Claude Winter

Claude Winter

Born: February 18, 1931
Died: April 25, 2011
in Tianjin, China
Claude Winter (18 February 1931 in Tianjin (China) – 25 April 2011 in Paris).

She is admitted at the Comédie-Française 1 September 1953, becomes sociétaire on 1 January 1960, then dean 1 January 1987. In 1988, following the death of the administrator (Jean Le Poulain), she is administrator per intérim for two and a half month. When she made the decision to retire, she was named honorary sociétaire by her camarades.

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Meeting with an Angel
Title: Meeting with an Angel
Character: la grand-mère
Released: June 1, 2011
Type: Movie
Judith, a young nurse, is so meek in front of her husband Roland, that she can't manage to tell him that she has lost her job. When he learns this, he starts to follow her...He discovers that in a secret life, she is another mysterious and sublime person.
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The Black Angel
Title: The Black Angel
Character: Ms. Pitot
Released: November 11, 1994
Type: Movie
Stephane, the wife of a prominent magistrate, shoots and kills a man in her home and claims he tried to rape her. While investigating her case, her lawyer becomes hopelessly enmeshed in a web of lies and subterfuges concerning her past.
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Délit mineur
Title: Délit mineur
Released: March 23, 1994
Type: Movie
A teenager named Guillaume admits to being guilty of his father's murder in order to protect his dear mother.
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Savage Nights
Title: Savage Nights
Character: Jean's Mother
Released: August 19, 1992
Type: Movie
Jean is young, gay, and promiscuous. Only after he meets one or two women, including Laura, does he come to realize his bisexuality. Jean has to overcome a personal crisis and a tough choice between Laura and his male lover Samy.
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A Sunday in the Country
Title: A Sunday in the Country
Character: Madame Ladmiral
Released: April 11, 1984
Type: Movie
In France, before WWI. As every Sunday, an old painter living in the country is visited by his son Gonzague, coming with his wife and his three children. Then his daugther Irene arrives. She is always in a hurry, she lives alone and does not come so often... An intimist chronicle in which what is not shown, what is guessed, is more important than how it looks, dealing with what each character expects of life.
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Le Bon Plaisir
Title: Le Bon Plaisir
Character: La Présidente
Released: January 18, 1984
Type: Movie
Claire's handbag is stolen. It contained a letter written ten years previously by the man who is now the French President. In the letter he urges his pregnant mistress to have an abortion. Claire immediately alerts the President's men. From that moment, the machinery of state swings into action.
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Le pain de ménage
Title: Le pain de ménage
Character: Marthe
Released: August 31, 1981
Type: Movie
Two married couples share the same holiday house. Everything seems to go smoothly except that Pierre, one of the two husbands, is irresistibly attracted to Marthe, his friend's wife. As for the latter, she feels exactly the same for him. One night (or is it the same thing every night?) Pierre and Marthe remain in the living room after their mutual partners have gone to bed. They talk and banter pleasantly until they half-wordily evoke the present that could be theirs if they had married each other or what future they could contemplate if they escaped together.
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La Dame de chez Maxim
Title: La Dame de chez Maxim
Character: Mme Tournois
Released: February 12, 1981
Type: Movie
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Monsieur Teste
Title: Monsieur Teste
Released: December 31, 1975
Type: Movie
On the terrace of a Parisian café, Paul Valéry observes his neighbor, Monsieur Teste. The two men strike up a conversation. A supporter of "neither god nor master", Mr. Teste engages in a regular introspection, as rigorous as it is passionate, and shares his thoughts with humor.
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Le Tartuffe
Title: Le Tartuffe
Character: Elmire
Released: October 13, 1973
Type: Movie
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Killing in the Sun
Title: Killing in the Sun
Released: March 15, 1973
Type: Movie
The murder of a Parisian mobster starts a war within the world of organized crime.
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Tartuffe
Title: Tartuffe
Character: Elmire
Released: January 1, 1973
Type: Movie
A filmed version of Molière's play.
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Ruy Blas
Title: Ruy Blas
Character: La reine
Released: February 10, 1972
Type: Movie
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Vingt-neuf degrés à l'ombre
Title: Vingt-neuf degrés à l'ombre
Character: Mme Pomadour
Released: October 12, 1969
Type: Movie
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L'Auberge de l'ange gardien
Title: L'Auberge de l'ange gardien
Character: Mme Blidot
Released: December 25, 1962
Type: Movie
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Port-Royal
Title: Port-Royal
Character: Sister Gabrielle
Released: June 1, 1960
Type: Movie
1661, the Assemblée du Clergé de France obliged all clergy to sign a form testifying to their submission to the decisions of the Holy See. In 1664, the Archbishop of Paris wanted to impose this decision on the nuns of Port-Royal. Among them was Sister Angélique de Saint Jean, admired by the very young Sister Françoise, who looked to her for comfort.
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Crainquebille
Title: Crainquebille
Released: April 19, 1954
Type: Movie
In the Mouffetard district of Paris, Jérôme Crainquebille, an affable four-season merchant, is stopped by a police officer and taken to the station, unjustly accused of shouting "Mort aux vaches!" ("Death to the cows!"). When he returns to work after a fortnight's detention, he is ostracized by his neighbors. Lonely, Crainquebille sank into despair and alcoholism. His life in prison seemed sweeter, and his attempts to return were in vain. He owes his salvation to the affection of a local kid.
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Beware of Blondes
Title: Beware of Blondes
Released: November 24, 1950
Type: Movie
Back from a stay in the Far East, a woman who knew the names of the chiefs of a drug ring is murdered. Georges Masse, the famous reporter, decides to investigate, accompanied by his faithful photographer P'tit Louis. He will come across some unappetizing characters like M. Dubois, a killer, Luigi Costelli, a dangerous trafficker and a beautiful but dubious lady, Suzanne Wilson. After being himself suspected, Masse will make the truth triumph.