Hélène Duc

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

38

Gender

Female

Birthday

1917-03-22

Deathday

2014-11-23 (97 years old)

Place of Birth

Bergerac, Dordogne, France

Also Known As

  • Marcelle Duc

Hélène Duc

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

Tanguy
5.9%

Tanguy

Nov 21, 2001

Picnic on the Grass
6.3%

Picnic on the Grass

Nov 11, 1959

The Grand Manoeuvre
6.2%

The Grand Manoeuvre

Oct 26, 1955

Male Hunt
6.6%

Male Hunt

Sep 18, 1964

Paris Frills
6.4%

Paris Frills

Jun 20, 1945

Edward and Caroline
6.4%

Edward and Caroline

Apr 6, 1951

Les Sœurs Soleil
3.6%

Les Sœurs Soleil

Apr 2, 1997

The Boss
5.5%

The Boss

May 31, 1960

Angel
3.4%

Angel

Jun 20, 2001

Vivement dimanche
3.0%

Vivement dimanche

Sep 20, 1998

Promised... sworn!
7.8%

Promised... sworn!

Dec 9, 1987

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Acting

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

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