On the night of Thursday to Friday November 8, 2024, actress Geneviève Grad died at the age of 80.
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This is sad news for French cinema. On the night of Thursday November 7 to Friday November 8, 2024, actress Geneviève Grad died at the age of 80. It was her husband Jean Guillaume who confirmed the information to AFP. The one who interpreted the cult “Douliou douliou Saint-Tropez” InThe Gendarme of Saint-Tropezdied at the Blois Polyclinic (Loir-et-Cher) “at the end of a courageous fight against cancer”.
Geneviève Grad is a French actress, born July 5, 1944 in Paris, who left her mark on French cinema in the 1960s. She is best known for her role in the film series The Gendarme of Saint-Tropezalongside Louis de Funès, where she plays the daughter of the inimitable house marshal Ludovic Cruchot.
Genevieve Grad died at the age of 80
Geneviève Grad began her career in the 1960s. She first got noticed in the film Captain Fracasse (1961) with Jean Marais. She quickly moved on to other roles in popular comedies and films. But it was in 1964, with her role as Nicole Cruchot in The Gendarme of Saint-Tropezthat she experienced consecration. His presence in this film as well as in the next two in the series, The Constable in New York (1965) et The Gendarme gets married (1968), allowed him to become famous in France but also abroad. She was the one who interpreted the cult song “Douliou douliou Saint-Tropez”.
The actress was battling cancer
Despite her success, Geneviève Grad decided to gradually withdraw from the world of cinema in the 1980s. On the private side, the actress had a son with Igor Bogdanoff. Then, she was married for thirty years to her husband Jean Guillaume, until his death.
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