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Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1928-04-07 (97 years old)

Place of Birth

Paris, France

Françoise Seigner

Biography:

Françoise Seigner (7 April 1928 – 13 October 2008) was a French actress. She is best known for her theatre work, but also acted in a few movies, such as The Wild Child (1970) and the 2005 adaptation of the Agatha Christie novel By the Pricking of My Thumbs (2005). She was the aunt of actresses Emmanuelle and Mathilde Seigner.

Seigner died of pancreatic cancer.

Source: Article "Françoise Seigner" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For

Acting

2005

By the Pricking of My Thumbs as Ada, tante de Bélisaire

1994

Le Fils du cordonnier as Mme Courtois

1993

1992

Princesse Alexandra as Cécile Mabilleau

1987

1982

Les Misérables as The Thénardier

1978

Les femmes savantes as Philaminte

1975

1974

L'avare as Frosine

1973

Tartuffe as Dorine
Le Tartuffe as Dorine

1972

1970

The Wild Child as Madame Guerin

1969

La Commère as Mme Alain

1965