Geneviève Bujold

Geneviève Bujold

Born: July 1, 1942
in Montréal, Québec, Canada
Geneviève Bujold (born July 1, 1942) is a Canadian stage and screen actress, best known for her portrayal of Anne Boleyn in the 1969 film Anne of the Thousand Days, for which she won a Golden Globe Award for best actress and was nominated for an Academy Award.

She made her TV debut with Le square (1963), a 60-minute TV film based on a play by Marguerite Duras, co-starring Georges Groulx. Her Canadian feature film debut was in Amanita Pestilens (1963).

She appeared in Michel Brault's film Between Salt and Sweet Water (1967), then went to New York to play the title role in a production of Saint Joan (1967) for Hallmark Hall of Fame on American TV. Although she said she preferred film most and television least out of all the mediums, she received great acclaim for this including an Emmy nomination.

In Canada, she starred in Isabel (1968), written and directed by her then-husband Paul Almond. It was one of the first Canadian films to be picked up for distribution by a major Hollywood studio. International recognition came in 1969, when she starred as Anne Boleyn in Charles Jarrott's film Anne of the Thousand Days, with Richard Burton. Producer Hal B. Wallis cast her after seeing her in Isabel. For her performance, she received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama, and received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. It was released by Universal who signed her to a three-picture contract.

Her other film credits include The Trojan Women (1971), Earthquake (1974), Obsession (1976), Coma (1978) with Michael Douglas, Murder by Decree (1979), Tightrope (1984) with Clint Eastwood, Choose Me (1984), and Dead Ringers (1988) with Jeremy Irons.

She had supporting roles in The Adventures of Pinocchio (1995), The House of Yes (1997), Last Night (1998), You Can Thank Me Later (1998), Eye of the Beholder (1999), The Bookfair Murders (2000), Children of My Heart (2001) and Alex in Wonder (2001).

Her later appearances include Jericho Mansions (2003), Finding Home (2004), Downtown: A Street Tale (2004), By the Pricking of My Thumbs (2005), Disappearances (2006), Deliver Me (2006), The Trotsky (2009), For the Love of God (2011), Still Mine (2012), Northern Borders (2013), and Chorus (2015).

She was nominated for an Emmy Award for her role in Saint Joan. She was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award For her portrayal of Irene in Still Mine. She won three Canadian Film Awards for Best Actress for her roles in the films Isabel, The Act of the Heart, and Kamouraska. She won a Prix Gemeaux Award for Best Actress for her role in the film The Paper Wedding, and was nominated for Best Actress for her role in the film L'Emprise. She won a Genie Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film Murder By Decree, and was nominated for four more Genie Awards for her roles in Final Assignment, Dead Ringers, My Friend Max, and Last Night.

Movies for Geneviève Bujold...

Chorus
Title: Chorus
Character: Gabrielle
Released: January 22, 2015
Type: Movie
A separated couple meet again after 10 years when the body of their missing son is found. Amid the guilt of losing a loved one, they hesitantly move toward affirmation of life, acceptance of death, and even the possibility of reconciliation.
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Northern Borders
Title: Northern Borders
Character: Abiah Kittredge
Released: January 16, 2015
Type: Movie
In 1956, ten-year-old Austen Kittredge is sent to live on his grandparents’ Vermont farm, where he experiences wild adventures and uncovers long-festering family secrets.
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And the Oscar Goes To...
Title: And the Oscar Goes To...
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: February 1, 2014
Type: Movie
The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy itself, which began in 1927 when Louis B. Mayer, then head of MGM, led other prominent members of the industry in forming this professional honorary organization. Two years later the Academy began bestowing awards, which were nicknamed "Oscar," and quickly came to represent the pinnacle of cinematic achievement.
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The Legend of Sarila
Title: The Legend of Sarila
Character: Saya (voice)
Released: February 21, 2013
Type: Movie
Three young Inuits set off in search of a promised land to save their clan from starvation.
