Hélène Surgère (20 October 1928 – 26 March 2011) was a French actress, whose career spanned over 40 years.
Hélène Surgère | |
|---|---|
| Born | 20 October 1928 |
| Died | 26 March 2011 (aged 82) Paris, France |
| Occupation | Actress |
Life and career
editBorn in Caudéran into a bourgeois family, while running an art ceramics store in Montmartre, Surgère attended acting classes at Cours Simon, and shortly later started working in amateur dramatics.[1]
Surgère's film career was launched by Paul Vecchiali, who discovered her through a photonovel.[2] She later appeared in numerous films by Vecchiali, to the point of being regarded as his muse.[1][3] During her career she also worked with other prominent European directors including Pier Paolo Pasolini, James Ivory, Claude Lelouch, Patrice Leconte, André Téchiné, Claude Berri, Jacques Demy and Raoul Ruiz.[1][4][5] In 2010, she became a member of the Comédie-Française.[6]
Surgère died in her sleep on 26 March 2011, at the age of 82.[1]
Selected filmography
edit- French Provincial (1975)
- Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)
- Barocco (1976)
- The Machine (1977)
- The Brontë Sisters (1979)
- La femme enfant (1980)
- That's Life (1980)
- At the Top of the Stairs (1983)
- Attention bandits! (1987)
- Three Seats for the 26th (1988)
- Australia (1989)
- The Bet (1997)
- Time Regained (1999)
- My Life on Ice (2002)
- That Day (2003)
- Le Divorce (2003)
- Intimate Strangers (2004)
- Hunting and Gathering (2007)
References
edit- 1 2 3 4 Salino, Brigitte. "Hélène Surgère, comédienne". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 23 March 2026.
- ↑ Ropert, Axelle (28 March 2011). "Hélène Surgère, disparition d'une actrice élégante et subversive". Les Inrockuptibles (in French). Retrieved 23 March 2026.
- ↑ J.B (28 March 2011). "Hélène Surgère est morte". Gala (in French). Retrieved 23 March 2026.
- ↑ "Décès d'Hélène Surgère devenue pensionnaire de la Comédie française à 81 ans". L'Express (in French). 27 March 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
- ↑ "Mort de la comédienne Hélène Surgère". La Dépêche du Midi (in French). 29 March 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
- ↑ "Hélène Surgère entre à la Comédie-Française". Europe 1 (in French). 24 March 2010. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
