# Geneviève Fontanel

Geneviève Fontanel (27 June 1936 – 17 March 2018) was a French stage and film actress.

## Early life and education

Geneviève Fontanel was born on 27 June 1936.

## Career

Fontanel was a member of the Comédie-Française from 1 September 1958 to 31 July 1962.

## Awards

In 1999, she received the Molière Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in "Délicate balance", and the next year she was again nominated for her performance in Raisons de famille.
She was nominated for the César Awards 1978 for Best Supporting Actress for her role in L'Homme qui aimait les femmes.

## Death

Fontanel died on 17 March 2018.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
| 1960 | La méprise | Lisette | Yves-André Hubert | TV movie |
| 1961 | Quai Notre-Dame | Nénette | Jacques Berthier | |
| 1962 | A Monkey in Winter | Marie-Jo | Henri Verneuil | |
| 1963 | Skaal | Françoise | Maurice Chateau | TV movie |
| 1964 | La caméra explore le temps | Mitzi | Stellio Lorenzi | TV series, Episode: "Le drame de Mayerling" |
| 1964 | Male Companion | Socratès's friend | Philippe de Broca | Uncredited |
| 1964 | Les aventures de Salavin | Marthe Lanoue | Pierre Granier-Deferre | |
| 1964 | Angélique, Marquise des Anges | Carmencita | Bernard Borderie | |
| 1964 | Les Indes noires | Maggie | Marcel Bluwal | TV movie |
| 1965 | La misère et la gloire | Mélanie Waldor | Henri Spade | TV movie |
| 1965 | Sens interdit | Odile | Roger Kahane | TV movie |
| 1966 | Idylle villageoise | Mademoiselle Z. | Lazare Iglesis | TV movie |
| 1966 | Comment ne pas épouser un milliardaire | Jane | Lazare Iglesis (2) | TV series |
| 1967 | Vidocq | Annette | Marcel Bluwal (2) Claude Loursais | TV series, 12 episodes |
| 1967 | Barbara | Barbara | Jean-Louis Colmant | TV movie |
| 1967 | La vie commence à minuit | Clara | Yvan Jouannet | TV series |
| 1969 | Fortune | Jenny Carruthers | Henri Colpi | TV series |
| 1969 | Trois hommes sur un cheval | Eric's wife | Marcel Moussy | |
| 1972 | Schulmeister, espion de l'empereur | Arabella | | TV series, Episode: "Le petit matelot" |
| 1972 | Les évasions célèbres | Mme de la Pivardière | Jean-Pierre Decourt | TV series, Episode: "L'étrange trépas de Monsieur de la Pivardière" |
| 1972 | De sang froid | Catherine Muria | Abder Isker | TV movie |
| 1973 | La femme en bleu | Ghislaine | Michel Deville | |
| 1973 | The Dominici Affair | Yvette Dominici | Claude Bernard-Aubert | |
| 1973 | Le double assassinat de la rue Morgue | The beautiful Mathilde | Jacques Nahum | TV movie |
| 1973 | La maîtresse | Blanche | François Gir | TV movie |
| 1974 | Femmes au soleil | Agnès | Liliane Dreyfus | |
| 1974 | La rivale | Claire | Sergio Gobbi | |
| 1974 | Macbett | Lady Duncan | Jacques Trébouta | TV movie |
| 1974 | Dis-moi que tu m'aimes | Pascaline Dorgeval | Michel Boisrond | |
| 1975 | Plus amer que la mort | Marie-Thérèse | Michel Wyn | TV movie |
| 1975 | L'île des chèvres | Pia | Pierre Badel | TV movie |
| 1975 | Amédée ou Comment s'en débarrasser | Madeleine | Marion Sarraut | TV movie |
