Casil, Genevieve

French theater and film actress Genevieve Casill was born on August 15, 1937 in Boulogne-Billancourt , a suburb of Paris , in France .

The grandfather of the future actress was an artist, her father was an engineer, her mother was an artist and musician. Genevieve since childhood grew up in a creative environment and was fond of music , painting and dancing . From the age of 4 she danced in the troupes of Roland Petit and Maurice Bejart . She graduated from the conservatory in Reims in piano and music theory . Then she turned to the Drama Theater , entered the National Conservatory of Dramatic Art in Paris , graduated from the drama courses founded by Rene Simon, in the class of Jean-Louis Barrot and Georges Sharman.

Creativity

Genevieve Casil is one of the leading actresses in the Comedy Francaise theater, where she worked for several decades starting in 1959 (since 1994 - Honorary Member). For several decades, the actress played many roles on the stage of this theater (and other French theaters) in more than 88 performances, mainly in the classical repertoire: in the plays of Racine , Cornell , Euripides , Moliere , Beaumarchais , Rostan , Hugo , Scribe , Marivo , Girodou , Anuia , Cocteau , Schiller , Lope de Vega , Shakespeare , Wilde , and other playwrights.

One of the best roles of the actress in the Comedy Frances Theater is Roxanne in the play Cyrano de Bergerac based on the play by Edmond Rostand . Among the theatrical roles of the actress - Andromache , Electra , Berenice , Clytemnestra , Maria Stuart , Lucretia Borgia , Jimena, doña Sol, Countess Almaviva, donna Anna, and many others. In 1976, she played the Marquise Chibault in the theatrical performance (shown on television) directed by Franco Zeffirelli Lorenzaccio by Alfred de Musset . I tried myself as a singer: in 1985, Carmen sang in a theatrical performance, shown on television.

Genevieve Casill acted in films and on television less often than she performed in the theater. The most famous actress brought the role of princesses and queens - beautiful, slightly chilly, proud and arrogant. The Russian viewer is familiar with the actress mainly for her roles in mini-series: Isabella French , daughter of the King of France Philip IV the Beautiful and the Queen of England (“French Wolf”) in the mini-series “ Cursed Kings ” ( 1972 ) directed by Claude Barmá on the cycle of the same name Maurice Druon's novels ; Queen of France Marie Antoinette in the mini-series Marie Antoinette ( 1975 ) directed by Guy-Andre Lefranc . In some European countries, the mini-series Catherine , filmed in 1986 on the cycle of the same name by Julietta Benzoni , in which actress Genevieve Casill played the role of Queen Yolanda of Aragon, was shown (and released in France on DVD).

Family

• Daughter - Helen Babu - theater actress.

• Commander of the Legion of Honor
• Officer of the Order of Arts and Literature
• Officer of the Order of Merit
• Honorary Member of the French Comedy Frances Theater since 1994
• Theater awards, including:
  • 1969 - Theresa Marney Prize ( French: Thérèse Marney )
  • 1998 - Moliere Prize (French National Theater Award) in the category "Best Supporting Actress" for his role in the theatrical performance "Dear Friend"

1. 1961 - Lucrezia Borgia and the Good Lady of Ferrara (TV) / Lucrèce Borgia ou La bonne dame de Ferrare - Lucretia Borgia
2. 1961 - Countess de Monsoreau (TV) / La dame de Monsoreau - Diana de Meridor
3. 1961 - The Dead Queen (TV) / La Reine morte - Ines de Castro
4. 1962 - The Seven Deadly Sins / Les sept péchés capitaux - Rita
5. 1962 - One Hundred Years of Love: Forge Mistress, Love, Piano and Sappho / Cent ans d'amour: Le maître de forges, Amour et piano et Sapho - Claire
6. 1963 - Horace (TV) / Horace - Sabina
7. 1964 - The Road to Versailles (TV) / La route de Versailles - Madame Dubarry
8. 1965 - Galant festivities / Les fêtes galantes - Princess Elena
9. 1965 - Cinna (TV) / Cinna - Emilia
10. 1966 - Surcouf, tiger of the seven seas / Surcouf, le tigre des sept mers - Maria Cristina
11. 1967 - Knight nicknamed The Tempest (mini-series) / Le chevalier tempête / The Storm Knight / The Flashing Blade - Isabelle de Sospel
12. 1968 - Wuthering Heights (TV) / Les hauts de Hurlevent - Catherine Earnshaw
13. 1968 - Enjoyment in Virtue (TV) / La Volupté de l'honneur - Agatha Renny
14. 1970 - Princess of Elis (TV) / La princesse d'Elide - Princess of Elis
15. 1972 - Cursed Kings (miniseries) / Les rois maudits - Isabella French
16. 1972 - Electra (TV) / Électre - Electra
17. 1972 - Scientists Women (TV) / Les Femmes savantes - Armanda
18. 1974 - Eugène Sue (TV) / Eugène Sue - Duchess de Roshan
19. 1975 - Marie Antoinette (mini-series) / Marie-Antoinette - Marie Antoinette
20. 1975 - Ondine / Ondine - Bert
21. 1976 - Hernani - Dona Sol
22. 1976 - Lady Godiva (mini-series) / Lady Godiva - Lady Godiva
23. 1976 - Glass of Water (TV) / Le verre d'eau - Anna, Queen of England
24. 1976 - Lorenzaccio (TV) / Lorenzaccio - Marquise Chibo
25. 1977 - The Marriage of Figaro (TV) / Le Mariage de Figaro - Countess
26. 1979 - Marie Stuart (TV) / Marie Stuart - Marie Stuart
27. 1980 - The Merchant of Venice (TV) / Le marchand de Venise - Portia
28. 1985 - Balcony / Le Balcon - Carmen
29. 1986 - Catherine (mini-series) / Catherine - Yolanda of Aragon
30. 1989 - Daughter of Eve (TV) / Une fille d'Ève - Marquise d'Espar
31. 1990 - Lacener / Lacenaire - mother of Lacener
32. 1995 - French Woman / Une femme française - Solange
33. 2004 - Troubled Waters (TV) / Les eaux troubles - Jacqueline Gardon
34. 2004 - Walk / Le promeneur du champ de Mars - Simone Picard
35. 2006 - April / Avril - mother of Marie Jose
36. 2009 - Let go, attraction (Attraction) / Partir - mother of Semuel
37. 2009 - Divorce! - mother of Valentina
38. 2012 - As a Chef / Comme un chef - Beatrice's mother

• Genevieve Casill at IMDb
• Genevieve Casill at KinoPoisk Ru
• Genevieve Casill at VIAF
• Genevieve Casill at WorldCat
• Genevieve Casil on Video Guide Ru
• Genevieve Casill on the site of the Comedy Francaise Theater
• Genevieve Casil on BiFi
• Genevieve Casill at the Les Archives du Spectacle website
• Photogallery of J. Casil on the website “Base de données de films francais avec images”
• Photo of Genevieve Casil (inaccessible link)
• Photo of Genevieve Casil
• Photo of Genevieve Casil
• Photo by J. Casill in the role of Roxanne in the play “Cyrano de Bergerac” of the Comedy Francaise Theater
• Photo of J. Casill as Queen Marie Antoinette in the mini-series Marie Antoinette (1975) (link not available)
• Photo by J. Casill as Queen Marie Antoinette in the mini-series Marie Antoinette (1975)
• Photo by J. Casil as Queen Yolanda of Aragon in the mini-series Catherine (1986)
• Photo by J. Casill on archivesnicolastreatt.net