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Actress Geneviève Grad died on the night of November 7 to 8, 2024, her husband announced to AFP. She had left her mark in the film saga The Gendarme of Saint-Tropezwhere she played Nicole Cruchot, the daughter of the main character played by Louis de Funès, and sang the famous Douliou-douliou Saint-Tropez.
While you may not immediately recognize the name, know that the song Douliou-douliou Saint-Tropezperformed in the film The Gendarme of Saint-Tropezwill surely remind you of Geneviève Grad. The emblematic actress of the film series alongside Louis de Funès died during the night from Thursday to Friday, as announced by her husband, Jean Guillaume, via AFP. Geneviève Grad, aged 80, died at the Blois Polyclinic “at the end of a courageous fight against cancer”said her husband.
Death of Geneviève Grad, eternal Nicole Cruchot of Gendarme of Saint-Tropez
Born in Paris in July 1944, Geneviève Grad was initially destined for dance, but a twist of fate propelled her to the cinema as a teenager, after a meeting with producers. At 15, Michel Boisrond gave him a leading role in One evening on the beachreleased in 1961. She made numerous appearances on screen, but it was her interpretation of Nicole Cruchot, the daughter of the gendarme played by Louis de Funès, in the films The Gendarme of Saint-Tropez, The Constable in New Yorket The Gendarme gets marriedwhich propelled her to stardom. She also appears in films such as Captain Smashes, Arsène Lupine vs. Arsène Lupine, Sandokan, the tiger of Borneo, OSS 117 takes a vacation, Le Maestroet Do you want a Nobel baby?.
Geneviève Grad, ex-wife of Igor Bogdanoff
At the end of the 80s, Geneviève Grad retired from the world of cinema and worked for a while as a production assistant for TF1. On a personal level, she shared the life of Igor Bogdanoff for a time, with whom she had a son, Dimitri, born in 1976. She then married the architect Jean Guillaume in 1993, after eleven years of life together.
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