Thérèse Quentin (5 July 1929 – 20 February 2015) was a French

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 ...

. She was married to the actor and stage director Marcel Cuvelier (1924–2015), with whom she had a daughter, actress Marie Cuvelier.

Filmography

* '' Les Aventuriers'' (1967, directed by

Robert Enrico Robert Georgio Enrico (13 April 1931 – 23 February 2001) was a French film director and scriptwriter best known for making the Oscar-winning short ''An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge'' (1961). He was born in Liévin, Pas-de-Calais, in the nort ...

) as the aunt, Madame Dubreuil * ''

Le Grand Meaulnes ''Le Grand Meaulnes'' () is the only novel by French author Alain-Fournier, who was killed in the first month of World War I. The novel, published in 1913, a year before the author's death, is somewhat autobiographical – especially the name of t ...

'' (1967, directed by

Jean-Gabriel Albicocco Jean-Gabriel Albicocco (15 February 1936, Cannes – 10 April 2001, Rio de Janeiro) was a French film director. In 1960 he married French actress and singer Marie Laforêt. He is considered a figure of the French New Wave cinema or ''Nouvel ...

) as Madame Seurel * '' L'Enlèvement'' (1973, TV Movie, directed by Jean L'Hôte) as Madame Corbier * '' Voyage en Grande Tartarie'' (1974, directed by

Jean-Charles Tacchella Jean-Charles Tacchella (born 23 September 1925) is a French screenwriter and film director. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for his film '' Cousin Cousine'' (1975), which was also nominated for the Academy Awar ...

), as a friend at the funeral * ''

Madame Bovary ''Madame Bovary'' (; ), originally published as ''Madame Bovary: Provincial Manners'' ( ), is a novel by French writer Gustave Flaubert, published in 1856. The eponymous character lives beyond her means in order to escape the banalities and emp ...

'' (1974, TV Movie, by Pierre Cardinal) as Madame Homais * '' Les Rosenberg ne doivent pas mourir'' (1975, TV Movie, directed by Stellio Lorenzi) as Madame Harris * '' Je suis Pierre Rivière'' (1976, directed by Christine Lipinska) as the mother * '' Commissaire Moulin'' (1976, TV Series) as La femme de Pinocchio * '' Hôtel Baltimore'' (1976, TV Movie, directed by

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) as Madame Oxenham * '' Diabolo menthe'' (1977, directed by

Diane Kurys Diane Kurys (; born 3 December 1948) is a French director, producer, filmmaker and actress. Several of her films as director are semi-autobiographical. Personal life Kurys was born in Lyon, Rhône, France, the younger of two daughters. She is ...

) as Mademoiselle Dumas * ''Cinéma 16'' (1977-1978, TV Series) as La directrice du lycée / La bouchère, la patronne du café, l'employée de l'ANPE, la suiveuse * ''Les Dossiers de l'écran'' (1978, TV Series, directed by

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) as the cook * '' Il y a longtemps que je t'aime'' (1979, directed by Jean Charles Tacchella) as Marie-Jeanne, the wife of Christian * '' La Dérobade'' (1979, directed by

Daniel Duval Daniel Duval (28 November 1944 – 10 October 2013) was a French film actor, director and writer. Best known as an actor, Duval has credits in over 70 television and film productions. As a filmmaker, Duval was awarded the Silver Prize at the ...

) * '' Les 400 coups de Virginie'' (1979-1980, TV Mini-Series, directed by Bernard Queysanne) as Mme Lecran * '' Nous te mari-e-rons'' (1981, TV Movie, directed by

Jacques Fansten Jacques Fansten (born 1946) is a French film director, screenwriter and producer. He has directed 20 films since 1970. Selected filmography * '' Stadium Nuts'' (1972) * ''Little Marcel ''Little Marcel'' (french: Le Petit Marcel) is a 1976 F ...

) as Gisèle * '' Les Amours des années grises'' (1982, TV Series, directed by Marlène Bertin and Stéphane Bertin) as Madame d'Aunay * ''Les Amours des années grises'' (1982, TV Series, directed by Marion Sarraut) as Madame d'Aunay * '' La Tendresse'' (1982, TV Movie, directed by Bernard Queysanne) as Thérèse * '' Sans un mot'' (1982, TV Movie, directed by Gérard Poitou-Weber) as the mayor's wife * '' Après tout ce qu'on a fait pour toi'' (1982, TV Movie, directed by

) * '' Les Enquêtes du commissaire Maigret'' (1984–1985, TV Series) as Madame Pardon * '' Espionne et tais-toi'' (1986, TV Series, directed by

Claude Boissol Claude Boissol (1920–2016) was a French film and television director and screenwriter. Rège p.116 He co-created the long-running crime television series '' Commissaire Moulin''. Selected filmography * ''Three Boys, One Girl'' (1948) * '' Th ...

