Pascale Audret

Pascale Audret

Born: October 12, 1935
Died: July 17, 2000
in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
Pascale Audret (12 October 1935, Neuilly-sur-Seine – 17 July 2000) was a French actress who was most active during the 1950s through the 1960s.

While she starred in over 25 films between 1955 and 1968, her success never crossed over internationally. Her career in film, television, stage and music stayed in France. One of her most high-profile films came when she starred opposite Orson Welles in the 1961 film La Fayette. The following year she starred in Give Me Ten Desperate Men, which was entered into the 12th Berlin International Film Festival.

Audret was born as Pascale Aiguionne Louise Jacqueline Marie Auffray to Henry Auffray, an industrialist, and Amyelle de Caubios d'Andiran, a musician, second cousin of the French author François Mauriac (respectively by their maternal grandfather and maternal grandmother). Her brother is singer Hugues Aufray.

Audret was married twice, first to actor Roger Coggio and later to music producer Francis Dreyfus. It was her second marriage that produced her daughter Julie Dreyfus, an actress who co-starred in Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill & Inglourious Basterds. Audret put her career on the back burner after the birth of her daughter Julie in 1966.

Audret died in a road accident in 2000, aged 64. She was in the passenger seat of a car being driven by her companion.

Source: Article "Pascale Audret" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Dieu que les femmes sont amoureuses
Title: Dieu que les femmes sont amoureuses
Character: Mama
Released: June 1, 1994
Type: Movie
Anne divides her time between her children, a 16-year-old son and twins Lili and Lolotte and her work as an editor. Her life is turned upside down by the reappearance on the scene of Arthur, one of her first loves, whom she never wanted to see again. He doesn't know that he is the father of the twins but he is determined to win Anne over. The trouble is, she is surrounded by men desperate for her hand and thinks she is in love with one of them.
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Simone
Title: Simone
Released: July 17, 1985
Type: Movie
The love affair involving the beautiful Simone and the younger Françoise, coming from a frustrated suicide attempt.
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Cinq-Mars
Title: Cinq-Mars
Character: Anne d'Autriche
Released: May 16, 1981
Type: Movie
In the 17th century, under Louis XIII, the policy of Cardinal de Richelieu aimed at the definitive establishment of a monarchic power, and gave rise to a struggle against the great feudal lords, who favored a weak central power. Numerous conspiracies against the Cardinal were led by the high nobility. The one led by Henri Coiffier de Ruzé d'Effiat, marquis de Cinq-Mars, was the last and most famous of them.
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Rue du Pied de Grue
Title: Rue du Pied de Grue
Character: Lulu
Released: November 7, 1979
Type: Movie
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Lover Boy
Title: Lover Boy
Character: La mère de Martine
Released: February 15, 1978
Type: Movie
"The Pocket Lover" tells the story of Julien, a 15 year-old boy who falls in love with an older woman, later discovered to be a prostitute. Now, Julien will have to face several obstacles, which includes his parents opposition with this affair, and Julien's own perceptions about the woman's line of work, going out with wealthy guys.
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Murder on Demand
Title: Murder on Demand
Character: Hélène Lacarène
Released: June 22, 1977
Type: Movie
A man in financial trouble is thinking of killing his wife to get back the money he has placed in her name.
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Title: Rendez-vous en noir
Character: Florence Trincant
Released: February 24, 1977
Type: TV
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Title: Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes
Character: La comtesse de Sérizy
Released: December 20, 1975
Type: TV
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Title: Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Character: Self
Released: January 12, 1975
Type: TV
A talk show presented by Michel Drucker
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The Phantom of Liberty
Title: The Phantom of Liberty
Character: Mme Legendre
Released: September 10, 1974
Type: Movie
This Surrealist film, with a title referencing the Communist Manifesto, strings together short incidents based on the life of director Luis Buñuel. Presented as chance encounters, these loosely related, intersecting situations, all without a consistent protagonist, reach from the 19th century to the 1970s. Touching briefly on subjects such as execution, pedophilia, incest, and sex, the film features an array of characters, including a sick father and incompetent police officers.
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La pente douce
Title: La pente douce
Released: May 3, 1972
Type: Movie
A married woman visits an old house with a real estate agent. This event sends her into a world of obsession, and she ends up losing her mind.
