# Ginette Garcin

Ginette Garcin (4 January 1928 – 10 June 2010) was a French actress of stage, film and television.

## Biography

She lived in Audresselles, Pas-de-Calais. Ginette Garcin made her musical debut with Jacques Hélian and his orchestra in 1946. She then worked with Loulou Gasté and went on to appear in Strélesky's absurdist theatre revues in Rouen. Her portrayal of Charlot to the music of Deux petits chaussons was very well received. She collaborated with Colette Vudal (who later adopted the name Colette Monroy in Paris) Mona Monick and Robert Thomas, author of some successful detective plays.
Garcin was one of the first to perform and record the songs of Boby Lapointe and Jean Yanne in the 1960s. In the 1970s, she embarked on a career in film and theatre, with guidance from Audiard, Lelouch, Yanne, Boisset and Tacchella. She appeared in the television series Marc et Sophie. In 1990, she wrote the critically acclaimed Le clan des veuves in which she starred alongside Jackie Sardou for four years. In 1997, she had an acting and singing role in Le passe-muraille, a musical comedy by Marcel Aymé with Didier van Cauwelaert and Michel Legrand.
In her final decade, Ginette Garcin played a character in the television series Famille d'accueil as well as appearing in the films La Beuze and Les Dalton. A new version of Le clan des veuves was staged at the Bouffes-Parisiens theatre in 2006.
Also in her later years she appeared in Raphaël Mezrahi's play, Monique est demandée en caisse 12.