| 1975 | Ce soir on improvise | Mommina | Jean-Marie Coldefy | TV movie |
| 1975 | Le père Amable | Céleste | Claude Santelli | TV movie |
| 1976 | Robert Macaire | Eloa | Roger Kahane (2) | TV movie |
| 1976 | Cours après moi ... que je t'attrape | Simone Daru | Robert Pouret | |
| 1977 | The Man Who Loved Women | Hélène | François Truffaut | Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| 1977 | La maison des autres | Mme Petiot | Jean-Pierre Marchand | TV series |
| 1977 | La grimpe | Catherine | Roland-Bernard | TV movie |
| 1977 | Madame Rosa | Maryse | Moshé Mizrahi | |
| 1978 | La Zizanie | Madame Berger | Claude Zidi | |
| 1978 | Le sacrifice | Daisy Bell | Alexandre Tarta | TV movie |
| 1978 | Les ringards | Françoise de Saint-Géraud | Robert Pouret (2) | |
| 1979 | Le mal bleu | Mme Laville | Joseph Drimal | TV movie |
| 1980 | Achtung Zoll! | Maud | Christian-Jaque | TV series, Episode: "Drôle de pastis" |
| 1980 | Rodriguez au pays des merguez | Chipette | Philippe Clair | |
| 1980 | Cocktail Molotov | Anne's mother | Diane Kurys | |
| 1980 | Chère inconnue | Béatrice | Moshé Mizrahi (2) | |
| 1980 | Les amours des années folles | Marie | Jean Pignol | TV series, Episode: "François et la liberté" |
| 1980 | Les chevaux du soleil | Marie Aldabran | François Villiers | TV series |
| 1980 | Docteur Teyran | Andréa | Jean Chapot | TV movie |
| 1981 | La vie des autres | Alzira | Alain Quercy | TV series, Episode: "Vasco" |
| 1981 | Les amours des années grises | Alix | Stéphane Bertin | TV series, Episode: "Agnès de rien" |
| 1981 | La double vie de Théophraste Longuet | Marceline Longuet | Yannick Andréi | TV movie |
| 1981 | La guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu | Andromaque | Raymond Rouleau | TV movie |
| 1981 | Les Cinq Dernières Minutes | Aîda | Claude de Givray | TV series, Episode: "Un coeur sur mesure" |
| 1982 | Tête à claques | Mme Crispin-Vautier | Francis Perrin | |
| 1982 | L'écarteur | Marinette | Pierre Neurrisse | TV movie |
| 1982 | Le journal d'une femme de chambre | Célestine | Jean-Marie Coldefy (2) | TV movie |
| 1982 | Les scénaristes ou Les aventures extraordinaires de Robert Michon | Lucienne | Nino Monti | TV movie |
| 1982 | Marion | Sylvie | Jean Pignol (2) | TV series, Episode: "Michel Bailleul, architecte naval" |
| 1982 | La côte d'amour | Nicole | Charlotte Dubreuil | |
| 1982 | Transit | Lili | Takis Candilis | |
| 1967-1983 | Au théâtre ce soir | Various | Pierre Sabbagh Georges Folgoas | TV series, 12 episodes |
| 1983 | Les Cinq Dernières Minutes | Simone Caries | Jean-Pierre Desagnat | TV series, Episode: "Rouge Marine" |
| 1983 | Le tartuffe | Elmire | Marlène Bertin | TV movie |
| 1983 | Les amours romantiques | Valentine de Braimes | Stéphane Bertin (2) | TV series, Episode: "La croix de Berny" |
| 1983 | Le grain de sable | Huguette Pommier | Pomme Meffre | |
| 1984 | Notre histoire | Madeleine Pecqueur | Bertrand Blier | |
| 1985 | Série noire | Yvonne Lenfant | Jacques Ertaud | TV series, Episode: "Pitié pour les rats" |
| 1985 | Maguy | Christine | Jean Pignol (3) | TV series, 3 episodes |