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Still Mine
Title: Still Mine
Character: Irene Morrison
Released: September 10, 2012
Type: Movie
Craig, a fiercely determined New Brunswick farmer, sets out to build a more suitable house for his ailing wife, Irene, despite their children's concerns. As he starts building, he is blindsided by the bureaucratic codes and officials. As Irene becomes increasingly ill, Craig fights back. Based on a true story.
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Pour l'amour de Dieu
Title: Pour l'amour de Dieu
Character: Sœur Cécile (72 ans)
Released: September 2, 2011
Type: Movie
Montréal, 1959. In the classroom of Sister Cecilia, Leonie (aged 11) first met Father Malachy, a young Dominican father who has come to visit his school. It is love at first sight for this lonely and dreamy child who took refuge in religion to escape a mother who is emotional and too worried. But there is also love at first sight between Sister Cecilia and Father Malachy. Between human love and the love of God, which will prevail? Written by
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Halves of a Dream: Making Trouble in Mind
Title: Halves of a Dream: Making Trouble in Mind
Character: Self
Released: December 14, 2010
Type: Movie
A look behind-the-scenes at the making of the movie Trouble in Mind, featuring interviews from cast and crew members.
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The Trotsky
Title: The Trotsky
Character: Denise Archambault
Released: May 5, 2010
Type: Movie
Leon Bronstein is not your average Montreal West high school student. For one thing, none of his peers can claim to be the reincarnation of early 20th century Soviet iconoclast and Red Army hero, Leon Trotsky. When his father sends Leon to public school as punishment for starting a hunger strike at Papa's clothing factory, Leon quickly lends new meaning to the term 'student union', determined as he is to live out his pre-ordained destiny to the fullest and change the world.
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The Memories of Angels
Title: The Memories of Angels
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 5, 2008
Type: Movie
Montreal of another time is reborn into screen through images from a hundred of movies and shorts produced by the National Film Board of Canada while at its first four decades of existence. Port activities, musical shows, presence of Church, labors life, hockey fever and the best years of "Red Light" are few of the chapters of this collective family album.
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Disappearances
Title: Disappearances
Character: Cordelia
Released: May 11, 2007
Type: Movie
Quebec Bill Bohomme is a hardy schemer and dreamer, who, desperate to raise money to preserve his endangered herd through the rapidly approaching winter, resorts to whiskey-smuggling, a traditional family occupation. Quebec Bill takes his son, Wild Bill, on the journey. Also Henry Coville, an inscrutable whiskey smuggler, and Rat Kinneson, Quebec Bill's perpetually disconsolate ex-con hired man. Together, they cross the border into vast reaches of Canadian wilderness for an unforgettable four days "full of terror, full of wonder."
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Délivrez-Moi
Title: Délivrez-Moi
Character: Irène
Released: May 12, 2006
Type: Movie
After spending a decade in prison, Annie returns to her hometown, and tries to reconnect with her now-adolescent daughter Sophie.
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By the Pricking of My Thumbs
Title: By the Pricking of My Thumbs
Character: Rose Evangelista
Released: April 13, 2005
Type: Movie
The Beresfords investigate mysterious deaths at an old people's home.
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Downtown: A Street Tale
Title: Downtown: A Street Tale
Character: Aimee Levesque
Released: November 7, 2004
Type: Movie
A group of street kids find that the only way to make it through the day is to hold onto their dreams while their reality is eating out of dumpsters, turning tricks and squatting in abandoned buildings.
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Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
Title: Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
Character: Claire Niveau (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 2004
Type: Movie
This compelling documentary explores Canadian film culture and tries to discover what defines Canadian film through interviews with notable filmmakers.
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Finding Home
Title: Finding Home
Character: Katie
Released: October 18, 2003
Type: Movie
Inheriting her grandmother's remote island Inn causes Amanda to re-evaluate her life and decisions.
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Jericho Mansions
Title: Jericho Mansions
Character: Lily Melnick
Released: May 17, 2003
Type: Movie
A murder in an old apartment building leads the superintendent to suspect everyone, and eventually himself, of the murder.