## Death

She died on 10 June 2010 at age 82 of breast cancer.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
| 1968 | La prunelle | | Edmond Tiborovsky | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1969 | En votre âme et conscience | | Jean Bertho | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1971 | Le drapeau noir flotte sur la marmite | Séverine | Michel Audiard | |
| 1972 | Le tueur | Lulu | Denys de La Patellière | |
| 1972 | Tout le monde il est beau, tout le monde il est gentil | The singer | Jean Yanne | |
| 1972 | La vie et la passion de Dodin-Bouffant | | Edmond Tiborovsky | TV movie |
| 1973 | Le gang des otages | Ginette Bertheau | Édouard Molinaro | |
| 1973 | Moi y'en a vouloir des sous | Ginette | Jean Yanne | |
| 1974 | Par ici la monnaie | Fernande | Richard Balducci | |
| 1974 | Juliette and Juliette | Miss Quiblier | Remo Forlani | |
| 1974 | Comment réussir quand on est con et pleurnichard | The head nurse | Michel Audiard | |
| 1975 | Cousin Cousine | Biju | Jean-Charles Tacchella | |
| 1975 | The Common Man | Ginette Lajoie | Yves Boisset | |
| 1976 | Oublie-moi, Mandoline | Marie-Charlotte | Michel Wyn | |
| 1976 | The Smurfs and the Magic Flute | Dame Barde | Peyo | |
| 1976 | Le temps d'un regard | The hotelier | Boramy Tioulong | TV movie |
| 1976 | Le gentleman des Antipodes | Méline | Boramy Tioulong | TV movie |
| 1976 | La Noiraude | La Noiraude | Jean-Louis Fournier | TV series (61 episodes) |
| 1977 | Le pays bleu | Zoé | Jean-Charles Tacchella | |
| 1977 | L'exercice du pouvoir | Madame Sartène | Philippe Galland | |
| 1978 | Ne pleure pas | Madame Lafarge | Jacques Ertaud | |
| 1978 | Désiré Lafarge | Miss Tirieu | Jean Pignol | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1978 | Les Cinq Dernières Minutes | Lucie | Jean Chapot | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1978 | Les enquêtes du commissaire Maigret | Madame Blanche | Jean-Paul Sassy | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1979 | Charles et Lucie | Lucie | Nelly Kaplan | |
| 1979 | Rien ne va plus | | Jean-Michel Ribes | |
| 1979 | La grâce | Marianne Huchemin | Pierre Tchernia | TV movie |
| 1979 | Pierrot mon ami | Madame Pradonet | François Leterrier | TV movie |
| 1979 | Les fleurs fanées | Mathilde | Jacques Fansten | TV movie |
| 1979 | Le destin de Priscilla Davies | The chair | Raymond Rouleau | TV movie |
| 1980 | Docteur Teyran | Ginette | Jean Chapot | TV movie |
| 1981 | La gueule du loup | Fernande | Michel Léviant | |
| 1981 | Les Uns et les Autres | Ginette | Claude Lelouch | |
| 1981 | Comment draguer toutes les filles... | Religious woman | Michel Vocoret | |
| 1981 | Messieurs les jurés | Raymonde Entraigues | Boramy Tioulong | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1981 | Les enquêtes du commissaire Maigret | Désirée Brault | Stéphane Bertin | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1982 | Ce fut un bel été | Dominique | Jean Chapot | TV movie |
| 1982 | Les joies de la famille Pinelli | Germaine | Jean L'Hôte | TV movie |
| 1983 | Édith et Marcel | Guite | Claude Lelouch | |
| 1983 | Un psy pour deux | Antoine's mother | Serge Korber | TV movie |
| 1983 | Le disparu du 7 octobre | Marie Fortier | Jacques Ertaud | TV movie |
| 1983 | Les uns et les autres | Ginette | Claude Lelouch | TV mini-series |
| 1983 | Les amours romantiques | Madame Taverneau | Stéphane Bertin | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1984 | Our Story | The florist | Bertrand Blier | |
| 1984 | American Dreamer | Nurse | Rick Rosenthal | |
| 1984 | Lace | Madame Chardin | William Hale | TV mini-series |
| 1985 | Slices of Life | Béatrice's mother | François Leterrier | |
| 1985 | Partir, revenir | The priest's servant | Claude Lelouch | |
| 1985 | Un garçon de France | Madame Longin | Guy Gilles | TV movie |
| 1985 | Série noire | Simone | Jacques Ertaud | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1985 | Les amours des années 50 | | Philippe Galardi | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1986 | Paris minuit | The tramp | Frédéric Andréi | |
| 1986 | Attention bandits! | The maid | Claude Lelouch | |
| 1986 | Sins | Madame Guerin | Douglas Hickox | TV mini-series |
| 1987 | Il est génial papy! | The concierge | Michel Drach | |
| 1987 | L'heure Simenon | The neighbor | Jean-Charles Tacchella | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1987 | Florence ou La vie de château | Madame Rateau | Serge Korber | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1987-1991 | Marc et Sophie | Mamma | Jean-Daniel Bonnin, Christophe Andrei, ... | TV series (4 episodes) |
| 1988 | Le loufiat | Hélène | Annie Butler, Pierre Sisser, ... | TV mini-series |
| 1989 | À deux minutes près | The mother-in-law | Éric Le Hung | |
| 1989 | Rouget le braconnier | Mother Potard | Gilles Cousin | |
| 1989-1990 | Imogène | Maryvonne | François Leterrier & Sylvain Madigan | TV series (4 episodes) |
| 1990 | Tribunal | Geneviève Pernoud | Christophe Salachas | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1991 | The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck | Old Marinette | Alessandro Capone, Thierry Lhermitte, ... | |
| 1991 | Crimes et jardins | Ida | Jean-Paul Salomé | TV movie |
| 1992 | 588 rue paradis | | Henri Verneuil | |
| 1992 | L'homme de ma vie | Arlette | Jean-Charles Tacchella | |
| 1993 | Mayrig | | Henri Verneuil | TV mini-series |
| 1993 | L'instit | Donatienne | Jacques Ertaud | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1995 | Oui | The cup-and-ball player | Pascal Perennes | |
| 1996 | My Man | Woman In Shawl | Bertrand Blier | |
| 1996 | Les Bidochon | Madame Bordel | Serge Korber | |
| 1996 | Men, Women: A User's Manual | | Claude Lelouch | |
| 1996 | Dans un grand vent de fleurs | Honorade Beauval | Gérard Vergez | TV mini-series |
| 1997 | Les petites bonnes | Germaine | Serge Korber | TV movie |
| 1997 | Maigret | Denise | Pierre Granier-Deferre | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1999 | Ces messieurs de la maréchaussée | | Emmanuel Rigaut | Short |
| 1999 | La vie comme un dimanche | Sister Louise | Roger Guillot | TV movie |
| 1999 | Jean-Baptiste, homme de coeur | Adèle | Jean-Pierre Vergne | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2000 | Deuxième vie | Henriette | Patrick Braoudé | |
| 2000 | L'avocate | Madame Carton | Alain Nahum | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2000 | Chercheur d'héritiers | Manou | Williams Crépin | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2001 | Mauvais genres | Louisette Vincent | Francis Girod | |
| 2001 | Entre deux rails | Marguerite | Claire Jeanteur | Short |
| 2001 | Boss of Bosses | Édith Lieuwen | Claude-Michel Rome | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2001-2011 | Famille d'accueil | Jeanne Ferrière | Alain Wermus, Franck Buchter, ... | TV series (48 episodes) |
| 2002-2003 | Père et maire | Madame Cotte | Marc Rivière, Marion Sarraut, ... | TV series (5 episodes) |
| 2003 | La beuze | Madame Batin | François Desagnat & Thomas Sorriaux | |
| 2003 | Le don fait à Catchaires | Rose | William Gotesman | TV movie |
| 2004 | Les Dalton | Ma James | Philippe Haïm | |
| 2005 | Terre de sang | Yvonne Le Dantec | Nicolas Guillou | |
| 2005 | Une belle histoire | | Philippe Dajoux | |
| 2005 | Retiens-moi | Madame Vannier | Jean-Pierre Igoux | TV movie |
| 2005 | La tête haute | Mother Cardinaud | Gérard Jourd'hui | TV movie |
| 2005 | Marc Eliot | Mamy Eliot | Patrick Jamain | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2006 | Concours de danse à Piriac | Marc's grandma | Marc Jolivet | TV movie |
| 2007 | Bouche à bouche | | Louis Dupont | Short |
| 2007 | La boîte à images | Émilie Fargeau | Marco Pauly | TV movie |
| 2009 | Trésor | The Lady | Claude Berri & François Dupeyron | |
| 2009 | La femme invisible | Mamita | Agathe Teyssier | |
| 2010 | Famille décomposée | Noisette | Claude d'Anna | TV movie |
| 2010 | Camping paradis | Geneviève | Pascal Heylbroeck | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2011 | Léa | Isabelle | Bruno Rolland | |
| 2011 | Crimes en sourdine | Madame Garcia IV | Joël Chalude & Stéphane Onfroy | |

