Denise Gence

Acting

Denise Gence

Born March 8, 1924 · Paris, France

Died September 29, 2011 · aged 87

No biography available.

Known For

Ruy BlasRuy Blas · 1965
Ruy Blas
1965
MovieRomanceDrama
DuoDuo · 1990
Duo
9.01990
MovieDrama
A couple who appears to have the perfect relationship finds their future in jeopardy following a scorching night of lust and debauchery in this erotic drama adapted from the controversial novel by French author Colette.
Histoire vraieHistoire vraie · 1978
Histoire vraie
10.01978
MovieDrama
A servant girl, given in marriage when she turns out to be pregnant, can't bring herself to live away from her master.
LamielLamiel · 1967
Lamiel
5.21967
MovieDramaComedy
Lamiel is a poor orphan girl who climbs to the social elite in this 19th-century costume drama. Sansfin, provincial doctor, lives vicariously through her, as he oversees the progress of his female protégé. Defiant and rebellious, Lamiel goes to Paris to escape boredom and to know love.
La CommèreLa Commère · 1969
La Commère
1969
Movie
That's Show BusinessThat's Show Business · 1975
That's Show Business
6.81975
MovieComedy
Clement Mastard is the head of a leading journal dedicated to extravagant vaudeville. An unexpected contract requires him to reconnect with his former headliner Celia Bergson part to try to avant-garde theater. It is through this that he met Johann Sebastian Bloch, misunderstood musician who cause the loss but the side which Mastard, the man without scruples, to humanize and eventually produce a real masterpiece, the Missa Solemnis
Buffet FroidBuffet Froid · 1979
Buffet Froid
7.11979
MovieComedyCrime
Alphonse Tram is unwittingly involved in several murders despite having no memory of committing the crimes. His confusion lead him to confess to his neighbour, Inspector Morvandieu. Alphonse and Morvandieu become the axis around which murders occur.
ÉlectreÉlectre · 1972
Électre
8.01972
MovieDrama
During the long journey that brought him home victorious in the Trojan War, Agamemnon fell in love with one of his captives, Cassander, daughter of Priam, with whom he had children. The reception in Argos, more than ten years later, was icy. Annoyed by the double indelicacy of her husband, Clytemnestra, his wife who had meanwhile become the mistress of Aegisthus, killed him with the help of her lover. Aegisthus then became the regent and ensured the prosperity of the city alongside his mistress, the widowed queen. But Electra, one of the daughters of Agamemnon, has always foreseen the murder and adultery of her mother. Solitary, wild, she lives in the royal palace awaiting the return of Orestes, her brother who has taken refuge since childhood with an uncle, in order to take revenge. Electra can begin, the crimes of the Atreides family continue quietly, as planned.

