Denise Grey
Denise Grey ( born September 17, 1896 in Châtillon as Edouardine Verthuy; † 13 January 1996, Paris) was a French actress.
Life
A native of the Valle d'Aosta Grey began her career as a salesperson and as a model. In this way it was discovered for the film and gave her 1913 debut in the silent film production Mademoiselle Etchika.
However, your artistic breakthrough did not reach them in the film, but in 1915 as a singer in the revues of the Folies Bergère, as they had to replace a colleague at short notice. This led to a solo engagement at Cabaret La Pied Qui Cante. During the twenties and thirties, she played at various Parisian theaters, but also repeatedly in film productions such as Adieu, Leonard! .
After the Second World War, it was one long next to Jean -Louis Barrault and Madeleine Renaud to the ensemble of the Comédie Française, where she played in Tartuffe, inter alia, the " Dorinne ".
Among her best-known films include Claude Autant - Lara's Devil in the Flesh and the part as a great-grandmother of Sophie Marceau in La Boum - Die Fete and La Boum 2 - Die Fete continues.
In 1991, Denise Grey retired at the age of 95 years from the stage.