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Title: Viens voir les comédiens
Character: Self
Released: September 20, 2002
Type: TV
Viens voir les comédiens is a television show on the Canadian French-language arts and culture television network ARTV.
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Chaos and Desire
Title: Chaos and Desire
Character: Colette Lasalle
Released: August 22, 2002
Type: Movie
Suspecting that the cecassion of the tides may indicate an impending earthquake, Seismologist Alice arrives in her hometown of Baie-Comeau, Quebec to commence her investigation. Soon confronted by numerous figures from her past, the unusual weather and inexplicable behavior of the citizens lead Alice to believe that something beyond her comprehension is occurring to her old hometown...
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Claude Jutra: An Unfinished Story
Title: Claude Jutra: An Unfinished Story
Character: Self
Released: May 30, 2002
Type: Movie
A revealing look at the great Quebecois director who gave us such classic films as Mon Oncle Antoine, A toute prendre and Kamouraska: Power of Passion. Amidst the rise of French-Canadian identity and the political struggles of the '60s, Jutra was at the forefront of a group of artists dedicated to social change and attacking taboo.
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'Obsession' Revisited
Title: 'Obsession' Revisited
Character: Self
Released: June 26, 2001
Type: Movie
A documentary about the making of 1976's "Obsession" featuring interviews with director Brian De Palma, stars Cliff Robertson and Genevieve Bujold and more.
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Alex in Wonder
Title: Alex in Wonder
Character: Natalie
Released: March 9, 2001
Type: Movie
A girl in the 1970s dreams of becoming a ballerina while struggling with the divorce of her kooky parents.
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The Bookfair Murders
Title: The Bookfair Murders
Character: Margaret Dourie Cantor
Released: January 1, 2000
Type: Movie
Mystery starring Samantha Bond, Linda Kash, Bernd Michael Lade
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Eye of the Beholder
Title: Eye of the Beholder
Character: Dr. Brault
Released: September 4, 1999
Type: Movie
A reclusive surveillance expert is hired to spy on a mysterious blackmailer, who just may be a serial killer.
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Last Night
Title: Last Night
Character: Mrs. Carlton
Released: October 23, 1998
Type: Movie
Various citizens of Toronto anxiously await the end of the world, which is occurring at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day.
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You Can Thank Me Later
Title: You Can Thank Me Later
Character: Joelle
Released: May 23, 1998
Type: Movie
In this Canadian comedy-drama, Shirley Cooperberg heads a Montreal Jewish family. During her husband's operation, her brood arrives at the hospital -- failed writer Eli, neurotic Susan, and successful theatrical producer Edward. An onslaught of one-liners find targets amid sibling rivalries and angst-ridden animosities.
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The House of Yes
Title: The House of Yes
Character: Mrs. Pascal
Released: October 10, 1997
Type: Movie
Jackie-O is anxiously awaiting the visit of her brother home for Thanksgiving, but isn't expecting him to bring a friend — and she's even more shocked to learn that this friend is his fiance. It soon becomes clear that her obsession with Jackie Kennedy is nothing compared to her obsession with her brother, and she isn't the only member of the family with problems.
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Dead Innocent
Title: Dead Innocent
Character: Suzanne St. Laurent
Released: April 8, 1997
Type: Movie
Suzanne, a single parent and succesful lawyer, returns home to find her daughter missing. About to call the police, she is confronted by a disembodied voice warning her that if she attempts to leave or seek help, her daughter will die. Suzanne discovers she is being monitored through surveillance cameras operated by the tyrannical voice. The voice informs her that in order for her daughter to live, Suzanne must commit suicide. In a race against time Suzanne must think of a scheme to get a message to the outside world...
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The Adventures of Pinocchio
Title: The Adventures of Pinocchio
Character: Leona
Released: July 26, 1996
Type: Movie
One of puppet-maker Geppetto's creations comes magically to life. This puppet, Pinocchio, has one major desire and that is to become a real boy someday. In order to accomplish this goal he has to learn to act responsibly. This film shows you the adventures on which he learns valuable lessons.
