Hélène_Duc

Hélène Duc

Hélène Duc

French actress


Marcelle Duc (22 March 1917 – 23 November 2014), known professionally as Hélène Duc, was a French actress. She appeared in Edward and Caroline (1951), Je sais rien, mais je dirai tout (1973), and Tanguy (2001).

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Duc played the role of Mahaut, Countess of Artois in the 1972 miniseries Les Rois maudits,[1][2] and later played Marguerite de Bouville in the 2005 adaptation of the same novels.[1][3]

In 1983, she performed at the Théâtre de la Gaîté-Montparnasse in a production of Chienne Dactylographe. She was named an officer of the Legion of Honour and Righteous Among the Nations in 2005.[2]

Duc was married to René Catroux, with whom she had two daughters.[1][4]

Partial filmography


References

  1. Lentz III, Harris M. (7 May 2015). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2014. McFarland & Company. p. 100. ISBN 9780786476664. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  2. Salino, Brigitte (24 November 2014). "Death of Hélène Duc, actress". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  3. "Les Rois maudits: Casting de la saison 1" (in French). AlloCiné. 2005. Archived from the original on 19 December 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  4. "Hélène Duc nous a quittés" (in French). MSN.com. Prisma Media. 24 November 2014. Archived from the original on 8 February 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2014.



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