Hélène Duc

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Female

Birthday 1917-03-22

Deathday 2014-11-23 (97 years old)

Place of Birth Bergerac, Dordogne, France

Also Known As Marcelle Duc

Hélène Duc

Biography

Marcelle Duc (22 March 1917 – 23 November 2014), known professionally as Hélène Duc, was a French actress. She appeared in Edward and Caroline (1951), Je sais rien, mais je dirai tout (1973), and Tanguy (2001). Duc played the role of Mahaut, Countess of Artois in the 1972 miniseries Les Rois maudits, and later played Marguerite de Bouville in the 2005 adaptation of the same novels. In 1983, she performed at the Théâtre de la Gaîté-Montparnasse in a production of Chienne Dactylographe. She was named an officer of the Legion of Honour and Righteous Among the Nations in 2005. Duc was married to René Catroux, with whom she had two daughters. Source: Article "Hélène Duc" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For

Actor

2005
The Accursed Kings

as Mme de Bouville

2001
Tanguy

as Grand-Mère

2001
Angel

as Natacha

1998
1997
Les Sœurs Soleil

as La dame chez le vétérinaire

1995
1995
Samson le magnifique

as Madame Brachart

1987
Promised... sworn!

as Bonne Maman

1987
Miss Mona

as La mère de Mona

1983
La chienlit

as Madame Cornebugle

1980
Alors... Heureux ?

as L'examinateur Mlle Chaufour

1978
Claudine

as Tante Coeur

1977
Appelez-moi maître

as Mme Gonzales

1976
Voyez-vous ce que je vois

as Dorothée Paulin

1975
The Phoney

as Mamy

1975
Numéro un

as Self

1973
1973
Poker d'As

as La comtesse de Rhuys

1973
La Duchesse d'Avila

as La duègne de Leonor

1972
The Accursed Kings

as Mahaut d'Artois, comtesse, tante de Robert

1970
Le lys dans la vallée

as Madame de Vandenesse

1970
1968
The Great Chase

as Albert's wife

1966
1966
At Theatre Tonight

as Mme Decluze

1964
Male Hunt

as Madame Armande

1962
How to Succeed in Love

as La femme du directeur des Editions du Soleil

1961
Famous Love Affairs

as une marquise

1960
The Boss

as Edmée

1959
Picnic on the Grass

as Isabelle, la secrétaire du biologiste

1955
The Grand Manoeuvre

as La préfète (uncredited)

1952
The Happiest of Men

as The worldly lawyer

1951
Edward and Caroline

as L'invitée mélomane

1945
Paris Frills

as Une employée de la maison de couture (uncredited)

Writer