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Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso
Title: Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso
Character: Self
Released: December 11, 1994
Type: Movie
A look at the life and career of actor/director Clint Eastwood, including scenes from his past film and television work and interviews with friends, fellow actors and crew members who have worked with him over the years.
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Mon amie Max
Title: Mon amie Max
Character: Marie-Alexandrine Brabant
Released: November 1, 1994
Type: Movie
Catherine, a concert pianist, is surprised one night by the arrival of her best friend from childhood, Marie-Alexandrine (Max), whom she hasn't seen for 25 years. Catherine and Max were Québec's most promising young pianists in the mid-1960's when the adventurous Max gets pregnant. She wants to keep the child, but her mother forces her to give him up for adoption; afterwards, Max leaves Québec and music. Now, years later, she returns, obsessed with finding her son. She locates the adoption records, and social services contacts her son to ask if he wants to see her. He refuses, but she keeps trying. Is a relationship with him possible? And what about her musical talent?
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An Ambush of Ghosts
Title: An Ambush of Ghosts
Character: Irene Betts
Released: January 22, 1993
Type: Movie
A teenage boy coming to grips with his mother's insanity forms an unlikely friendship with a classmate on the run for murder.
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Oh, What a Night
Title: Oh, What a Night
Character: Eva
Released: October 9, 1992
Type: Movie
During the summer of 1955, seventeen-year-old Eric Hansen embarks on a journey in his new town, a journey which will change his life forever.
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The Dance Goes On
Title: The Dance Goes On
Character: Rick's Mother
Released: January 1, 1992
Type: Movie
Crazy Los Angeles. Work is an hour away, down a crammed six-lane freeway. It is always sunny, but the sun looks like a sickly blemish on the smog. Everyone's out to look beautiful and make money. And a kid named Rick fits right in. The Gaspé coast. Work is five minutes away on a tractor seat. When the sun shines, the ocean is set ablaze, and the scent of pine fills the crisp country air. People here just try to make ends meet, but they know how to laugh from the gut and to show each other they care. This is were Rick's father James grew up, but Rick has never been here. When Rick learns that he has inherited the ancestral farm, and that his father wants him to go to Gaspé to bury the uncle who left Rick this legacy, an extraordinary odyssey begins. Father and son start out as different from each other as Gaspé and Los Angeles, but in the process, Rick discovers manhood and James discovers fatherhood.
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Rue du Bac
Title: Rue du Bac
Character: Marie Aubriac
Released: March 20, 1991
Type: Movie
Simon lives in an affluent intellectual environment, headed by his mother Alice. Raphael, his cousin, belongs to the poor branch of the family, but Simon adores him. So he decides to help him become a writer.
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False Identity
Title: False Identity
Character: Rachel Roux
Released: June 8, 1990
Type: Movie
When Rachel, a radio personality, discovers a Purple Heart at a garage sale she decides to find out its history. She finds that the medal belonged to a man named Harlan Erickson, a long-lost brother of the town's leading citizen.
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Snake Treaty
Title: Snake Treaty
Character: Madeline
Released: January 24, 1989
Type: Movie
Guy Pehrsson is summoned by his grandfather to return to the farming community of his childhood. He arrives from the City to find that his mother has finally left his alcoholic and abusive father and now lives among the Indians, Guy's childhood friends and neighbours. He also discovers friction between the white farmers and the local Indians, now faced with the choice of selling or retaining their land. A choice made harder by poverty. Guy's boyhood friend, Tom Redfox, leads those Indians who wish to keep their land. Against the background of ensuing confrontation, Guy becomes reacquainted with his estranged parents, his childhood friends and old values, leading to a tragedy that affect the whole community.
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A Paper Wedding
Title: A Paper Wedding
Character: Claire Rocheleau
Released: January 1, 1989
Type: Movie
A woman agrees to a marriage of convenience with a refugee.
