Cécile Paoli is a French actress who is also well known on
British television from the series ''
Sharpe'', ''
Bergerac'', and ''
Holby City
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''.
She starred as Françoise in a four-part television BBC mini-series in 1980 of the
H.E. Bates novel,
Fair Stood the Wind for France
She played Isabelle de Chamonpierre in the 1989 television serial ''
The Ginger Tree'', based on the novel by
Oswald Wynd. In ''
Sharpe'', she portrayed
Lucille Castineau, in
Bergerac (TV series) she played Francine Leland, during the first series. She was a member of the
Royal Shakespeare Company's 1984–85 season, where her roles included
Catherine, Princess of France, (opposite
Kenneth Branagh
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) in ''
Henry V''.
She appeared in the
''Endeavour'' episode "Sway" in April 2014.
Partial filmography
*''Les fourberies de Scapin'' (1981) - Zerbinette
*''
The Legend of the Holy Drinker'' (1988) - Fur store seller
*''L'ambassade en folie'' (1992) - Molly
*''Voyage à Rome'' (1992) - Nathalie
*''Kaspar Hauser'' (1993) - Stefanie von Baden
*''
Riders'' (1993) - Laura
*''Les Collègues'' (1999) - Inès
*''Weep no more my lady'' (1993)
*
Mafiosa (2006) - Alberta
References
External links
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Signed portrait
Living people
French film actresses
French television actresses
Royal Shakespeare Company members
Year of birth missing (living people)
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