Gisèle Pascal (17 September 1921 – 2 February 2007) was a French actressBFI.org
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Rainier III, Prince of Monaco Rainier III (Rainier Louis Henri Maxence Bertrand Grimaldi; 31 May 1923 – 6 April 2005) was Prince of Monaco from 1949 to his death in 2005. Rainier ruled the Principality of Monaco for almost 56 years, making him one of the longest-ruling m ...

. She was born Gisèle Marie Madeleine Tallone at

Cannes Cannes ( , , ; oc, Canas) is a city located on the French Riviera. It is a commune located in the Alpes-Maritimes department, and host city of the annual Cannes Film Festival, Midem, and Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. T ...

, France. Her first movie role was in 1942's '' L'Arlésienne''. For six years, she was involved in a relationship with

Prince Rainier Rainier III (Rainier Louis Henri Maxence Bertrand Grimaldi; 31 May 1923 – 6 April 2005) was Prince of Monaco from 1949 to his death in 2005. Rainier ruled the Principality of Monaco for almost 56 years, making him one of the longest-ruling m ...

, and lived together in a villa in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat.

Princess Antoinette, Baroness of Massy Princess Antoinette, Baroness of Massy (Antoinette Louise Alberte Suzanne Grimaldi; 28 December 1920 – 18 March 2011) was a member of the princely family of Monaco. She was the elder sister of Prince Rainier III. Her parents were Count Pierre ...

, Rainier's sister, seeking to obtain the throne of Monaco for her own son, spread malicious rumors that Pascal was incapable of bearing children. A contemplated marriage was called off when a medical examination mistakenly reported that she was infertile. Pascal subsequently married actor

Raymond Pellegrin Raymond Pellegrin (1 January 1925 – 14 October 2007) was a French actor. Born in Nice, Pellegrin made his screen debut in the 1945 French feature '' Naïs''. He was also famous in France for dubbing Jean Marais for the voice of Fantômas ...

on 8 October 1955 and had a daughter, Pascale Pellegrin, on 12 September 1962.

Stage credits

* ''Amour, Délices et orgues'' (also known as ''Collège Swing'') (1947) * ''Véronique'' (1949) * ''Boum sur Paris'' (1954)

Partial filmography

* '' L'Arlésienne'' (1942) - Vivette * '' The Beautiful Adventure'' (1942) - Hélène de Trévillac * ''

Two Timid Souls ''Two Timid Souls'' (french: Les Deux Timides) is a 1928 French silent film comedy directed by René Clair, and based on the 1860 play ''Les Deux Timides'' by Eugène Labiche. It was made by the Films Albatros production company.McGerr p.224 T ...

'' (1943) - Une des jeunes filles * '' La Vie de bohème'' (1945) - Musette * '' Lunegarde'' (1946) - Élisabeth de Lunegarde * ''

Madame et son flirt ''Madame et son flirt'' is a 1946 French film starring Giselle Pascal. It recorded admissions in France of 1,659,306.

'' (1946) - Claudette Sauvaget * '' Les J3'' (1946) - Mademoiselle Bravard - la prof de philo * ''

Dropped from Heaven ''Dropped from Heaven'' (French: ''Tombé du ciel'') is a 1946 French comedy film directed by Emil E. Reinert and starring Jacqueline Gauthier, Claude Dauphin and Giselle Pascal.Rège p.620 A singer jokingly tells one of her bandmates that he ...

'' (1946) - Madeleine * ''Amours, délices et orgues'' (1947) - Micheline * '' Last Refuge'' (1947) - Antoinette Baron * '' After Love'' (1947) - Germaine By * '' Mademoiselle Has Fun'' (1948) - Christine Gibson * ''La femme nue'' (1949) - Loulou * ''

The Chocolate Girl ''The Chocolate Girl'' (french: La Belle Chocolatière, german: Das Schokoladenmädchen) is one of the most prominent pastels of Genevan artist Jean-Étienne Liotard, showing a chocolate-serving maid. The girl carries a tray with a porcelain ch ...

'' (1949) - Benjamine Lapistolle * ''Véronique'' (1950) - Estelle * '' Beautiful Love'' (1951) - Suzanne Gérard-Moulin * '' Endless Horizons'' (1953) - Hélène Boucher * '' Boum sur Paris'' (1953) - Giselle Pascal * '' Royal Affairs in Versailles'' (1954) - Louise de la Vallière * ''Marchandes d'illusions'' (1954) - Marie-Thérèse Langeac * ''Le Feu dans la peau'' (1954) - Thérèse Rabou * '' Madonna of the Sleeping Cars'' (1955) - Lady Diana Wyndham * ''

Mademoiselle from Paris ''Mademoiselle from Paris'' (French: ''Mademoiselle de Paris'') is a 1955 French comedy film directed by Walter Kapps and starring Jean-Pierre Aumont, Gisèle Pascal and Nadine Basile. The film was one of several films set in the work of high fash ...

'' (1955) - Micheline Bertier * ''

If Paris Were Told to Us ''If Paris Were Told to Us'' (french: Si Paris nous était conté) is a 1956 French historical film directed and written by Sacha Guitry. The admissions in France were 2,813,682 people.https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048616/business Principal cas ...

'' (1956) - Comtesse de G... * ''

Pity for the Vamps ''Pity for the Vamps'' (French: ''Pitié pour les vamps'') is a 1956 French drama film directed by Jean Josipovici and starring Viviane Romance, Geneviève Kervine and Yves Vincent.Rège p.541 Cast * Viviane Romance as Flora Davis * Geneviè ...

'' (1956) - Jany Cristal-Davis * ''Sylviane de mes nuits'' (1957) - Gaby Lemontier * ''Ça n'arrive qu'aux vivants'' (1959) - Anne Brunier * '' Le Masque de fer'' (1962) - Mme de Chaulmes * ''Seul... à corps perdu'' (1964) - Lydia Simon * ''Secret World'' (1969) - Florence * '' Un caso di coscienza'' (1970) - Rosaria * '' At the Top of the Stairs'' (1983) - Rose * '' Les Compères'' (1983) - Louise * ''

The Public Woman ''The Public Woman'' (french: La femme publique) is a 1984 French erotic drama film inspired by Fyodor Dostoevsky's 1872 novel ''Demons'' and directed by Andrzej Żuławski, starring Valérie Kaprisky, Lambert Wilson and Francis Huster as the le ...

'' (1984) - Gertrude * ''Juillet en septembre'' (1988) - Madame Dewacker

References

External links

Obituary in The Independent
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