Denise Provence

Denise Provence

Born: February 17, 1921
Died: November 14, 2011
in Paris, France

Movies for Denise Provence...

Title: La Chance aux chansons
Character: Self
Released: March 26, 1984
Type: TV
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Silence on aime
Title: Silence on aime
Character: Antoine's mother
Released: June 19, 1981
Type: Movie
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Title: Petit déjeuner compris
Character: Mlle Angevin, la kiné de la chambre 6
Released: February 22, 1980
Type: TV
A couple who live in the French provinces are surprised to inherit a hotel in Paris. These new owners are determined to sell it, but that's without the charms, vagaries, and clientele of this typical inn implanted in a nice neighborhood.
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La facture
Title: La facture
Character: Minouche
Released: February 27, 1976
Type: Movie
Noëlle is a woman who succeeds in everything. In addition, she is blessed with incredible luck. But one day, she questions herself, convinced one day to pay the bill. So, to be unhappy, she dismisses one of her friends ... Filmed at the Édouard VII Theater in Paris.
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Male of the Century
Title: Male of the Century
Character: Isabelle's mother
Released: March 12, 1975
Type: Movie
The wife of an extremely jealous merchant is held hostage by a bank robber.
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Gross Paris
Title: Gross Paris
Character: Queen of England
Released: May 1, 1974
Type: Movie
Bernard, a journalist, and his friend Jules, a butcher by trade, are both passionate about horse racing.
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The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
Title: The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
Character: Esther
Released: October 17, 1973
Type: Movie
In this riot of frantic disguises and mistaken identities, Victor Pivert, a blustering, bigoted French factory owner, finds himself taken hostage by Slimane, an Arab rebel leader. The two dress up as rabbis as they try to elude not only assasins from Slimane's country, but also the police, who think Pivert is a murderer. Pivert ends up posing as Rabbi Jacob, a beloved figure who's returned to France for his first visit after 30 years in the United States. Adding to the confusion are Pivert's dentist-wife, who thinks her husband is leaving her for another woman, their daughter, who's about to get married, and a Parisian neighborhood filled with people eager to celebrate the return of Rabbi Jacob.
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The Legend of Frenchie King
Title: The Legend of Frenchie King
Character: Mademoiselle Le Croisic
Released: December 16, 1971
Type: Movie
Outlaw sisters in the old West inherit a ranch and try to settle down and develop relationships with neighboring family of lots of brothers.
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Les vieux loups bénissent la mort
Title: Les vieux loups bénissent la mort
Released: July 16, 1971
Type: Movie
Venturi was once the king of the Pigalle underworld. Today, he lives in retirement with his wife, in an estate near Chantilly. He still receives the takings from a few hôtels de passe and cabarets, enabling him to subsist without financial worries. But a gang of young hoodlums follows in his footsteps, committing robberies and picking fights in the establishments controlled by Venturi. His faithful companion Cristiani is murdered, as is his wife Germaine. Venturi is determined to take revenge.
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The Exchange Student
Title: The Exchange Student
Character: La comtesse
Released: December 1, 1967
Type: Movie
Monsieur Bosquier, the owner of a private school, is far from pleased when his eldest son, Philippe, fails his end of year exams. He decides to send his wayward offspring to England to improve his English. In exchange, Philippe’s host, a wealthy whisky distiller, Mac Farrel, will send his daughter, Shirley, to live with the Bosquiers in France. However, Philippe has already decided to spend the summer holidays on a yacht with his friends, so he sends a fellow student, Michonnet, to England in his place. The deception is soon discovered but things go from bad to worse when Philippe and Shirley fall in love and fly to Scotland to get married...
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Angelique: The Road To Versailles
Title: Angelique: The Road To Versailles
Character: Barbe
Released: July 7, 1965
Type: Movie
Angelique is saved by the king of the cutthroats when she is endangered in the streets of Paris. After her hero is killed, she has many amorous affairs and becomes a successful businesswoman.
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Angelique
Title: Angelique
Character: Barbe
Released: December 8, 1964
Type: Movie
In 17th-century France, beautiful country maiden Angélique marries wealthy neighbor Jeoffray de Peyrac out of convenience, but eventually, she falls in love with him. So when Jeoffray is arrested and then vanishes, she bravely sets out to find him. This is the first of many dramas based on Anne and Serge Golon's novels about strong-willed Angélique and her adventures during the reign of Louis XIV, the Sun King.
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Jaloux comme un tigre
Title: Jaloux comme un tigre
Character: Mme Lurot
Released: June 16, 1964
Type: Movie
Henri has a beautiful wife, Sophie. Unfortunately, suffering from an unhealthy jealousy, he spends much of his time watching his wife's every move, and a few domestic scenes often ensue.
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Agent 38-24-36
Title: Agent 38-24-36
Character: Lady Barbara Dumfrey
Released: March 12, 1964
Type: Movie
A Russian spy is sent out to steal sensitive information from NATO about military mobilization. Without much intelligence of his own, the distrusted agent of Soviet intelligence needs all the help he can get from his "talented" partner Penelope Lightfeather as they scatter around the French countryside for secret rendez-vous' while trying to avoid being caught by counter intelligence agents and distrustful communist operatives.
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Bluebeard
Title: Bluebeard
Character: Mme Lacoste
Released: January 25, 1963
Type: Movie
Paris, France, during the First World War. While thousands of soldiers die every day on the battlefields, Henri Landru, a seemingly respectable furniture dealer, married and father of four children, relentlessly feeds his own sinister factory of death.
