Name
Hélène Duc
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1917-03-22
Deathday
2014-11-23 (97 years old)
Place of Birth
Bergerac, Dordogne, France
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.
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Known For
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- 2001 Tanguy as Grand-Mère
- 1964 Male Hunt as Madame Armande
- 1959 Picnic on the Grass as Isabelle, la secrétaire du biologiste
- 1973 I Don't Know Much, But I'll Say Everything as Gastié-le-Roy mère
- 1945 Paris Frills as Une employée de la maison de couture (uncredited)
- 1952 The Happiest of Men as The worldly lawyer
- 1975 The Phoney as Mamy
- 1995 Samson le magnifique as Madame Brachart
- 1991 Des cadavres à la pelle as Tante Gianni
- 1980 Alors... Heureux ? as L'examinateur Mlle Chaufour
- 1962 How to Succeed in Love as Wife of the director of Editions du Soleil
- 1966 Les malabars sont au parfum as Tante Berthe
- 1960 The Boss as Edmée
- 1987 Miss Mona as Mona's mother
- 1965 Les baratineurs as Marie-Louise du Portail
- 1976 Voyez-vous ce que je vois as Dorothée Paulin
- 1970 Le Lys dans la vallée as Madame de Vandenesse
- 1955 The Grand Manoeuvre as Prefect (uncredited)
- 1975 Catherine & Co.
- 1961 Famous Love Affairs as une marquise
- 1997 Les Sœurs Soleil as La dame chez le vétérinaire
- 1983 La Chienlit as Madame Cornebugle
- 1977 Appelez-moi maître as Mme Gonzales
- 1970 Les Assassins associés as Thérèse
- 1951 Edward and Caroline as Music-loving guest
- 2001 Angel as Natacha
- 1968 The Great Chase as Albert's wife
- 1987 Promised... sworn! as Bonne Maman
- 1983 Père Noël et fils
- 1973 La Duchesse d'Avila ( 4 episodes ) as La duègne de Leonor
- 1973 Poker d'As ( 26 episodes ) as La comtesse de Rhuys
- 1966 At Theatre Tonight ( 1 episode ) as Mme Decluze
- 1972 The Accursed Kings ( 6 episodes ) as Mahaut d'Artois, comtesse, tante de Robert
- 2005 The Accursed Kings ( 5 episodes ) as Mme de Bouville
- 1975 Numéro un ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1967 L'Amateur ( 7 episodes )
- 1978 Claudine ( 2 episodes ) as Tante Coeur
- 1998 Vivement dimanche ( 1 episode ) as Self