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Dead Ringers
Title: Dead Ringers
Character: Claire Niveau
Released: September 23, 1988
Type: Movie
Elliot, a successful gynecologist, works at the same practice as his identical twin, Beverly. Elliot is attracted to many of his patients and has affairs with them. When he inevitably loses interest, he will give the woman over to Beverly, the meeker of the two, without the woman knowing the difference. Beverly falls hard for one of the patients, Claire, but when she inadvertently deceives him, he slips into a state of madness.
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The Moderns
Title: The Moderns
Character: Libby Valentin
Released: April 15, 1988
Type: Movie
Nick Hart is a struggling American artist who lives amongst the expatriate community in 1920s Paris. He spends most of his time drinking and socializing in local café's and pestering gallery owner Libby Valentin to sell his paintings. He becomes involved in a plot by wealthy art patroness Nathalie de Ville to forge three paintings. This leads to several run-ins with American rubber magnate Bertram Stone, who happens to be married to Hart's ex-wife Rachel.
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Trouble in Mind
Title: Trouble in Mind
Character: Wanda
Released: December 11, 1985
Type: Movie
The lives of an ex-con, a coffee-shop owner, and a young couple looking to make it rich intersect in the hypnotic Rain City.
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Choose Me
Title: Choose Me
Character: Nancy
Released: August 29, 1984
Type: Movie
Several lost-soul night-owls, including a nightclub owner, a talkback radio relationships counseller, and an itinerant stranger have encounters that expose their contradictions and anxieties about love and acceptance.
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Tightrope
Title: Tightrope
Character: Beryl Thibodeaux
Released: August 17, 1984
Type: Movie
Wes Block is a detective who's put on the case of a serial killer whose victims are young and pretty women. The murders are getting personal when the killer chooses victims who are acquaintances of Block. Even his daughters are threatened.
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Monsignor
Title: Monsignor
Character: Clara
Released: October 22, 1982
Type: Movie
The vows of an ambitious young American priest are tested during World War II. Not only does Father John Flaherty get involved with the black market to raise money for the Vatican, he also falls in love with a young French nun.
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Mistress of Paradise
Title: Mistress of Paradise
Character: Elizabeth Beaufort
Released: October 4, 1981
Type: Movie
In the 19th century, a wealthy Northern woman marries a Louisiana plantation owner and then becomes suspicious about his first wife's death.
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Final Assignment
Title: Final Assignment
Character: Nicole Thomson
Released: October 1, 1980
Type: Movie
An intrepid television journalist sent to cover the Canadian prime minister's visit to the Soviet Union has trouble sticking to her assignment when she unearths a horrific experimental drug trial involving children. Determined to prepare a video that will show the world exactly what's been going on, she dodges the long arm of the KGB and falls into bed with a Communist bureaucrat.
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The Last Flight of Noah's Ark
Title: The Last Flight of Noah's Ark
Character: Bernadette Lafleur
Released: June 24, 1980
Type: Movie
The only chance to escape a desert island is to convert the plane carrying many different animals into a boat.
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Murder by Decree
Title: Murder by Decree
Character: Annie Crook
Released: February 1, 1979
Type: Movie
Sherlock Holmes is drawn into the case of Jack the Ripper who is killing prostitutes in London's East End. Assisted by Dr. Watson, and using information provided by a renowned psychic, Robert Lees, Holmes finds that the murders may have its roots in a Royal indiscretion and that a cover-up is being managed by politicians at the highest level, all of whom happen to be Masons.
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Coma
Title: Coma
Character: Dr. Susan Wheeler
Released: January 6, 1978
Type: Movie
A young female doctor discovers something sinister going on in her hospital. Relatively healthy patients are having 'complications' during simple operations and ending up in comas. The patients are then shipped off to an institute that looks after them. The young doctor suspects there is more to this than meets the eye.
