His mischievous smile and his subtle acting have made the happiness of many comedies and dramas.
The actress Anna Gaylor, noticed in the committed works of Alain Jessua (
Life in reverse
,
Shock treatment
,
Armageddon
,
The Dogs
...) and in very popular films like
The Visitors
or more recently
The Heart of men
died on September 20 at the age of 89.
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It was the director Aytl Jensen who announced the sad news on his Instagram account by paying him a first tribute: “She
was a close friend for years.
She was a beautiful, sensitive and touching person.
I'm so sad.
Rest in peace my Anna of love.
I already miss you.
The actress, still active, had just played, for him, his own character in a sitcom called
The Adventures of Aytl Jensen
.
From tragedy to comedy
Anna Senioutovitch, her name in the city, was born on May 13, 1932 in Paris.
She took classes at the Conservatoire in Paris in the early 1950s.
She rubbed shoulders with troublemakers from the famous band of Jean-Paul Belmondo such as Jean-Pierre Marielle, Jean Rochefort, Pierre Vernier and other Georges Beaune.
Read also Belmondo, head of the Conservatory band, who devoured life
After making her debut as it should on the stage in 1952 in
We can never say
by George Bernard Shaw, the young actress obtains two important roles in two films produced across the Channel:
The Seven Thunders
(
Seven Thunders
) of the Argentinian Hugo Fregonese in 1957 then the following year,
Meeting in Kenya
(
Nor the Moon by Night
) with Englishman Ken Annakin.
Anna Gaylor and Stephen Boyd in The Seven Thunders by Hugo Fregonese in 1957 Leemage / Everett
In 1961, she married director Alain Jessua. For the cinema, aware of his talents as an interpreter, he decided to make her his muse by giving her important roles in his films. Anna Gaylor will work no less than eight under her direction from 1964 (
La vie upside down
) to 1988 (
In all innocence
) in works where her talents as a tragedian were revealed with as much force as subtlety.
A formidable actress in dramas, Anna Gaylor also loved to bring the funniest comedies to life. She plays from the 70s in the best of the genre, often under the direction of Philippe de Broca. We will see her, often facetious, embodying outstanding supporting roles in films as popular as
L'incorrigible
(1975), where she reunites with Belmondo,
Tendre Poulet
(1978),
Le Cavaleur
(1979),
On a volé la cuisse de Jupiter.
(1980). In 1993, Jean-Marie Poiré, who knew his comic talents, entrusted him with the character of Thibaude de Montfaucon, the mother of Godefroy, count of Montmirail, in
The Visitors
.
In the 2000s, the cinema did not forget it.
Marc Esposito chooses her to play Marie, Manu's mother in
Le Cœur des hommes
.
She will participate in the two suites, because this actress of the heart had become essential to this story of friends of the 21st century.