Movies

Ruy BlasRuy Blas · 1965
Ruy Blas
1965
MovieRomanceDrama
DuoDuo · 1990
Duo
9.01990
MovieDrama
A couple who appears to have the perfect relationship finds their future in jeopardy following a scorching night of lust and debauchery in this erotic drama adapted from the controversial novel by French author Colette.
Histoire vraieHistoire vraie · 1978
Histoire vraie
10.01978
MovieDrama
A servant girl, given in marriage when she turns out to be pregnant, can't bring herself to live away from her master.
LamielLamiel · 1967
Lamiel
5.21967
MovieDramaComedy
Lamiel is a poor orphan girl who climbs to the social elite in this 19th-century costume drama. Sansfin, provincial doctor, lives vicariously through her, as he oversees the progress of his female protégé. Defiant and rebellious, Lamiel goes to Paris to escape boredom and to know love.
La CommèreLa Commère · 1969
La Commère
1969
Movie
That's Show BusinessThat's Show Business · 1975
That's Show Business
6.81975
MovieComedy
Clement Mastard is the head of a leading journal dedicated to extravagant vaudeville. An unexpected contract requires him to reconnect with his former headliner Celia Bergson part to try to avant-garde theater. It is through this that he met Johann Sebastian Bloch, misunderstood musician who cause the loss but the side which Mastard, the man without scruples, to humanize and eventually produce a real masterpiece, the Missa Solemnis
Buffet FroidBuffet Froid · 1979
Buffet Froid
7.11979
MovieComedyCrime
Alphonse Tram is unwittingly involved in several murders despite having no memory of committing the crimes. His confusion lead him to confess to his neighbour, Inspector Morvandieu. Alphonse and Morvandieu become the axis around which murders occur.
ÉlectreÉlectre · 1972
Électre
8.01972
MovieDrama
During the long journey that brought him home victorious in the Trojan War, Agamemnon fell in love with one of his captives, Cassander, daughter of Priam, with whom he had children. The reception in Argos, more than ten years later, was icy. Annoyed by the double indelicacy of her husband, Clytemnestra, his wife who had meanwhile become the mistress of Aegisthus, killed him with the help of her lover. Aegisthus then became the regent and ensured the prosperity of the city alongside his mistress, the widowed queen. But Electra, one of the daughters of Agamemnon, has always foreseen the murder and adultery of her mother. Solitary, wild, she lives in the royal palace awaiting the return of Orestes, her brother who has taken refuge since childhood with an uncle, in order to take revenge. Electra can begin, the crimes of the Atreides family continue quietly, as planned.
Le Sexe faibleLe Sexe faible · 1974
Le Sexe faible
9.01974
MovieComedy
Le TartuffeLe Tartuffe · 1973
Le Tartuffe
1973
MovieComedy
The Double BedThe Double Bed · 1965
The Double Bed
3.41965
MovieComedy
Various sketches centered on alcove stories.
TartuffeTartuffe · 1973
Tartuffe
9.01973
MovieDrama
A filmed version of Molière's play.
AmphitryonAmphitryon · 1967
Amphitryon
1967
Movie
Les Fausses ConfidencesLes Fausses Confidences · 1971
Les Fausses Confidences
10.01971
MovieTV Movie
The Devil and the Ten CommandmentsThe Devil and the Ten Commandments · 1962
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
5.71962
MovieComedy
The film consists of seven roughly 15 minute episodes, each showing what will happen if one or more of the Ten Commandments will be broken: Jérome Chambard is warned that he will lose his job if he continues to swear; Françoise Beaufort enamored of a stripper calls on her only to find her married to a janitor who doesn't know what kind of dancing his wife performs; Denis, a Jesuit novice, leaves the order to avenge his sister's suicide, which was provoked by Garigny, who seduced her into prostitution and drug addiction; Philip buys a necklace for Micheline though he is bored with her; a young man find out that his real mother is not Madeleine, but actress Clarisse Ardant; Didier Marin, cashier of a bank, was fired by his boss; the Devil appears as a serpent for Jérome Chambard and the bishop are eating.
Le Mariage de FigaroLe Mariage de Figaro · 1977
Le Mariage de Figaro
1977
Movie
Normal LifeNormal Life · 1966
Normal Life
9.01966
Movie
The dramatic affair between Dr. Jean-Pierre Cazot and a young French woman, Laurence, a survivor of a death camp, who is expecting an unwanted child.
Lovers of ParisLovers of Paris · 1957
Lovers of Paris
6.01957
MovieDrama
Young, handsome, dashing but cynical, Octave Mouret arrives in Paris, determined to conquer the belles of the capital.
Le Légataire universel - Jean-Paul RoussillonLe Légataire universel - Jean-Paul Roussillon · 1975
Le Légataire universel - Jean-Paul Roussillon
1975
MovieComedy
La Vérité de Mme LangloisLa Vérité de Mme Langlois · 1977
La Vérité de Mme Langlois
8.01977
MovieMysteryCrime
Is Thérèse guilty? Accused of her husband's murder, she confides in the investigating judge—the only man who has ever truly listened to her. Beyond the crime story, the film explores the strange bonds that form between people and the twists and turns of the human psyche.
Un fil à la patteUn fil à la patte · 1970
Un fil à la patte
7.01970
MovieComedy
Every Day Has Its SecretEvery Day Has Its Secret · 1958
Every Day Has Its Secret
6.31958
MovieDrama
Given up for dead three years ago in a plane crash in the Amazon rainforest, a young woman arrives in Paris to find her eminent ethnologist husband. She learns of his death in obscure circumstances, having remarried in the meantime. She sets out to unravel the mystery surrounding her husband's death.
Les Cent livres : À la recherche du temps perduLes Cent livres : À la recherche du temps perdu · 1971
Les Cent livres : À la recherche du temps perdu
1971
MovieDocumentary
An evocation, realistic and poetic at the same time, of Proust's work " in which he is locked up as in the room ". Halfway between the audiovisual adaptation and the portrait of the dandy and reclusive writer, all in black and white signed Claude Santelli, evoking the mystery, the intimate, and the fatality of existence.
The DanceThe Dance · 1962
The Dance
5.01962
MovieComedyDrama
The Dance is a 1962 French comedy film directed by Norbert Carbonnaux and starring Jean-Pierre Cassel, Françoise Dorléac and Arletty. The film is based on the French comic strip 13 rue de l'Espoir.

TV Shows

Le Grand ÉchiquierLe Grand Échiquier · 1972
Le Grand Échiquier
8.01972
Series
Le Grand Échiquier is a French variety television program created and presented by Jacques Chancel. It aired at 8:30 pm on the first channel of the ORTF from January 12, 1972 to July 12, 1972, then on the second color channel of the ORTF from September 1972 to December 1974, and finally on Antenne 2 from January 1975 to December 21, 1989. The program returned to France 2 on December 20, 2018 and is hosted by Anne-Sophie Lapix.
Les Cent Livres des HommesLes Cent Livres des Hommes · 1970
Les Cent Livres des Hommes
10.01970
SeriesDocumentary
Les Cent Livres des Hommes (ORTF, 1969-1973) was a series of literary programs created by Claude Santelli and Françoise Verny, and produced notably by Santelli, Jean Archimbaud, and Serge Moati. Planned for one hundred episodes but completed at thirty-nine, the series aimed to introduce great literary works, 'chefs-d’œuvre', to a younger audience through a mix of dramatization, reading, and documentary techniques. It marked a transfer of cultural legitimacy from writers and critics to a generation of television producers, offering a new model of educational and creative literary broadcasting - 'télévision d’auteur'.
La Comédie-FrançaiseLa Comédie-Française · 1952
La Comédie-Française
1952
SeriesComedyCrime
Les Hauts de HurleventLes Hauts de Hurlevent · 1968
Les Hauts de Hurlevent
1968
SeriesDrama