Catherine Samie
French actress (1933–2026)
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::summary French actress (1933–2026) ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Catherine Samie |
| image | Catherine Samie, portrait de Fernand Michaud.jpg |
| caption | Samie in 1981 |
| birth_name | |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Paris, France |
| death_date | |
| death_place | Paris, France |
| occupation | Actress |
| years_active | 1955–2016 |
| alma_mater | National Academy of Dramatic Arts |
| children | |
| awards | Ordre national du Mérite (1998) |
| :: |
| name = Catherine Samie | image = Catherine Samie, portrait de Fernand Michaud.jpg | caption = Samie in 1981 | birth_name = | other_names = | birth_date = | birth_place = Paris, France | death_date = | death_place = Paris, France | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1955–2016 | alma_mater = National Academy of Dramatic Arts | spouse = | children = | awards = Ordre national du Mérite (1998) | website =
Catherine Samie (3 February 1933 – 12 January 2026) was a French actress and member of the Comédie-Française. On 14 July 2011 she became Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor. She was a Catholic. Samie died on 12 January 2026, at the age of 92.
Filmography
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| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | Molière | Toinette / Nicole | Norbert Tildian | Short |
| 1957 | Lovers of Paris | Clémence | Julien Duvivier | |
| 1960 | Les Cinq Dernières Minutes | Annette | Claude Loursais | 1 episode : "Qui trop embrasse" |
| 1962 | La nuit des rois | Maria | Claude Barma | TV movie |
| 1965 | Le carrosse du Saint-Sacrement | Camila Périchole | Daniel Georgeot | TV movie |
| How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning | A resident | Gilles Grangier | Segment "La fermeture" | |
| 1967 | The Oldest Profession | Toinette | Philippe de Broca | Segment "Mademoiselle Mimi" |
| Woman Times Seven | Jeannine | Vittorio De Sica | 1 episode : "Amateur Night" | |
| 1969 | L'émigré de Brisbane | Laura Scaramella | Jean Pignol | TV movie |
| Life Love Death | Julie | Claude Lelouch | ||
| Au théâtre ce soir | Armandine | Pierre Sabbagh | 1 episode : "Le dindon" | |
| 1970 | Elle boit pas, elle fume pas, elle drague pas, mais... elle cause! | Jannou | Michel Audiard | |
| The Daydreamer | Clarisse Guiton | Pierre Richard | ||
| Monsieur de Pourceaugnac | Nérine | Georges Lacombe | TV movie | |
| Au théâtre ce soir | Nini | 1 episode : "Un fil à la patte" | ||
| 1971 | Tang | Léna | André Michel | 8 episodes |
| Au théâtre ce soir | Loulou | Pierre Sabbagh (2) | 3 episodes | |
| 1972 | The Old Maid | Clotilde | Jean-Pierre Blanc | |
| Elle cause plus, elle flingue | Clarisse | Michel Audiard (2) | ||
| Les femmes savantes | Martine | Jean Vernier | TV movie | |
| 1973 | Georges Dandin | Claudine | Jean Dewever | TV movie |
| Un ange au paradis | Suzanne | Jean-Pierre Blanc (2) | ||
| 1974 | La grande Paulette | Denise | Gérald Calderon | |
| Nouvelles de Henry James | Kate Cookham | Claude Chabrol | 1 episode : "Le banc de la désolation" | |
| 1975 | Le médecin malgré lui | Jacqueline | Lazare Iglesis | TV movie |
| 1977 | Mini-chroniques | Toinette | Jean-Marie Coldefy | 1 episode : "Rêves d'enfant" |
| 1978 | Les folies Offenbach | Hortense Schneider | Michel Boisrond | TV mini-series (3 episodes) |
| Claudine | Mlle Sergent | Édouard Molinaro | 1 episode : "Claudine à l'école" | |
| Vas-y maman | The gynecologist | Nicole de Buron | ||
| On ne badine pas avec l'amour | Dame Pluche | Roger Kahane | TV movie | |
| 1979 | Hothead | Mme Brochard | Jean-Jacques Annaud | |
| 1980 | Cinéma 16 | Maud | Patrick Jamain | 1 episode : "C'est grand chez toi" |
