Mathilde Casadesus

Mathilde Casadesus (1921–1965) was a French film actress.

Biography Born into a family of renowned musicians, she is the daughter of cellist and composer Marius Casadesus and cellist Lucette Laffite. She is the half-sister of Gréco Casadesus and first cousin of Gisèle Casadesus.

However, she chose to become an actress and, in 1945, began her film career. She appeared in almost thirty films, alongside Bourvil, Fernandel, Gabin and Jean Marais, among others. At the same time, she played numerous roles on stage, and appeared in operettas, notably with Marcel Merkès and Paulette Merval.

Mathilde Casadesus, mother of dancer Lucile Casadesus, died during the filming of How to Steal a Million Dollars with Audrey Hepburn, in which she did not appear.

She died of a heart attack at the age of 44.

She is buried in the Longs Réages cemetery in Meudon.

The Bibliothèque nationale de France holds a portrait of Mathilde Casadesus drawn by Jean Dorville.

Partial filmography

Box of Dreams (1945) - L'Agitée La part de l'ombre (1945) The Idiot (1946) - Adélaïde Epantchine The Murdered Model (1948) - Madame Malaise Tous les deux (1949) - La cliente Marlene (1949) - Betty The Sinners (1949) - Madame Barattier la Patronne de l'Auberge Branquignol (1949) - Suzanne King Pandora (1950) - Marika The Sleepwalker (1951) - Mademoiselle Thomas Le Plaisir (1952) - Madame Louise dite Cocotte (segment "La Maison Tellier") The Lady of the Camellias (1953) - Prudence The Air of Paris (1954) - Voyageuse Ce soir les jupons volent... (1956) - Madame Pommeau Gervaise (1956) - Mme Boche - la concierge curieuse Burning Fuse (1957) - Mimi Me and the Colonel (1958) - Secretary (uncredited) Love Is My Profession (1958) - Anna - la patronne du restaurant (uncredited) Life Together (1958) - La cuisinière d'Odette Le petit prof (1959) - Mme. Boulard The Bureaucrats (1959) - Madame Nègre Certains l'aiment froide (1960) - Mathilde Rouet, née Valmorin Murder at 45 R.P.M. (1960) - Elsa Candide ou l'optimisme au XXe siècle (1960) - La baronne de Thunder-Ten-Tronck À rebrousse-poil (1961) - Mme. Durand Les amours de Paris (1961) - L'infirmière-major Conduite à gauche (1962) - La cliente The Law of Men (1962) - Madame Thiebaut6 Le couteau dans la plaie (1962) - Mme. Duval, Concierge Moonlight in Maubeuge (1962) - La dame aux courses The Reluctant Spy (1963) - Maria Linas - la diva Les mordus de Paris (1965) Les combinards (1966) - La bouchère de Cussac