# Caroline Cellier

Caroline Cellier (7 August 1945 – 15 December 2020) was a French actress. She appeared in such films as L'année des méduses (Year of the Jellyfish), La vie, l'amour, la mort, and Le Plaisir (et ses petits tracas).

## Personal life

Caroline Cellier, birth name Monique Marie Louise Cellier was born on the 7th of august 1945 in Montpellier, France. At the age of 8 her family moves to Paris. When she's 16 she joins the Cours Simon, one of the most prestigious drama school of the country. She does 2 years only on Thursday afternoon and at age 18 she does 1 full year, everyday going. She starts to play the next year, at only 19. She wins 2 prices for her acting skills. In 1966 she starts playing in the famous "Pygmalion" for more than a year. The play is a succes. After it she starts tv, staring in a few tv shows and then movies like "Que la Bête meure" by Claude Chabrol which came out in 1969. She does both cinema and drama. In 1970 she becames the partner of famous french actor Jean Poiret. He's 19 years older than her, none of them care. She still appear in numerous movies and plays during the 1970's and also give birth to her son, Nicolas Poiret, in november 1978. It's during the 1980's that her acting career is at it's highest. She plays in movies such as "Poker" or "Poulet au vinaigre". In 1984 she holds the main supporting role in "L'année des Méduses" a movie by Christopher Frank. She'll win the César (french equivalent to the Oscars) of the best actress in a supporting role for this movie. In 1989 she finally marries Jean Poiret. She also appears a few team in 1990's. In 1991 she's a pr*stit*te in the movie "La Contre-allée" (not a p*rn* at all). In 1992 Jean Poiret makes his first movie, "Le Zèbre" and he takes his wife and Thierry Lhermitte for the main roles. But he'll die 3 months before the releasing of the movie. Caroline did the promotion alone. She isn't much there for a few years. In 1997 she's in "Didier", a famous french comedy. And in 1998 she's Blanche Dubois in "A streetcar named desire", the play by Tennessee Williams for which she's nominated for the Molière (drama french equivalent of the Oscars). In 2001 she's Mrs Erlynne in "Lady Windermere's fan", the play by Oscar Wilde. She appears in two more movies in the 2000's. First "Fragiles" in 2007 and "Thelma, Louise et Chantal" in 2010 alongside Jane Birkin and Catherine Jacob. It's the last movie she was in. In 2013 she's diagnosed with breast cancer. According to her son, her first reaction was to shave her head. She fought cancer for 7 years before passing away in the night of the 15th of December 2020. She was 75.

## Theatre

| Year | Title | Author | Director | Notes |
| 1963 | You Never Can Tell | George Bernard Shaw | René Dupuy | |
| 1964 | Les Fausses Confidences | Pierre de Marivaux | René Dupuy | |
| 1965 | Du vent dans les branches de sassafras | René de Obaldia | René Dupuy | |
| 1966 | Das Käthchen von Heilbronn | Heinrich von Kleist | Jean Anouilh & Roland Piétri | |
| 1967 | Pygmalion | George Bernard Shaw | Pierre Franck | |
| 1967 | Chaud et froid | Fernand Crommelynck | Pierre Franck | |
| 1969 | The Misanthrope | Molière | Jean Meyer | |
| 1969 | La Fille de Stockholm | Alfonso Leto | Pierre Franck | |
| 1970 | Pourquoi m'avez-vous posée sur le palier? | Catherine Peter Scott | Jean-Pierre Grenier | |
| 1971 | Le Ciel de lit | Jan de Hartog | Jacques Charon | |
| 1972 | L'Ouvre-boîte | Félicien Marceau | Pierre Franck | |
| 1979 | The Taming of the Shrew | William Shakespeare | Jacques Weber | |
| 1980 | L'Aide-mémoire | Jean-Claude Carrière | Yves Bureau | |
| 1982 | Betrayal | Harold Pinter | Raymond Gérôme | |
| 1983 | Le Bonheur à Romorantin | Jean-Claude Brisville | Andreas Voutsinas | |
| 1985 | L'âge de monsieur est avancé | Pierre Étaix | Jean Poiret | |
| 1988 | Les Liaisons dangereuses | Pierre Choderlos de Laclos | Gérard Vergez | |
| 1999 | A Streetcar Named Desire | Tennessee Williams | Philippe Adrien | Nominated - Molière Award for Best Actress |
| 2003 | Lady Windermere's Fan | Oscar Wilde | Tilly | |

