Geneviève Kervine

Biography

Geneviève Kervine (1931–1989) was a French film actress. Born in Dakar in French Senegal, she emerged as a star in the 1950s and was awarded with the Prix Suzanne Bianchetti for the most promising actress in 1955. She was married to the singer and actor Jean Bretonnière.

Kervine was active on stage and in French film productions from 1952 to 1962. Film roles included Les Nuits de Montmartre (1955, based on a novel by Claude Orval), and the female lead in Alerte au Deuxieme Bureau (1956). Her last film role was in C'est Pas Moi, C'est L'autre (1962).

Geneviéve Kervine was married to actor and singer Jean Bretonnière in 1967. They had a son, Marc Bretonnière, who also became an actor, especially successful in voice parts (he was the French voice of Darth Maul, for example). She was 58 when she died from cancer in Paris, in 1989.

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Known For

Pity for the Vamps

Wonderful Mentality

It's Not My Business

Nest of Spies

Operation Caviar

This Time it Must Be Caviar

The Night of the Suspects

Four Days in Paris

Five Million in Cash

Filmography

1980 Peau de vache

as Pauline Labbé

1962 It's Not My Business

as Monique Darzel, une chanteuse de la troupe

1962 La Traversée de la Loire

as Irène

1961 This Time it Must Be Caviar

as Nancy

1961 Operation Caviar

as Nancy

1961 Do It Again Callaghan

as Carola

1960 Towards Ecstasy

as Anne-Marie

1960 Amour, autocar et boîtes de nuit

as Jacynthe

1959 Soupe au lait

as Francine Berthaut

1959 Discorama

as Self

1958 A Certain Mr. Jo

as Simone Couturier

1957 The Night of the Suspects

as Suzon Farnoux

1957 Paris Music Hall

as Irène

1957 The Crazy Hostel

as Josée

1957 Five Million in Cash

as Arlette Gerbois

1957 Une gosse « sensass »

as Barbara Morrow

1956 Nest of Spies

as Martine Duverger

1956 Pity for the Vamps

as Anne Davis

1955 Four Days in Paris

as Gabrielle Montaron

1955 Pleasures and Vices

as Marie