| 1981 | La puce et le privé | The pharmacist | Roger Kay | |
| Les plaisirs de l'île enchantée | Mme Pernelle | Dirk Sanders | TV movie | |
| Histoire contemporaine | Mme Bergeret | Michel Boisrond (2) | TV mini-series | |
| L'épreuve | Mme Argante | Jacques Audoir | TV movie | |
| 1983 | L'ami de Vincent | Odette | Pierre Granier-Deferre | |
| 1984 | Jacques le fataliste et son maître | The 'Grand deer' hostess | Claude Santelli | TV movie |
| 1985 | The Chicks | Simone | Annick Lanoë | |
| 1989 | Tolérance | Marie-The | Pierre-Henry Salfati | |
| 1991 | Gawin | Marthe | Arnaud Sélignac | |
| My Life Is Hell | Flo Lemonier | Josiane Balasko | ||
| 1993 | Grossesse nerveuse | Antoinette | Denis Rabaglia | TV movie |
| 1994 | Julie Lescaut | Jeanne | Josée Dayan | 1 episode : "Ville haute, ville basse" |
| La guerre des privés | Mme Marony | Josée Dayan (2) | 1 episode : "Tchao poulet" | |
| 1995 | French Twist | The Prostitute | Josiane Balasko (2) | |
| Jefferson in Paris | Cook | James Ivory | ||
| Ce que savait Maisie | Mme Wix | Édouard Molinaro (2) | TV movie | |
| 1996 | The Green Beautiful | The midwife | Coline Serreau | |
| Bernie | Grandmother | Albert Dupontel | ||
| 1997 | Une soupe aux herbes sauvages | Old Justine | Alain Bonnot | TV movie |
| Sous les pieds des femmes | The neighbor | Rachida Krim | ||
| Un homme digne de confiance | Aurélie's mother | Philippe Monnier | TV movie | |
| Les précieuses ridicules | Marotte | Georges Bensoussan | TV movie | |
| 1998 | La mort du chinois | Jocelyne | Jean-Louis Benoît | |
| 1999 | L'impromptu de Versailles | Mlle de Brie | Georges Bensoussan (2) | TV movie |
| Le mariage forcé | First Egyptian | Stéphane Bertin | TV movie | |
| L'école des femmes | Georgette | Michel Favart | TV movie | |
| 2000 | Salsa | Letty | Joyce Buñuel | |
| Deux femmes à Paris | Aunt Hannah | Caroline Huppert | TV movie | |
| 2002 | La dernière lettre | Anna Semyonovna | Frederick Wiseman | |
| 2003 | Le Divorce | Madame Florian | James Ivory | |
| Les femmes savantes | Bélise | Georges Bensoussan (3) | TV movie | |
| 2004 | They Came Back | Martha | Robin Campillo | |
| Victoire | The psychoanalyst | Stéphanie Murat | ||
| 2005 | Independent Lens | Anna Semionovna | Frederick Wiseman (2) | 1 episode : "The Last Letter/Zyklon Portrait/The Walnut Tree" |
| 2007 | Mange, ceci est mon corps | Madame's mother | Michelange Quay | |
| 2010 | 22 Bullets | Stella Matteï | Richard Berry | |
| La vénitienne | Maryvonne Levasseur | Saara Saarela | TV movie | |
| 2011 | À la recherche du temps perdu | Marcel's grandmother | Nina Companeez | TV movie |
| Gérald K Gérald | Élisabeth Rappeneau | TV movie | ||
| 2016 | News from Planet Mars | The mother | Dominik Moll | |
| The Origin of Violence | Clémentine Fabre | Élie Chouraqui | ||
| Links of Life | Gisèle | Marie-Hélène Roux | ||
| Capitaine Marleau | Hadrienne Nobecourt | Josée Dayan (3) | 1 episode | |
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References
References
- "Comédie Française biography".
- 'La promotion du 14 juillet de la Légion d'honneur', in ''[[Le Figaro]]'', 14 July 2011 [http://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/2011/07/14/01016-20110714DIMWWW00310-la-promotion-du-14-juillet-de-la-legion-d-honneur.php]
- Marnie Winston-Macauley, ''Yiddishe Mamas: The Truth About the Jewish Mother'', [[Andrews McMeel Publishing]], 2007, p. 298 [https://books.google.com/books?id=KSEkyUZOxG0C&dq=%22Catherine+Samie%22&pg=PA298]
- https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2026/01/12/catherine-samie-grande-actrice-et-pilier-de-la-comedie-francaise-est-morte_6661524_3382.html
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