Denise Grey
Denise Grey was an Italian-born actress who became a naturalized French citizen.
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, Boléro or Devil in the Flesh. 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. In 1986, she sang Devenir vieux.
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.
Selected filmography
Nemrod et compagnie - Esther NunoLes bleus de l'amour - Mimi BertinHonneur d'artiste - Miss NicholsonJeunes filles à marier The Lady from Vittel - Mme BleuTrois artilleurs au pensionnat - Hortense, deuxième institriceTrois artilleurs à l'opéra - PauletteSerge Panine - Lady HartonMonsieur Hector - Maroussia de DragomirMontmartre sur Seine - MoussetteL'oasis dans la tourmente Bolero - Anne-Marie HouillerRomance for Three - Loys ErlandThe Blue Veil - Madame Volnar-BusselThe Honourable Catherine - Madame d'AmbroisieDes jeunes filles dans la nuit - La mère d'AndréeVingt-cinq ans de bonheur - Élisabeth CastilleRetour de flamme - Madame de NogrellesGoodbye Leonard - Bernardine Léonard - la femme insupportable et dépensière de FélicienL'aventure est au coin de la rue - Madame Laurat-DossinMajestic Hotel Cellars - Madame Van BellL'extravagante mission - Mme BrocksellerMadame et son flirt -La pseudo-cousine LéaStrange Fate - Madame d'EvremondThe Ideal Couple - AntoinetteL'insaisissable Frédéric - Miss BaxterOn demande un ménage - Sabine RobinetSix heures à perdre - Mme. de WittDevil in the Flesh - Madame GrangierFour Knaves - Madame de la BastideCoincidences - Madame BardolasEt dix de der - BettyUne femme par jour - La duchesseBonheur en location - GildeRome Express - MargotNot Any Weekend for Our Love - Gabrielle, fille du baronLa ronde des heures - Madame Méry-MirecourtMy Friend Sainfoin - La mère d'EugénieBlonde - Isabelle TrucheTomorrow We Get Divorced - Mme TourelleLes petites Cardinal - Mme CardinalAllô... je t'aime - Mme DupuisArticle 519, Penal Code - Madre di ClaraThe Tour of the Grand Dukes - La baronneThe Father of the Girl - Isabelle MarinierDortoir des grandes - Mme. Hazard-Habran - La directriceJulieta - Mme Valender - la mère de Julietta et MartineThe Pirates of the Bois de Boulogne - Mme. GrossacThe Sheep Has Five Legs - Mme Durand-Perrin, la mèreRasputin - La princesse DikvonaPoisson d'avril - Clémentine PrévostEl torero - Service Entrance - Madame ThévenotIl seduttore - Jacqueline's MotherFantaisie d'un jour - Mme. de CédillonSpring, Autumn and Love - La clienteLa villa Sans-Souci La rue des bouches peintes - WinifredL'auberge en folie - La grand-mèreMitsou - EstelleUne nuit aux Baléares - Marguerite VargasLa peau de l'ours - Mme Legrand, la belle-mèreOn Foot, on Horse, and on Wheels - Marguerite MartinSylviane de mes nuits - Mme Anita de SantosCarve Her Name with Pride - Mrs. BushellIt's All Adam's Fault - Jeanne SandretPolice judiciaire - Madame JambertLe tombeur - Natacha OlivaroMimi Pinson - La grand-mèreA Dog, a Mouse, and a Sputnik - Marguerite MartinLe confident de ces dames - La comtesse de Corte BiancaBombs on Monte Carlo - Contesse TammLe panier à crabes - L'impresarioLove and the Frenchwoman - Danielle's mother La Bonne Soupe - Mme Boudard mèrePas de caviar pour tante Olga - Mrs. Dumont-FrevilleLa maison de campagne - La baronne de BocquignyHello-Goodbye - ConciergeMais qui donc m'a fait ce bébé? Les Rois maudits - Mme de HongrieLa boum - PoupetteN'oublie pas ton père au vestiaire... - La dame à la motoLa Boum 2 - PoupetteEn cas de guerre mondiale, je file à l'étranger - Madame Toussaint mèreLe voleur de feuilles - Isabelle DebeckerLe gaffeur - La mère de GabrielLes saisons du plaisir - Emmanuelle de La Grandière Van BerghA Fine Romance - Madame Legris