Andrée Tainsy

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1911-04-26 (93 years old)

Deathday

2004-12-19

Place of Birth

Etterbeek, Belgium

Andrée Tainsy

Biography

Andrée Micheline Ghislaine Tainsy (26 April 1911 – 19 December 2004) was a Belgian actress. She worked with several notable actors like Philippe Noiret, Jean Louis Trintignant, Charlotte Rampling and famous directors like Claude Chabrol, Costas Gavras and François Ozon. Tainsy began her career with theater plays and her first film debut was in 1945, followed by over 80 different cinema and TV works as co-star. She worked until the day of her death. She was born in Etterbeek, Belgium. Andrée Tainsy attended Brussels' Conservatory, where she trained to become a theater performer in the early 1930s. She moved to Paris and made her debut with t...

Acting

1985

Cop au Vin

as Marthe

2000

Under the Sand

as Suzanne

1967

Hedda Gabler

as Julie Tesman

1949

The Sinners

as Kitchen girl

2004

Kings & Queen

as La grand-mère

1978

2004

Red Sunset

as Princesse Czerry

1951

My Wife Is Formidable

as la femme de ménage

1950

Julie de Carneilhan

as Madame Sabrier

1949

1965

How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning

as Germaine, Léon's housekeeper (segment "Les Bons Vivants") (uncredited)

1985

Simone

as La grand mère

1952

Matrimonial Agency

as (uncredited)

1952

Holiday for Henrietta

as (uncredited)

1971

Too Small My Friend

as Mme Herbin

1972

Le sagouin

as 'Fraulein'

1982

Boulevard des assassins

as Mrs. Graveline

1971

The Strangler

as Jeanne, the owner of the bar restaurant

1977

Solemn Communion

as Charlotte Fourcignie

1996

Love, etc.

as Mireille

1971

Le Prussien

as Yvonne

1962

Assassin's Check

as La marchande de journaux

1980

Mathieu Gaston peluche

as Propriétaire du cheval

1956

1990

1972

1957

Demoniac

as Business card seller

1975

Love and Death

as Woman (uncredited)

1969

Z

as Nick's Mother

2000

Code Unknown

as Mrs. Becker

1974

Le tour d'écrou

as Mme Grose

1964

1954

Stain on the Snow

as (uncredited)

1964

Fantomas

as Habilleuse

1974

The Watchmaker of St. Paul

as Madeleine Fourmet

1958

End of Desire

as Ludivine - la servante

1949

Mission in Tangier

as Cabaret sweeper

1959

Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case

as Club Hula-Hoop Manager (uncredited)

1966

The Devil's Tricks

as La mère de Ginette

1973

A Slightly Pregnant Man

as Clarisse de Saint-Clair

1977

A. Constant

as Jeanne

1996

The Phantom Heart

as The old lady

1977

Spoiled Children

as La locataire âgée

1977

Gloria

as Estelle

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