) as Helena Mechanik * '' Le Squale'' (1991, TV Series, directed by

) as Séverine's mother * ''Halal police d'État'' (2011, directed by Rachid Dhibou) as Mme Granger * ''

My Little Princess ''My Little Princess'' is a 2011 French-Romanian drama film directed by Eva Ionesco and inspired by her relationship with her mother, the well-known artistic photographer Irina Ionesco whose pictures of her young daughter caused controversy when th ...

'' (2011, directed by Eva Ionesco) as Vieille dame église * '' The Chef'' (2012, directed by Daniel Cohen) as Résidente * ''

In the Shadow of Women ''In the Shadow of Women'' (french: L'Ombre des femmes) is a 2015 French-Swiss drama film directed by Philippe Garrel, starring Clotilde Courau, Stanislas Merhar, and Lena Paugam. It was selected to open the Directors' Fortnight section at the 20 ...

'' (2015, directed by

Philippe Garrel Philippe Garrel (; born 6 April 1948) is a French director, cinematographer, screenwriter, film editor, and producer, associated with the French New Wave movement. His films have won him awards at Cannes Film Festival and Venice Film Festival. ...

) as Henri's wife

Theatre

* 1965 : ''Archiflore'' by Jeannine Worms, directed by

Nicolas Bataille Nicolas Bataille (14 March 1926 – 28 October 2008) was a French actor and director. Biography The son of a Parisian architect, Nicolas Bataille (born Roger Bataille) debuted as an actor during the Occupation of France while following the drama ...

Grand Guignol ''Le Théâtre du Grand-Guignol'' (: "The Theatre of the Great Puppet")—known as the Grand Guignol–was a theatre in the Pigalle district of Paris (7, cité Chaptal). From its opening in 1897 until its closing in 1962, it specialised in natura ...

1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – " Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * Janu ...

: '' La Leçon'' by Eugène Ionesco, directed by Jacques Mauclair,

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Festival,

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Festival, Théâtre du Midi *

1969 This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...

: ''

Exit the King ''Exit the King'' (french: Le Roi se meurt) is an absurdist drama by Eugène Ionesco that premiered in 1962. It is the third in Ionesco's "Berenger Cycle", preceded by '' The Killer'' (1958) and ''Rhinocéros'' (1959), and followed by ''A Str ...

'' by Eugène Ionesco, directed by Jacques Mauclair, Bellac Festival *

1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''). Between 10,000 and ...

: ''

'' by Eugène Ionesco, directed by Jacques Mauclair,

Théâtre de l'Athénée The Théâtre de l'Athénée is a theatre at 7 rue Boudreau, in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. Renovated in 1996 and classified a historical monument, the Athénée inherits an artistic tradition marked by the figure of Louis Jouvet who direc ...

1977 Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democrat ...

: ''Iphigénie-Hôtel'' by

Michel Vinaver Michel Vinaver (born Michel Grinberg; 13 January 1927 – 1 May 2022) was a French writer and dramatist. He was born in Paris to parents who had emigrated from Russia. He was the manager of Gillette. He is the father of actress Anouk Grinberg ...

, directed by

Antoine Vitez Antoine Vitez (; 20 December 1930 – 30 April 1990) was a French actor, director, and poet. He became a central character and influence on the French theater in the post-war period, especially in the technique of teaching drama. He was also tr ...

, Théâtre des Quartiers d’Ivry * 1980 : ''Pour l'amour de l'humanité'' by Marcel Cuvelier, directed by Jean-Christian Grinevald and Marcel Cuvelier, Théâtre Marie Stuart * 1982 : ''Spectacle Ionesco'' by Eugène Ionesco, directed by

Roger Planchon Roger Planchon (born 12 September 1931 in Saint-Chamond, Loire, died on 12 May 2009 in Paris), was a French playwright, director, and filmmaker. Biography Roger Planchon spent his childhood in the Ardèche, notably in Dornas. He found its inspir ...

, TNP Villeurbanne, Théâtre de l'Odéon in

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 **Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal enter ...

: ''Rhapsodie-Béton'' by Georges Michel, directed by Marcel Cuvelier,

Théâtre de la Huchette The Théâtre de la Huchette is a theatre in Paris. This small theatre in Paris' Left Bank, located at 23 rue de la Huchette in the 5th arrondissement, is known for playing Eugène Ionesco's absurdist double-bill of The Lesson and The Bald Sopr ...