## Theatre

| Year | Title | Author | Director | Notes |
| 1971 | Nude with Violin | Noël Coward | Jacques-Henri Duval | |
| 1971 | Au bal des chiens | Remo Forlani | André Barsacq | |
| 1978 | Hôtel particulier | Pierre Chesnot | Raymond Rouleau | |
| 1981 | La Grande Shirley | Pierre Guénin | Yves Gasc | |
| 1985 | Émilie Jolie | Philippe Chatel | Robert Fortune | |
| 1985 | On m'appelle Émilie | Maria Pacôme | Jean-Luc Moreau | |
| 1986 | Le Nègre | Didier Van Cauwelaert | Pierre Boutron | |
| 1988 | L'Inconvenant | Gildas Bourdet | Gildas Bourdet | |
| 1989-1990 | La Bonne Adresse | Marc Camoletti | Marc Camoletti | |
| 1990 | Le Clan des veuves | Ginette Garcin | François Guérin | |
| 1994-1995 | Le Clan des veuves | Ginette Garcin | François Guérin | |
| 1996 | Have You Any Dirty Washing, Mother Dear? | Clive Exton | Jean-Luc Moreau | |
| 1997 | Le Passe-muraille | Marcel Aymé | Alain Sachs | Nominated - Molière Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| 2000 | Ma mère avait raison | Ginette Garcin | Gérard Chevalier | |
| 2001 | Mistinguett, la dernière revue | Franklin Le Naour & Jérôme Savary | Jérôme Savary | |
| 2002 | Au soleil | Vincent Scotto | André Bernard | |
| 2006 | Le Clan des veuves | Ginette Garcin | Édouard Pretet | |
| 2008-2009 | Monique est demandée en caisse 12 | Raphaël Mezrahi | Philippe Sohier | |
| 2010 | Monique est toujours demandée en caisse 12 | Raphaël Mezrahi | Philippe Sohier | |