La grande marnière'' (1943) - Rose
* ''Le mistral'' (1943) - Stella
* ''Le chant de l'exilé'' (1943) - Dolorès
* ''Le val d'enfer'' (1943) - Marthe
* ''
Le Corbeau
''Le Corbeau'' () is a 1943 French film directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot and starring Pierre Fresnay, Micheline Francey and Pierre Larquey. The film is about a French town where a number of citizens receive anonymous letters containing libelou ...
'' (1943) - Denise Saillens
* ''Ils étaient cinq permissionnaires'' (1945) - Georgette
* ''
The Last Penny
''The Last Penny'' (French: ''Le dernier sou'') is a 1946 French drama film directed by André Cayatte and starring Ginette Leclerc, Gilbert Gil and Fernand Charpin. It was one of three films Leclerc appeared in for the collaborationist Continent ...
'' (1946) - Marcelle Levasseur
* ''Nuit sans fin'' (1947) - Rina
* ''
Lawless Roads
''Lawless Roads'' (French: ''Chemins sans loi'') is a 1947 French drama film directed by Guillaume Radot and starring Ginette Leclerc, Jean Murat and Marguerite Moreno.Rège p.849 It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets w ...
'' (1947) - Inès
* ''Une belle garce'' (1947) - Raymonde
* ''
Cab Number 13'' (1948) - Claudia - une femme machiavélique (segments "Delitto" & "Castigo")
* ''Passeurs d'or'' (1948) - Josée
* ''Jo la Romance'' (1949) - Martine
* ''Les eaux troubles'' (1949) - Augusta
* ''
Millionaires for One Day
''Millionaires for One Day'' (French: ''Millionnaires d'un jour'') is a 1949 French comedy film directed by André Hunebelle and starring Gaby Morlay, Jean Brochard and Ginette Leclerc. It was shot at the Francoeur Studios in Paris. The film's se ...
'' (1949) - Greta Schmidt
* ''L'auberge du péché'' (1949) - Gilberte / Laura
* ''
A Man Walks in the City
''A Man Walks in the City'' (French: ''Un homme marche dans la ville'') is a 1950 French drama film directed by Marcello Pagliero, and starring Jean-Pierre Kérien, Ginette Leclerc and Robert Dalban.Magnan, Henry (27 March 1950). "Un homme marche ...
'' (1950) - Madeleine
* ''Les aventuriers de l'air'' (1950) - Béatrice Webb
* ''
Le Plaisir
''Le Plaisir'' (English title, ''House of Pleasure'') is a 1952 French comedy-drama anthology film by German-born film director Max Ophüls (1902–1957) adapting three short stories by Guy de Maupassant — " Le Masque" (1889), " La Maison ...
'' (1952) - Madame Flora dite Balançoire (segment "La Maison Tellier")
* ''
The House on the Dune'' (1952) - Germaine
* ''Le gang des pianos à bretelles'' (1953) - Ginette
* ''
The Lovers of Lisbon
''The Lovers of Lisbon'' (french: Les amants du Tage) is a 1955 French drama film directed by Henri Verneuil and starring Daniel Gélin, Françoise Arnoul, Trevor Howard and Betty Stockfeld. Two French exiles in Lisbon fall in love after each ...
'' (1954) - Maria
* ''
Gas-Oil
''Gas-Oil'' is a 1955 French crime drama film directed by Gilles Grangier and starring Jean Gabin, Jeanne Moreau, Gaby Basset and Ginette Leclerc. It was shot at the Epinay Studios in Paris and on location at a variety of places. The film's set ...
'' (1955) - Mme Scoppo
* ''
The Band of Honest Men
''The Band of Honest Men'' (original title: ''La banda degli onesti'') is a 1956 black and white Italian comedy film. The film is known as ''Die Bande der Ehrlichen'' in West Germany, and ''Totó e as Notas Falsas'' in Portugal. It was filmed in R ...
'' (1956) - (uncredited)
* ''Delincuentes'' (1957) - Mercedes
* ''Du sang sous le chapiteau'' (1957) - La directrice du cirque
* ''Easiest Profession'' (1957) - Zozotte
* ''Double Deception'' (1960) - Odette
* ''
Le cave se rebiffe'' (1961) - Léa Lepicard
* ''
Le Chant du monde
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'' (1965) - Gina, la vieille
* ''Joë Caligula - Du suif chez les dabes'' (1969) - Ariane
* ''
Goto, Island of Love
''Goto, Island of Love'' (french: Goto, l'île d'amour) is a 1968 French drama film directed by Walerian Borowczyk and starring Pierre Brasseur.
Cast
* Pierre Brasseur - Goto
* Ligia Branice - Glossia
* - Gono
* Ginette Leclerc - Gonasta
* - ...
'' (1968) - Gonasta
* ''Le grand cérémonial'' (1969) - La mère
* ''
Tropic of Cancer
The Tropic of Cancer, which is also referred to as the Northern Tropic, is the most northerly circle of latitude on Earth at which the Sun can be directly overhead. This occurs on the June solstice, when the Northern Hemisphere is tilted toward ...
'' (1970) - Madame Hamilton
* ''
The Ball of Count Orgel
''Le Bal du compte d'Orgel'' ( en, The Ball of Count Orgel) is a French film from 1970. It was the last film directed by Marc Allégret, who was also the producer of this film. It was screened at the 1970 Cannes Film Festival, but wasn't enter ...
'' (1970) - Hortense d'Austerlitz
* ''
Popsy Pop
''Popsy Pop'' (released in Italy as ''Fuori il Maloppo'' and internationally as ''The Butterfly Affair'') is a 1971 Italian crime film produced by Sofracima. It stars Claudia Cardinale, Stanley Baker and Henri Charrière, the real-life '' Papi ...
'' (1971) - Brunette with Fan
* ''Le drapeau noir flotte sur la marmite'' (1971) - Marie-Ange Ploubaz
* ''
Five Leaf Clover'' (1972) - L'épicière
* ''
Le Rempart des béguines'' (1972) - Nina
* ''Les volets clos'' (1973) - Félicie
* ''Elle court, elle court la banlieue'' (1973) - Madame Blin
* ''La belle affaire'' (1973) - Mme Max
* ''Par ici la monnaie'' (1974) - Madame Cerise
* ''En grandes pompes'' (1974) - La mère de Marcel
* ''Chobizenesse'' (1975) - L'habilleuse
* ''
Spermula
''Spermula'' is a French erotic fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction involving magical elements, typically set in a fictional universe and sometimes inspired by mythology and folklore. Its roots are in oral traditions, ...
'' (1976) - Gromana
* ''La barricade du Point du Jour'' (1978) - Mme Bouroche
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1912 births
1992 deaths
French film actresses
Actresses from Paris
20th-century French actresses