Gaby Basset (29 March 1902
Varennes-Saint-Sauveur
Varennes-Saint-Sauveur is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.
Geography
The Sevron flows northward through the middle of the commune, then flows into the Solnan, which forms ...
, Saône-et-Loire, France – 7 October 2001 Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France) was a French
film actress
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...
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[Goble p.37]
Selected filmography
* ''
Everybody Wins'' (1930) - Simone
* ''Le poignard malais'' (1931) - Maggy
* ''
Departure'' (1931) - Carmen
* ''Par habitude'' (1932) - Madame Roussel
* ''
Mannequin
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'' (1933) - Rose
* ''Pour être aimé'' (1933)
* ''Le coq du régiment'' (1933)
* ''Les deux 'Monsieur' de Madame'' (1933) - Léonie
* ''Le gros lot'' (1933)
* ''Le fakir du Grand Hôtel'' (1934) - Titi
* ''La châtelaine du Liban'' (1934) - Maroussia
* ''
Prince Jean'' (1934) - Fernande
* ''Un tour de cochon'' (1934)
* ' (1935) - Mado (uncredited)
* ''La vierge du rocher'' (1935) - La petite Anna
* ''Le tampon du colonel'' (1935)
* ''La rosière des Halles'' (1935) - Françoise
* ''
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) - Poupette
* ''Un soir de bombe'' (1935) - Lily
* ''La coqueluche de ces dames'' (1935)
* ''La mariée du régiment'' (1936)
* ''Sacré Léonce'' (1936) - Fifine
* ''
Disk 413'' (1936) - Cécile Meunier
* ''
27 Rue de la Paix'' (1936) - Alice Perrin aka Jeanne Pinson
* ''
The Secrets of the Red Sea
''The Secrets of the Red Sea'' (French: ''Les secrets de la Mer Rouge'') is a 1937 French adventure film directed by Richard Pottier and starring Harry Baur, Gaby Basset and Alexandre Mihalesco.Gilles p.191 It was based on the 1931 novel of the ...
'' (1937) - Anita
* ''Le tigre du Bengale'' (1938)
* ''
The Indian Tomb'' (1938) - Mme. Morin
* ''
The Porter from Maxim's'' (1939) - Crici
* ''
Fire in the Straw
''Fire in the Straw'' (French: ''Le feu de paille'') is a 1939 French drama film directed by Jean Benoît-Lévy and starring Lucien Baroux, Orane Demazis and Gaby Basset.Rège p.365
The film's art direction was by Robert-Jules Garnier.
Cast
...
'' (1939) - Reine Roy
* ''
A Hole in the Wall'' (1950) - La cliente
* ''Le tampon du capiston'' (1950) - (uncredited)
* ''
Lost Souvenirs
''Lost Souvenirs'' (French: ''Souvenirs perdus'') is a 1950 French drama film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Bernard Blier, Pierre Brasseur and Suzy Delair.Turk p.363
The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Gys. It was ...
'' (1950) - (uncredited)
* ''
The Nude Dancer
''The Nude Dancer'' (French: ''La danseuse nue'') is a 1952 French comedy film directed by Pierre-Louis and starring Catherine Erard, Pierre Larquey and Jean Debucourt.Bessy & Chirat p.132 The film's sets were designed by the art director Claude ...
'' (1952) - Justine
* ''
Double or Quits'' (1953) - Une voisine
* ''Mandat d'amener'' (1953) - La dame des livres
* ''
Their Last Night
''Their Last Night'' (French: ''Leur dernière nuit'') is a 1953 French crime drama film directed by Georges Lacombe and starring Jean Gabin, Madeleine Robinson and Robert Dalban.Harriss p.196 It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and ...
'' (1953) - La prostituée
* ''
Women of Paris'' (1953) - Henriette, l'employée des lavabos
* ''
Touchez pas au grisbi
''Touchez pas au grisbi'' (, French for "Don't touch the loot"), released as ''Honour Among Thieves'' in the United Kingdom and ''Grisbi'' in the United States, is a 1954 French-Italian crime film based on a novel by Albert Simonin. It was dire ...
'' (1954) - Marinette
* ''
My Seven Little Sins'' (1954) - Maria
* ''
House on the Waterfront
''House on the Waterfront'' (French: ''Port du désir'') is a 1955 French drama film directed by Edmond T. Gréville and starring Jean Gabin, Andrée Debar and Henri Vidal.Block p.49
It was made at the Billancourt Studios with some locati ...
'' (1955) - Madame Aimée
* ''La rue des bouches peintes'' (1955) - Madame Jules
* ''Tant qu'il y aura des femmes'' (1955) - Hortense Géricault
* ''
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 s ...
'' (1955) - Camille Serin
* ''
Deadlier Than the Male
''Deadlier Than the Male'' is a 1967 British adventure crime mystery film. It is one of the many take-offs of James Bond produced during the 1960s, but is based on an already established detective fiction hero, Bulldog Drummond.
Richard Johnso ...
'' (1956) - La femme de charge de la guinguette
* ''Diary of a Bad Girl'' (1956) - La patronne
* ''Le pays d'où je viens'' (1956) - Le cassière
* ''
Speaking of Murder'' (1957) - Hortense
* ''Miss Catastrophe'' (1957) - Monique
* ''Le coin tranquille'' (1957) - (uncredited)
* ''La polka des menottes'' (1957) - La trompettiste
* ''Sinners of Paris'' (1958) - L'habilleuse
* ''
Maigret Sets a Trap
''Maigret Sets a Trap'' (French: ''Maigret tend un piège'') is a 1955 detective novel by the Belgian novelist Georges Simenon featuring his fictional character Jules Maigret.
Plot
Maigret sets a trap for a serial killer, hoping to lure him into ...
'' (1958) - Une bonne (uncredited)
* ''Le temps des oeufs durs'' (1958) - Martine Grandvivier
* ''
First of May'' (1958) - Une infirmière
* ''Gangster Boss'' (1959) - La mère d'Etienne (uncredited)
* ''
Archimède le clochard'' (1959) - Mme Grégoire
* ''
Way of Youth'' (1959) - Lucette, la soeur de Tiercelin
* ''
Rue des prairies
''Rue des prairies'' is a 1959 French drama film directed by Denys de La Patellière. It is an adaptation of a novel by René Lefèvre.
Plot
Widower Henri Neveux (Jean Gabin) has difficult relationships with his children.
Cast
* Jean Gabin
...
'' (1959) - Mme Gildas
* ''L'ours'' (1960)
* ''Les honneurs de la guerre'' (1961) - Madame Sauvage
* ''Alerte au barrage'' (1961)
* ''
The Devil and the Ten Commandments'' (1962) - L'habilleuse (segment "Tes père et mère honoreras")
* ''Drôle de jeu'' (1968) - (final film role)
References
Bibliography
* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
External links
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*https://en.unifrance.org/directories/person/127275/gaby-basset
1902 births
2001 deaths
French film actresses
20th-century French women
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