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The New Aristrocrats
Title: The New Aristrocrats
Released: December 13, 1961
Type: Movie
Denis, a hypersensitive teenager, is revolted both against his distant, pretentious, well-to-do parents and their superficial society firends and the stiff, intolerant catholic establishment in which he studies. Fortunately,he has an open-minded philosophy teacher, Father Philippe de Maubrun, who understands him and supports him in his distress.
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The Lions Are Loose
Title: The Lions Are Loose
Character: Hélène Challenberg, la femme du docteur
Released: September 20, 1961
Type: Movie
Albertine, a young woman from Bordeaux, leaves her town and her husband to discover the joys of the French capital. Thanks to her friend Cécile, she penetrates Parisian high society and becomes the subject of rivalry between Dr André Challenberg and a fashionable young novelist, Didier Marèze.
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Winter Holidays
Title: Winter Holidays
Character: Marceline
Released: June 18, 1959
Type: Movie
Alberto Moretti arrives in Cortina D'Ampezzo, with daughter Marcella,who has just won a TV contest, the prize of which is a free stay in a luxury hotel.
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Les Truands
Title: Les Truands
Character: La Païva
Released: April 27, 1956
Type: Movie
"Thieves We Are" - In flashback, the audience learns why 104-year-old Amedee steals the watch belonging to the town mayor. The story develops into a history of the watch-thievery business, told in anecdotal fashion.
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Le Chasseur de chez Maxim's
Title: Le Chasseur de chez Maxim's
Character: Lise, la fille de Sophie, maîtresse de Julien
Released: August 14, 1953
Type: Movie
Julien Pauphilat is the doorman at the famous restaurant, Maxim's and is also the confidant of many of his customers. As a consequence, in this post, he has managed to make a comfortable living and even acquire a country mansion. Retirement beckons and he is going to be able to enjoy the quiet life at last. The wedding of his daughter, Genevieve with Andre du Velin, a well born playboy is going to endanger this dream, for Genevieve is ignorant of her father's job. However, her fiance doesn't see any problem with this.
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Un caprice de Caroline chérie
Title: Un caprice de Caroline chérie
Character: Countess Clélia de Montelone
Released: March 6, 1953
Type: Movie
Caroline de Bienre, the 16-year-old daughter of French nobility, meets the handsome rogue, Gaston de Sallanches, who is expected to ask for the hand of her older, plainer sister in marriage. Gaston instead joins Caroline in her secret hiding place in the château's attic, where the infatuated Caroline begins an affair with him. Meanwhile, she is being courted by the dull, sincere Livio, but holds him off since she is in love with Gaston. When the revolution of 1789 breaks out Caroline is sent to a convent but her carriage is waylaid. She escapes and makes her way to Gaston's home, where she finds him in the arms of his mistress. She is angry and then agrees to marry Livio, now an out-of-favor revolutionary and a marked man, and Caroline is also now on the death list.
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Les deux Monsieur de Madame
Title: Les deux Monsieur de Madame
Character: Isabelle
Released: December 27, 1951
Type: Movie
Adolphe is in serious financial difficulties and the extravagances of his wife do not help to fix things.
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The Turkey
Title: The Turkey
Character: Clotilde de Pontagnac
Released: November 21, 1951
Type: Movie
Paris at the Belle Epoque. Monsieur de Pontagnac, a perfect honest man, loves pretty women too much and that plays him many tricks. What need does he have to follow the pretty Lucienne Vatelin, home, to find himself in the presence of the husband, the notary Vatelin, who is part of his circle? From there, many characters will meet, avoid each other, find each other. Adultery, domestic scenes and reconciliation will be their lot.
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Et moi j'te dis qu'elle t'a fait d'l'oeil!
Title: Et moi j'te dis qu'elle t'a fait d'l'oeil!
Character: Suzanne Lambertier
Released: December 20, 1950
Type: Movie
André Courvalin, a merry bachelor, considers marrying, but not his exuberant mistress Aurélie. He would much rather wed sweet Suzanne. Trouble is that Suzanne is already engaged to Yves, one of his friends. But every problem has its solution. Accordingly, André finalizes a cynical stratagem. He sends Yves to negotiate his own breakup with Aurélie while he warns Aurélie's husband about Yves' presence by her side.All goes according to plan : Yves is mistakenly taken for Aurélie's husband.
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Title: The Nostradamus Agency
Character: Dominique
Released: October 9, 1950
Type: TV
This short-lived French TV series from 1950 features police investigations tinged with astrology. In nine episodes of about ten minutes each, in a humorous style, a duo of private detectives investigates a series of murders involving a marriage agency.
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Paris Waltz
Title: Paris Waltz
Character: Brigitte
Released: May 5, 1950
Type: Movie
A fictitious biography of Jacques Offenbach and Hortense Schneider.
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Miquette
Title: Miquette
Character: Une commère (uncredited)
Released: April 14, 1950
Type: Movie
A provincial ingenue leaves her mother’s tobacco shop with dreams of a life in the Parisian theater, only to become entangled in relationships with a lecherous aristocrat, his starry-eyed nephew, and an old ham actor.
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Branquignol
Title: Branquignol
Character: Une danseuse
Released: December 16, 1949
Type: Movie
In this sketch comedy compared to the American film Hellzapoppin, a spectacle is put on to celebrate the wedding of a nobleman, but the results are disastrous.
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Pas un mot à la reine mère
Title: Pas un mot à la reine mère
Released: November 1, 1946
Type: Movie
The young King Boris of Neustria, who has followed his family in their exile in London, falls in love with the daughter of a wealthy American businessman. The latter, however, will only approve the union if Boris gives up royalty for the business world.