Denise Grey Last updated October 27, 2025 Italian-French actress (1896–1996)
Denise Grey
Born Édouardine Verthuy
(1896-09-17 ) 17 September 1896Died 13 January 1996(1996-01-13) (aged 99) Nationality French Occupation Actress Children Suzanne Grey
Denise Grey (born Édouardine Verthuy ; 17 September 1896 – 13 January 1996) was an Italian-born actress who became a naturalized French citizen. [ 1]
Biography Édouardine Grey was born in Châtillon in the Aosta Valley of north-west Italy, close to the French border. The town at the time primarily spoke the Valdôtain dialect . She was naturalized as a French citizen on 13 July 1922. She started working in the film industry in 1915 in the silent film En famille , an adaptation of the novel by Hector Malot , before dedicating herself to theatre work. She went back to working in films, now talkies, in the 1930s. She came to fame in the 1940s with films such as Monsieur Hector (1940), Boléro (1942) or Devil in the Flesh (1947). Old age did not end her career. For example, in 1972, she starred in a French television series called Les Rois maudits . Thanks to the film La Boum , in which she plays "Poupette", the great-grandmother of Sophie Marceau , she gained recognition from a new audience growing up in the 1980s. [ 2] In 1986, she sang Devenir vieux (Becoming Old).
She was a member of the Comédie-Française between 1944 and 1946 and between 1957 and 1958.
Personal life She had a daughter: Suzanne Grey, also an actress, who was born on 28 June 1917 and died on 13 December 2005.
Death She died in 1996, a few months before reaching the age of 100. She rests next to her husband in the cemetery of Arradon (Morbihan ). [ 3]
Selected filmography Nemrod et compagnie (1916) - Esther NunoLes bleus de l'amour (1918) - Mimi BertinHonneur d'artiste (1920) - Miss NicholsonJeunes filles à marier (1935) The Lady from Vittel (1937) - Mme BleuTrois artilleurs au pensionnat (1937) - Hortense, deuxième institriceTrois artilleurs à l'opéra (1938) - Paulette Serge Panine (1939) - Lady Harton Monsieur Hector (1940) - Maroussia de DragomirMontmartre sur Seine (1941) - MoussetteL'oasis dans la tourmente (1942) Bolero (1942) - Anne-Marie Houiller Romance for Three (1942) - Loys Erland The Blue Veil (1942) - Madame Volnar-Bussel The Honourable Catherine (1943) - Madame d'AmbroisieDes jeunes filles dans la nuit (1943) - La mère d'AndréeVingt-cinq ans de bonheur (1943) - Élisabeth CastilleRetour de flamme (1943) - Madame de Nogrelles Goodbye Leonard (1943) - Bernardine Léonard - la femme insupportable et dépensière de FélicienL'aventure est au coin de la rue (1944) - Madame Laurat-Dossin Majestic Hotel Cellars (1945) - Madame Van BellL'extravagante mission (1945) - Mme Brockseller Madame et son flirt (1946) -La pseudo-cousine Léa Strange Fate (1946) - Madame d'Evremond The Ideal Couple (1946) - AntoinetteL'insaisissable Frédéric (1946) - Miss BaxterOn demande un ménage (1946) - Sabine RobinetSix heures à perdre (1947) - Mme. de Witt Devil in the Flesh (1947) - Madame Grangier Four Knaves (1947) - Madame de la Bastide Coincidences (1947) - Madame BardolasEt dix de der (1948) - BettyUne femme par jour (1949) - La duchesseBonheur en location (1949) - Gilde Rome Express (1950) - Margot Not Any Weekend for Our Love (1950) - Gabrielle, fille du baronLa ronde des heures (1950) - Madame Méry-Mirecourt My Friend Sainfoin (1950) - La mère d'Eugénie Blonde (1950) - Isabelle Truche Tomorrow We Get Divorced (1951) - Mme TourelleLes petites Cardinal (1951) - Mme CardinalAllô... je t'aime (1952) - Mme Dupuis Article 519, Penal Code (1952) - Madre di Clara The Tour of the Grand Dukes (1953) - La baronne The Father of the Girl (1953) - Isabelle Marinier Dortoir des grandes (1953) - Mme. Hazard-Habran - La directrice Julieta (1953) - Mme Valender - la mère de Julietta et Martine The Pirates of the Bois de Boulogne (1954) - Mme. Grossac The Sheep Has Five Legs (1954) - Mme Durand-Perrin, la mère Rasputin (1954) - La princesse Dikvona Poisson d'avril (1954) - Clémentine PrévostEl torero (1954) - (uncredited) Service Entrance (1954) - Madame Thévenot Il seduttore (1954) - Jacqueline's MotherFantaisie d'un jour (1954) - Mme. de Cédillon Spring, Autumn and Love (1955) - La clienteLa villa Sans-Souci (1955)La rue des bouches peintes (1955) - WinifredL'auberge en folie (1956) - La grand-mère Mitsou (1956) - EstelleUne nuit aux Baléares (1957) - Marguerite VargasLa peau de l'ours (1957) - Mme Legrand, la belle-mère On Foot, on Horse, and on Wheels (1957) - Marguerite MartinSylviane de mes nuits (1957) - Mme Anita de Santos Carve Her Name with Pride (1958) - Mrs. Bushell It's All Adam's Fault (1958) - Jeanne SandretPolice judiciaire (1958) - Madame JambertLe tombeur (1958) - Natacha Olivaro Mimi Pinson (1958) - La grand-mère A Dog, a Mouse, and a Sputnik (1958) - Marguerite MartinLe confident de ces dames (1959) - La comtesse de Corte Bianca Bombs on Monte Carlo (1960) - Contesse TammLe panier à crabes (1960) - L'impresario Love and the Frenchwoman (1960) - Danielle's mother (segment "Divorce, Le") La Bonne Soupe (1964) - Mme Boudard mèrePas de caviar pour tante Olga (1965) - Mrs. Dumont-FrevilleLa maison de campagne (1969) - La baronne de Bocquigny Hello-Goodbye (1970) - ConciergeMais qui donc m'a fait ce bébé? (1971) Les Rois maudits (1972, TV Mini-Series) - Mme de Hongrie La boum (1980) - PoupetteN'oublie pas ton père au vestiaire... (1982) - La dame à la moto La Boum 2 (1982) - PoupetteEn cas de guerre mondiale, je file à l'étranger (1983) - Madame Toussaint mèreLe voleur de feuilles (1984) - Isabelle DebeckerLe gaffeur (1985) - La mère de GabrielLes saisons du plaisir (1988) - Emmanuelle de La Grandière Van Bergh A Fine Romance (1991) - Madame LegrisExternal links
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