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
| 1964 | Une fille dans la montagne | Félicie | Roger Leenhardt | TV movie |
| 1964 | La mégère apprivoisée | Bianca | Pierre Badel | TV movie |
| 1965 | La tête du client | Evelyne Berrien | Jacques Poitrenaud | |
| 1965 | Marie Curie - Une certaine jeune fille | | Pierre Badel | TV movie |
| 1966 | La morale de l'histoire | Sophie | Claude Dagues | TV movie |
| 1966 | Au théâtre ce soir | Anita | Pierre Sabbagh | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1966 | Rouletabille | Odette | Robert Mazoyer | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1966 | Les dossiers de Jérôme Randax | Lise de Vilmot | Jean-Paul Carrère | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1967 | La guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu | Hélène | Marcel Cravenne | TV movie |
| 1967 | Au théâtre ce soir | Aline | Pierre Sabbagh | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1969 | Life Love Death | Caroline | Claude Lelouch | |
| 1969 | This Man Must Die | Hélène Lanson | Claude Chabrol | |
| 1971 | Les aveux les plus doux | Catherine | Édouard Molinaro | |
| 1971 | Romulus le grand | | Marcel Cravenne | TV movie |
| 1972 | La mort d'un champion | | Abder Isker | TV movie |
| 1973 | L'emmerdeur | Louise Pignon | Édouard Molinaro | |
| 1973 | Molière pour rire et pour pleurer | Armande | Marcel Camus | TV mini-series |
| 1974 | Mariage | The young girl | Claude Lelouch | |
| 1974 | Le ciel de lit | Agnès | Jeannette Hubert | TV movie |
| 1974 | Soirée Courteline | Her | Jeannette Hubert | TV movie |
| 1974 | Histoires insolites | Caroline | Claude Chabrol | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1976 | Le cheval évanoui | Coralie | Alain Dhénaut | TV movie |
| 1977 | The Blue Ferns | Betty | Françoise Sagan | |
| 1977 | Une femme, un jour... | Caroline Puyssessau | Léonard Keigel | |
| 1980 | Certaines nouvelles | Françoise | Jacques Davila | |
| 1980 | Le vol d'Icare | Adeline | Daniel Ceccaldi | TV movie |
| 1980 | Cinéma 16 | Isabelle | Philippe Viard | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1981 | Les héroïques | Claire | Joël Santoni | TV movie |
| 1981 | L'atterrissage | Agnès | Eric Le Hung | TV movie |
| 1982 | A Thousand Billion Dollars | Hélène Kerjean | Henri Verneuil | |
| 1983 | Surprise Party | Lisa Bourget | Roger Vadim | |
| 1984 | Year of the Jellyfish | Claude | Christopher Frank | César Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| 1984 | P'tit Con | Annie Choupon | Gérard Lauzier | |
| 1984 | Femmes de personne | Isabelle | Christopher Frank | |
| 1984 | Le bonheur à Romorantin | Agnès | Alain Dhénaut | TV movie |
| 1985 | Chicken with Vinegar | Anna Foscarie | Claude Chabrol | |
| 1986 | Danger Passion | Lola | Philippe Triboit | TV movie |
| 1987 | Poker | Hélène | Catherine Corsini | |
| 1987 | Grand Guignol | Sarah | Jean Marboeuf | |
| 1987 | Charlie Dingo | Georgia Wolski | Gilles Béhat | |
| 1987 | Vent de panique | Martine | Bernard Stora | |
| 1990 | Julie de Carneilhan | Julie de Carneilhan | Christopher Frank | TV movie |
| 1991 | La contre-allée | Lilas | Isabel Sebastian | |
| 1992 | Le zèbre | Camille | Jean Poiret | Nominated - César Award for Best Actress |
| 1992 | Fantômes en héritage | Diana | Juan Luis Buñuel | TV mini-series |
| 1994 | Farinelli | Margareth Hunter | Gérard Corbiau | |
| 1994 | Délit mineur | Claire | Francis Girod | |
| 1996 | Men, Women: A User's Manual | Madame Blanc | Claude Lelouch | |
| 1996 | L'élève | Emma | Olivier Schatzky | |
| 1997 | Didier | Annabelle | Alain Chabat | |
| 1997 | La disgrâce | Elise Martineau | Dominique Baron | TV movie |
| 1998 | Le plaisir (et ses petits tracas) | Hélène | Nicolas Boukhrief | |
| 1998 | Les grands enfants | Catherine | Denys Granier-Deferre | TV movie |
| 2004 | Transit | | Julien Leclercq | Short |
| 2005 | Un jeu dangereux | Camille Davenne | Patrick Dewolf | TV movie |
| 2006 | Jean-Philippe | Caroline | Laurent Tuel | |
| 2007 | Fragile(s) | Hélène | Martin Valente | |
| 2010 | Thelma, Louise et Chantal | Gabrielle | Benoît Pétré [fr] | |
| 2011 | Le grand restaurant II | A client | Gérard Pullicino | TV movie |