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Katmandu
Title: Katmandu
Character: Yvonne
Released: September 26, 1969
Type: Movie
A rebellious socially-conscious man travels to Nepal to find his dead-beat dad. There, he meets Jane, a beautiful hippie girl hooked on drugs. He's forced to steal artefacts for his father's slimy employer to earn money to help Jane.
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Title: Les Dossiers de l'Agence O
Character: Wanda Van Mollen
Released: March 11, 1968
Type: TV
L’Agence O is a famous Parisian private detective firm. Its premises are located in the Passage Choiseul. In front, Torrence leads the shop. In fact, the agency's team is complemented by Émilie le Roux, Mademoiselle Berthe and Barbet, who scrutinize clients through a one-way mirror located behind the desk. Getting hold of a man disguised as an old lady, solving the mystery of the Prisoner of Lagny or discovering who is blackmailing the painter Tigrane Alban does not worry the experts at the O Agency. Les Dossiers de l’Agence O is a French-Canadian television series in thirteen episodes of approximately 55 minutes created by Marc Simenon and broadcast first in Quebec from December 14, 1967 to March 13, 1968 on Télévision de Radio-Canada, then in France from March 11 to June 3, 1968 on the first channel of the ORTF.
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The Secret of Wilhelm Storitz
Title: The Secret of Wilhelm Storitz
Character: Martha
Released: October 28, 1967
Type: Movie
TV adaptation of Jules Verne's posthumously published novel.
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Countdown to Doomsday
Title: Countdown to Doomsday
Character: Florence
Released: September 9, 1966
Type: Movie
NY private eye Jeff Milton is investigating a case of kidnapping in Caracas.
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The Sleeping Sentinel
Title: The Sleeping Sentinel
Character: Mathilde
Released: January 21, 1966
Type: Movie
In 1812, Napoleon I set off for the Russian Campaign and planned to spend a night in Châlons-sur-Marne. However, as the police were aware of a planned assassination attempt, the place of accommodation was changed at the last minute, and the house of Doctor Mathieu was requisitioned. But Doctor Mathieu was an opponent of the Emperor who had allied himself with the instigators of the attack. They decided to plant their bomb in the doctor's home, leaving his family in danger.
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Ein Mann im schönsten Alter
Title: Ein Mann im schönsten Alter
Character: Eva
Released: January 17, 1964
Type: Movie
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Death, Where Is Your Victory?
Title: Death, Where Is Your Victory?
Character: Laure
Released: January 10, 1964
Type: Movie
Feeling complicit in a heinous act of her husband, a woman sinks into decay, then recovers and becomes a nun
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Who Works Is Lost
Title: Who Works Is Lost
Character: Gabriella
Released: December 5, 1963
Type: Movie
Bonifacio is 27 years old and he is roaming about Venice. He is trying to decide whether to accept a job or not. In so doing, he recalls all his past life: his love story with Gabriella, his old friend Claudio, who had always regarded working as a worthwhile thing, the war, the partisans.
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The Carabineers
Title: The Carabineers
Character: Girl in Car (uncredited)
Released: May 31, 1963
Type: Movie
During a war in an imaginary country, unscrupulous soldiers recruit poor farmers with promises of an easy and happy life. Two of these farmers write to their wives of their exploits.
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The Sword and the Balance
Title: The Sword and the Balance
Character: Agnès
Released: February 1, 1963
Type: Movie
Three young men are suspected of kidnapping and murdering a little boy. Most likely, two of them are really involved, but one is not. All of their pasts are questionable, riddled with violence and controversy. Neither the police nor the court can decide how to solve that puzzle.
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Give Me Ten Desperate Men
Title: Give Me Ten Desperate Men
Released: June 17, 1962
Type: Movie
This is a story that is less a developed tale than a thumbnail sketch about imaginary events on a kibbutz in Palestine. Set in the period just before Israel gained its status as an independent nation, the drama shows the occupants of the kibbutz engaged in typical hard work. They have to find a source of water, construct their buildings, and do all the chores needed to stay alive, and these pressures as well as the times in which they live cause tensions to rise. The mix of kibbutzim covers a wide range of personality types, from the deeply religious to the ingrained soldier.
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Lafayette
Title: Lafayette
Character: Adrienne de La Fayette
Released: February 16, 1962
Type: Movie
The story of Lafayette, the 19 year old pacifist who takes the side of the Colonials during the American war of Independence.
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Spotlight on a Murderer
Title: Spotlight on a Murderer