| 1986 | Les colonnes du ciel | Mother Marie | Gabriel Axel | TV mini-series, Episode: "Compagnons du Nouveau Monde" |
| 1986 | Mariage blanc | Pierrette | Peter Kassovitz | TV movie |
| 1987 | L'heure Simenon | Mme Florence | Michel Mitrani | TV series, Episode: "Strip-tease" |
| 1987 | Zot ka fé zouzou | | Véronique Mucret | Short |
| 1988 | Le vent des moissons | Yvonne Bouillette | Jean Sagols | TV mini-series |
| 1988 | Bonjour l'angoisse | Jacqueline Michaud | Pierre Tchernia | |
| 1988 | Regulus 93 | Victoire | Catherine Decours Jean-Luc Tardieu | TV movie |
| 1989 | Les enquêtes du commissaire Maigret | Mme Gosselin | Edouard Logereau | TV series, Episode: "Tempête sur la manche" |
| 1990 | Un jeu d'enfant | Andréa | Pascal Kané | |
| 1990 | Marie Pervenche | Mme Galibier | | TV series, Episode: "Faussaires et fossoyeurs" |
| 1985-1991 | Maguy | Babar | | TV series, 5 episodes |
| 1991 | Lola et quelques autres | Lili | | TV series, Episode: "Lili ou le miroir de la jeunesse" |
| 1991 | Marc et Sophie | | Andrée Moracchini | TV series, 1 Episode |
| 1991 | La reine blanche | Rita | Jean-Loup Hubert | |
| 1992 | Le fils du Mékong | Mme Dupré | François Leterrier | |
| 1994 | Au beau rivage | Berthe | Serge Korber | TV movie |
| 1994 | Montparnasse-Pondichéry | Mme Meriel | Yves Robert | |
| 1994 | Le mangeur de lune | Marcel's mother | Dai Sijie | |
| 1998 | Docteur Sylvestre | Clémence | Jacob Berger | TV series, Episode: "Mémoire blanche" |
| 1996-1999 | Le refuge | Josette | Alain Schwartzstein Christian François Jean-Claude Sussfeld | TV series, 4 episodes |
| 1999 | Maigret | Fonsine | Edwin Baily | TV series, Episode: "Meurtre dans un jardin potager" |
| 1999 | La bascule | Nicole | Marco Pico | TV movie |
| 1999 | One 4 All | Lola | Claude Lelouch | |
| 2000 | Marie et Tom | Martha Lévesque | Dominique Baron | TV movie |
| 2000 | La bascule à deux | Nicole | Thierry Chabert | TV movie |
| 2001 | Navarro | The Duchess | Gérard Marx | TV series, Episode: "Mademoiselle Navarro" |
| 2002 | La vie comme elle vient | Sophie | Edwin Baily (2) | TV movie |
| 2002 | Le Champ dolent, le roman de la terre | Charlotte | Hervé Baslé | TV mini-series |
| 2003 | Les parents terribles | Yvonne | Jean-Claude Brialy | TV movie |
| 2004 | Central nuit | Mme Bièvres | Pascale Dallet | TV series, Episode: "Le bruit des murmures" |
| 2005 | Faites comme chez vous | Valentine Berthelot | Pascal Heylbroeck Emmanuelle Dubergey Bruno Garcia Gille Galliot | TV series, 19 episodes |
| 2005 | Vérité oblige | Janine | Dominique Ladoge | TV series, Episode: "Dénonciation calomnieuse" |
| 2006 | La reine Sylvie | Madeleine | Renaud Bertrand | TV movie |
| 2007 | Pas tout de suite... | Carole's mother | Marianne Lamour | TV movie |
| 2010 | À 10 minutes de la plage | Mother Charles | Stéphane Kappes | TV movie |
| 2011 | J'ai peur d'oublier | Fabienne's mother | Élisabeth Rappeneau | TV movie |
| 2012 | Boulevard du Palais | Geneviève Joly | Christian Bonnet | TV series, Episode: "Une juste cause", (final appearance) |