Marie Dubois

Marie Dubois (born Claudine Lucie Pauline Huzé; 12 January 1937 – 15 October 2014) was a French actress, born in Paris.

Career She studied at l'École de la rue Blanche (ENSATT) and made her film debut in 1959, first gaining notice the next year as Léna in François Truffaut's Shoot the Piano Player. She then played mainly supporting roles. In the 1960s she appeared in New Wave films such as Jules and Jim and The Thief of Paris, thrillers like Hot Line, and comedies like La Ronde, La Grande Vadrouille, and Monte Carlo or Bust. Her role in La Grande Vadrouille in 1966 was when she really gained fame.

Other film appearances by Dubois during the 1970s include L'Innocente, The Surveyors, Vincent, François, Paul et les autres, Night Flight from Moscow and La Menace. In 1978 she won the César Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Dominique Montlaur in La Menace. In the 1980s she appeared in Mon oncle d'Amérique, The Little Mermaid, Une femme en fuite, Garçon! and Descente aux enfers (for which she received a second César nomination for Best Supporting Actress in 1987 for her role as Lucette Beulemans ).

Personal life Dubois married French film actor Serge Rousseau in 1961. They remained together until his death in 2007. The couple had a daughter, actress Dominique Rousseau. Marie Dubois died on 15 October 2014, aged 77, in Lescar, following a long battle with multiple sclerosis.

She attended classes at the rue Blanche in Paris and was part of the call of 1958 at the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique.

Filmography

1960: Tirez sur le pianiste (Shoot the Piano Player) (directed by François Truffaut) - Lena 1961: Une femme est une femme (A Woman Is a Woman) (directed by Jean-Luc Godard) - Une amie d'Angela (uncredited) 1961: Le Monocle noir (directed by Georges Lautner) - Bénédicte de Villemaur 1962: Jules and Jim (Jules and Jim) (directed by François Truffaut) - Thérèse 1962: Le Signe du lion (directed by Éric Rohmer) - la femme du café (uncredited) 1962: La Croix des vivants (directed by Ivan Govar) - Gisèle 1962: L'Anglaise (directed by Artur Ramos) 1963: Jusqu'au bout du monde (directed by François Villiers) 1964: La Chasse à l'homme (directed by Édouard Molinaro) - Sophie 1964: La Ronde (Circle of Love) (directed by Roger Vadim) - la fille 1964: Week-end à Zuydcoote (Weekend at Dunkirk) (directed by Henri Verneuil) - Hélène 1964: That Tender Age (directed by Gilles Grangier) - Marie Malhouin 1964: Mata Hari, agent H21 (directed by Jean-Louis Richard) - la jeune fille (uncredited) 1965: Les Grandes Gueules (The Wise Guys) (directed by Robert Enrico) - Jackie Keller 1965: The Lace Wars (directed by René Clair) - Divine 1966: Le Dix-Septième Ciel (directed by Serge Korber) - Marie 1966: La Grande Vadrouille (directed by Gérard Oury) - Juliette 1967: Le Voleur (The Thief of Paris) (directed by Louis Malle) - Geneviève Delpiels 1968: Ce sacré grand-père (directed by Jacques Poitrenaud) - Marie 1968: Le Rouble à deux faces (directed by Étienne Périer) - Natasha 1968: Le Cascadeur (Stuntman) (directed by Marcello Baldi) - Yvette 1969: Monte Carlo or Bust! (directed by Ken Annakin) - Pascale 1970: (directed by Jacques Doniol-Valcroze) - Isabelle Durras 1971: Bof… Anatomie d'un livreur (directed by Claude Faraldo) 1972: L'Œuf (after Félicien Marceau) (directed by Jean Herman) - Hortense Berthoullet 1972: Les Arpenteurs (The Surveyors) (directed by Michel Soutter) - Alice 1973: Le Serpent (Night Flight from Moscow) (directed by Henri Verneuil) - Mrs. Walter 1973: Antoine and Sebastian (directed by Jean-Marie Périer) - Corinne 1974: L'Escapade (directed by Michel Soutter) - Anne 1974: Vincent, François, Paul et les autres (directed by Claude Sautet) - Lucie 1976: Les Mal Partis (directed by Sébastien Japrisot) - la mère supérieure 1976: Du bout des lèvres (directed by Jean-Marie Degèsves) - Catherine 1976: The Innocent (directed by Luchino Visconti) - The princess 1976: Nuit d'or (Golden Night) (directed by Serge Moati) - Véronique 1977: La Menace (directed by Alain Corneau) - Dominique Montlaur 1979: Je vous ferai aimer la vie (directed by Serge Korber) - Anielle Doucet 1979: Il y a longtemps que je t'aime (directed by Jean-Charles Tacchella) - Brigitte Dupuis 1979: Je parle d'amour (directed by Madeleine Hartmann-Clausset) - Marie 1980: Mon oncle d'Amérique (directed by Alain Resnais) - Thérèse Ragueneau 1980: The Little Mermaid (directed by Roger Andrieux) - Bénédicte Pélissier 1982: Une femme en fuite (directed by Maurice Rabinowicz) - Mona 1983: L'Ami de Vincent (directed by Pierre Granier-Deferre) - Marion 1983: Garçon! (directed by Claude Sautet) - Marie-Pierre 1983: Si j'avais mille ans (directed by Monique Enckell) 1984: L'Intrus (directed by Irène Jouannet) - Anne 1986: Descente aux enfers (directed by Francis Girod) - Lucette Beulemans 1987: Grand Guignol (directed by Jean Marbœuf) - Germaine 1990: Un jeu d'enfant (directed by Pascal Kané) - Noémie 1991: Les Enfants du vent (directed by Krzystof Rogulski) - La femme du maire 1991: La Dernière Saison (directed by Pierre Beccu) - Marthe 1996: Confidences à un inconnu (directed by Georges Bardawil) - La mère 1996: Unpredictable Nature of the River (directed by Bernard Giraudeau) - La vieille Duchesse 1997: Rien ne va plus (The Swindle) (directed by Claude Chabrol) - Dedette 1999: À vot'service (directed by Eric Bartonio) - Grâce, "la dame-pipi" (segment "Jour de grâce, Le")