Geneviève Kervine
Geneviève Kervine | |
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| Born | 27 June 1931 |
| Died | 5 September 1989 |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1953–1980 (film) |
Geneviève Kervine (1931–1989) was a French film actress.[1] Born in Dakar in French Senegal, she emerged as a star in the 1950s and was awarded with the Prix Suzanne Bianchetti for the most promising actress in 1955. She was married to the singer and actor Jean Bretonnière.
Career
[edit]Kervine was active on stage and in French film productions from 1952 to 1962. Film roles included Les Nuits de Montmartre (1955, based on a novel by Claude Orval), and the female lead in Alerte au Deuxieme Bureau (1956).[2] Her last film role was in C'est Pas Moi, C'est L'autre (1962).
Personal life
[edit]Geneviéve Kervine was married to actor and singer Jean Bretonnière in 1967. They had a son, Marc Bretonnière, who also became an actor, especially successful in voice parts (he was the French voice of Darth Maul, for example).[3] She was 58 when she died from cancer in Paris, in 1989.
Selected filmography
[edit]- Virgile (1953)
- Wonderful Mentality (1953)
- A Hundred Francs a Second (1953)
- Eighteen Hour Stopover (1955)
- Montmartre Nights (1955)
- Pleasures and Vices (1955)
- Four Days in Paris (1955)
- Pity for the Vamps (1956)
- A Certain Monsieur Jo (1958)
- The Night of Suspects (1960)
- It's Not My Business (1962)
References
[edit]- ^ Craif p.269
- ^ John Howard Reid, Great Cinema Detectives: Best Movies of Mystery, Suspense, and Film Noir (Lulu.com 2006): 16-17. ISBN 9781847286857
- ^ Marc Bretonnière, Behind the Voice Actors.
Bibliography
[edit]- Rob Craig. American International Pictures: A Comprehensive Filmography. McFarland, 2019.
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