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Another Man, Another Chance
Title: Another Man, Another Chance
Character: Jeanne Leroy
Released: September 28, 1977
Type: Movie
Young Jeanne falls in love with photographer Francis, who soon takes her with him when he emigrates to America. In a small town in the still wild west, they build up a small photo shop. Meanwhile, animal doctor David lives on his lonesome farm together with his unlucky wife. It takes years and two tragic accidents until Jeanne and David meet. She has already decided to return to France as soon as possible, but love, and fate, have other plans.
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Alex & the Gypsy
Title: Alex & the Gypsy
Character: Maritza
Released: October 3, 1976
Type: Movie
A bail bondsman falls in love with one of his "customers" — a gypsy girl, who's been accused of attempted murder.
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Obsession
Title: Obsession
Character: Elizabeth Courtland
Released: August 1, 1976
Type: Movie
A wealthy New Orleans businessman becomes obsessed with a young woman who resembles his wife.
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Swashbuckler
Title: Swashbuckler
Character: Jane Barnet
Released: July 29, 1976
Type: Movie
A pirate and a hot-tempered noblewoman join forces to protect Jamaica from a tyrant.
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Caesar and Cleopatra
Title: Caesar and Cleopatra
Character: Cleopatra
Released: February 1, 1976
Type: Movie
Adaptation of the play by Bernard Shaw.
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Incorrigible
Title: Incorrigible
Character: Marie-Charlotte Pontalec
Released: October 15, 1975
Type: Movie
Victor Vautier is incorrigible: he's in constant motion, working several cons at once, using different names and changing disguises. He's charming and outrageous, incapable of uttering a sentence that isn't embellished or an outright lie. His life goal is to make enough money to build a sea wall to protect Mont-Saint-Michel. Charlotte, a parole officer, shows up: she's young and seems taken in by Victor. He discovers she lives above the Senlus Museum, where her parents are the curators. With two pals he decides to steal a priceless El Greco triptych and then ransom it back to the cultural ministry. What will Charlotte do when she realizes he's used her to make a fortune?
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Earthquake
Title: Earthquake
Character: Denise Marshall
Released: November 15, 1974
Type: Movie
Various interconnected people struggle to survive when an earthquake of unimaginable magnitude hits Los Angeles, California.
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Antigone
Title: Antigone
Character: Antigone
Released: February 13, 1974
Type: Movie
A 1974 PBS production of Jean Anouilh's 1944 play "Antigone" adapted from the original Sophocles.
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Kamouraska
Title: Kamouraska
Character: Élisabeth
Released: July 18, 1973
Type: Movie
A writer, Kamouraska is based on a real nineteenth-century love-triangle in rural Québec. It paints a poetic and terrifying tableau of the life of Elisabeth d'Aulnières: her marriage to Antoine Tassy, squire of Kamouraska; his violent murder; and her passion for George Nelson, an American doctor. Passionate and evocative, Kamouraska is the timeless story of one woman's destructive commitment to an ideal love.
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Journey
Title: Journey
Character: Sagueney
Released: October 6, 1972
Type: Movie
A woman with a troubled past is saved from drowning in a river and brought to a strange community hidden in the woods.
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The Trojan Women
Title: The Trojan Women
Character: Cassandra
Released: May 1, 1971
Type: Movie
In the aftermath of the Trojan Wars, Queen Hecuba takes stock of the defeated kingdom. Her son has been killed, and his widow, Andromache, is left to raise their son, Astyanax, alone. Hecuba's daughter, Cassandra, fears being enslaved by her Greek masters, while Helen of Troy risks being executed. Astyanax also becomes the focus of the Greeks' attention as the last male heir of the Trojan royal family.
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Title: Great Performances
Character: Antigone
Released: January 28, 1971
Type: TV
The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performance documentaries.
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Act of the Heart
Title: Act of the Heart
Character: Martha Hayes
Released: September 24, 1970
Type: Movie
A woman's peculiar religious convictions lead her on a self-destructive path.
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Marie-Christine
Title: Marie-Christine
Released: April 7, 1970
Type: Movie
Short film about the underground part, both geographical and social, of the city of Montreal, through the obsession of a business magnate for a young woman.