Character: Jeanne
Released: March 31, 1961
Type: Movie
An old count hides just before he dies to annoy his heirs. The heirs search a manor for the count's body and are killed off one by one. Jean-Marie, his fiancée Micheline, and Edwige investigate the deaths and search for the count's body.
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The Dialogue of the Carmelites
Title: The Dialogue of the Carmelites
Character: Blanche de la Force
Released: June 1, 1960
Type: Movie
This drama about the Carmelite order of nuns is set during the French Revolution. A young woman seeks refuge with the Carmelites because she is terrified of dying during the upheaval. The longer she associates with the nuns the more she is transformed by their faith and devotion. 
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Night Dance Hall
Title: Night Dance Hall
Character: Martine
Released: July 24, 1959
Type: Movie
Martine is a young woman plagued both by poverty and by uncaring, problem parents who in no way can provide the kind of nurturing that Martine needs during her adolescent years. As a result of her family situation, Martine runs away from home and gets involved with a group of teens and young adults from the wrong side of the moral tracks.
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Title: Discorama
Character: Self
Released: February 4, 1959
Type: TV
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Dangerous Games
Title: Dangerous Games
Character: Fleur
Released: December 19, 1958
Type: Movie
Alain is the only son of a wealthy bourgeois couple. He takes violin lessons in Ménilmontant, where he is spotted by Fleur, a poor girl: she is going to kidnap him and demand a ransom from the young man's parents, money which will be used to pay for a good lawyer for her brother accused of killing a policeman.
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Girl and the River
Title: Girl and the River
Character: Hortense
Released: June 8, 1958
Type: Movie
The heroine in L'Eau Vive is the unwilling heir to a fortune. Young Hortense (Pascale Audret) has always known that her family was greedy, but until she inherits her father's hidden millions she has no idea how loathsome her relatives could be. Surrounded on all sides by grubby, outstretched hands, Hortense takes some comfort in the fact that her legacy is still missing. When the money is finally recovered, our heroine does the "right thing" with her windfall, leaving her mercenary family empty-handed. Throughout the film, Hortense's dilemma is likened to a government dam project not far from her home; as the bridge grows in size, so too does Hortense's resolve to rise above the nastiness all around her.
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An Eye for an Eye
Title: An Eye for an Eye
Released: September 13, 1957
Type: Movie
In North Africa, an anguished husband tests the character of the doctor he believes is responsible for his wife’s death.
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La Polka des menottes
Title: La Polka des menottes
Character: Elisabeth Matheu
Released: September 4, 1957
Type: Movie
Elisabeth is persuaded to have killed her noisy upstairs neighbor, scientist Charles Magne. To save her, Mr. Matheu, Elisabeth's father, accuses himself while Pierrot, Elisabeth's fiancé gets rid of the body in order to save father and daughter. For his part, a gangster also believes he has killed the scientist but he gets shot down by a taxidermist, who runs for life. The girl, her daddy and her boyfriend also run away. But Magne is not dead. A bum is mistaken for him and a police inspector makes everyone believe that he is the one who shot the gangster. At the end of this crazy chain of events all the protagonists are reunited at the station house and everybody dances to express their relief.
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A Friend of the Family
Title: A Friend of the Family
Released: July 2, 1957
Type: Movie
Pierre, an unhappy lover, is saved from suicide by his friend Paul. Extremely grateful, Pierre unloads his suitcases on his friend's family, who will soon regret not having let him commit suicide.
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Mannequins of Paris
Title: Mannequins of Paris
Character: Francette
Released: September 19, 1956
Type: Movie
Véronique Lanier runs one of the most highly rated haute couture houses in Paris. Her first partner is her husband Pierre, who has left aside a promising artist career to design the styles which make their firm a success. The trouble is that Véronique lives only for her job and does not allow herself -and her husband for that matter - a moment's respite. In Cannes, Pierre meets Wanda, a young singer with strange, fascinating eyes. The frustrated husband falls for her but gradually realizes that the light mercurial creature cannot possibly fulfill him. Véronique, feeling miserable, understands she is on the wrong track. She promises Pierre that she will make efforts to reconcile work and married life. Véronique and Pierre will live and work together again, each one forgiving the other for their faults.
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Title: Cinépanorama
Character: Self
Released: February 4, 1956
Type: TV