1990 File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of humanity on Earth, astrophysicist ...

: ''Comme tu me veux'' by

Luigi Pirandello Luigi Pirandello (; 28 June 1867 – 10 December 1936) was an Italian dramatist, novelist, poet, and short story writer whose greatest contributions were his plays. He was awarded the 1934 Nobel Prize in Literature for "his almost magical power ...

, directed by Maurice Attias, Théâtre de la Madeleine * 1996 : ''Théâtre en miettes'' by Eugène Ionesco, directed by Marcel Cuvelier,

1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shoot ...

: ''Le Domaine des femmes'' by Anton Chekhov, directed by Marcel Cuvelier,

* 2002 : ''Histoires de On'' by

Jean-Claude Grumberg Jean-Claude Grumberg (born 1939) is a French playwright and author of children's books. Early life Before becoming a playwright, Jean-Claude Grumberg held several jobs, including working as a tailor. This work provided the setting for his best ...

, directed by Marcel Cuvelier,

* ''Le Point de vue d'Emmy'' by David Hare, directed by Bernard Murat, Tournée * ''Je ne me souviens plus de rien'' by

Arthur Miller Arthur Asher Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005) was an American playwright, essayist and screenwriter in the 20th-century American theater. Among his most popular plays are ''All My Sons'' (1947), '' Death of a Salesman'' (1 ...

, Théâtre du Tourtour * ''Lillian'', Théâtre du Tourtour * ''Le Belvédère'' by

Ödön von Horváth Edmund Josef von Horváth (9 December 1901, Sušak, Rijeka, Austria-Hungary – 1 June 1938, Paris France) was an Austro-Hungarian playwright and novelist who wrote in German, and went by the name of ''nom de guerre'' Ödön von Horváth. He was ...

, directed by A. Alexis,

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* ''Douce Nuit'' by H. Huller, directed by Alexis Barsacq * ''Vinci avait raison'' by

Roland Topor Roland Topor (7 January 1938 – 16 April 1997) was a French illustrator, cartoonist, comics artist, painter, novelist, playwright, film and TV writer, filmmaker and actor, who was known for the surreal nature of his work. He was of Polish-Jewis ...

* '' Equus'',

* ''Hotel Baltimore'', directed by

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* ''L'Augmentation'' by

Georges Perec Georges Perec (; 7 March 1936 – 3 March 1982) was a French novelist, filmmaker, documentalist, and essayist. He was a member of the Oulipo group. His father died as a soldier early in the Second World War and his mother was killed in the Hol ...

, Théâtre de la Gaîté * ''Demain une fenêtre sur rue'' by

* ''Premier Avertissement'' by

August Strindberg Johan August Strindberg (, ; 22 January 184914 May 1912) was a Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist and painter.Lane (1998), 1040. A prolific writer who often drew directly on his personal experience, Strindberg wrote more than sixty p ...

, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées * ''

Oblomov ''Oblomov'' ( ru , link=no, Обломов; ) is the second novel by Russian writer Ivan Goncharov, first published in 1859. Ilya Ilyich Oblomov is the central character of the novel, portrayed as the ultimate incarnation of the superfluous man, ...

'' by

Ivan Goncharov Ivan Alexandrovich Goncharov (, also ; rus, Ива́н Алекса́ндрович Гончаро́в, r=Iván Aleksándrovich Goncharóv, p=ɪˈvan ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪdʑ ɡənʲtɕɪˈrof; – ) was a Russian novelist best known for his ...

, directed by Marcel Cuvelier, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées * ''L'Homme du destin'' by

George Bernard Shaw George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence simply as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from ...

, Théâtre de l'Alliance française * ''La Grande Catherine'' by

, Théâtre de l'Alliance française * ''Scabreuse Aventure'' by Dostoievski,

Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier The Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier is a theatre located at 21, rue du Vieux-Colombier, in the 6th arrondissement of Paris. It was founded in 1913 by the theatre producer and playwright Jacques Copeau. Today it is one of the three theatres in Paris u ...

* ''La Buanderie'',

* ''

The Bald Soprano ''La Cantatrice chauve '' – translated from French as ''The Bald Soprano'' or ''The Bald Prima Donna'' – is the first play written by Romanian-French playwright Eugène Ionesco. Nicolas Bataille directed the premiere on 11 May 1950 at the ...

'' and '' La Leçon'' by Eugène Ionesco,

* ''La Lettre perdue'' by Courgiale, Théâtre de Poche * ''Le Jeu de l'amour et de la mort'' by Rollaud, Théâtre de Poche

References

External links

Roles played by Thérèse Quentin
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Quentin, Therese 2015 deaths 1929 births French film actresses French television actresses People from Ixelles 20th-century French actresses 21st-century French actresses French stage actresses