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Anne of the Thousand Days
Title: Anne of the Thousand Days
Character: Anne Boleyn
Released: December 18, 1969
Type: Movie
Henry VIII of England discards his wife, Katharine of Aragon, who has failed to produce a male heir, in favor of the young and beautiful Anne Boleyn.
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Isabel
Title: Isabel
Character: Isabel
Released: May 22, 1968
Type: Movie
A woman believes she is beginning to lose her mind when she begins seeing ghosts and spirits.
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Between Sweet and Salt Water
Title: Between Sweet and Salt Water
Character: Geneviève
Released: August 12, 1967
Type: Movie
A young singer-songwriter abandons his life in his hometown and moves to the city to make it big. He achieves fame, but it comes at a price.
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The Thief of Paris
Title: The Thief of Paris
Character: Charlotte
Released: February 22, 1967
Type: Movie
In Paris around 1900, Georges Randal is brought up by his wealthy uncle, who steals his inheritance. Georges hopes to marry his cousin Charlotte, but his uncle arranges for her to marry a rich neighbour. As an act of revenge, Georges steals the fiance's family jewels, and enjoys the experience so much that he embarks upon a life-time of burglary.
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King of Hearts
Title: King of Hearts
Character: Coquelicot
Released: December 21, 1966
Type: Movie
An ornithologist mistaken for an explosives expert is sent alone into a small French town during WWI to investigate a garbled report from the resistance about a bomb which the departing Germans have set to blow up a weapons cache.
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The War Is Over
Title: The War Is Over
Character: Nadine Sallanches
Released: May 11, 1966
Type: Movie
Diego is one of the chiefs of the Spanish Communist Party. On his way from Madrid to Paris, he is arrested at the border for an ID check but manages to get free. When he arrives in Paris, he starts searching for one of his comrade to prevent him from going to Madrid where he could be arrested.
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Title: Dim Dam Dom
Character: Self
Released: March 7, 1965
Type: TV
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Geneviève
Title: Geneviève
Character: Geneviève
Released: October 1, 1964
Type: Movie
Two teenage girls go to winter carnival in Quebec City for the first time. Their ambiguous, tentative relation with a young boy brings both of them the sweet intensity and disillusionment of first love.
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That Tender Age
Title: That Tender Age
Character: Geneviève
Released: August 19, 1964
Type: Movie
A film in four episodes presenting teenage girls chosen as representative of their country and our time, in Italy, France, Japan and Canada. In spite of the stylistic peculiarities of the filmmakers, we find in each of them the same desire not to affirm anything, not to judge, but to quite simply show.
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La Fin des étés
Title: La Fin des étés
Released: January 3, 1964
Type: Movie
In this short fiction film, Marie has been living in the midst of a nightmare since the accident of Bernard, her brother. Clinging excessively to this handicapped being, she wants to take charge of it. Étienne, her fiancé, has no taste for sacrifice. He reproaches Marie for languishing in her adolescence. Love will prevail. In a definitive gesture, Marie will free herself from the bonds that still held her back to her childhood.
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Amanita Pestilens
Title: Amanita Pestilens
Character: Sophie Martin
Released: January 1, 1963
Type: Movie
A man obsessed with his award-winning lawn goes to great lengths to keep it looking great when mushrooms suddenly start appearing all over the yard.
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French Cancan
Title: French Cancan
Character: Woman (uncredited)
Released: April 27, 1955
Type: Movie
Nineteenth-century Paris comes vibrantly alive in Jean Renoir’s exhilarating tale of the opening of the world-renowned Moulin Rouge. Jean Gabin plays the wily impresario Danglard, who makes the cancan all the rage while juggling the love of two beautiful women—an Egyptian belly-dancer and a naive working girl turned cancan star.
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Saint Joan
Title: Saint Joan
Character: Saint Joan of Arc
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A television adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's play about the life, battles and subsequent trial of Joan of Arc, based on the kept records from her trial.