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Gisèle Pascal

Biography

Gisèle Pascal (17 September 1921 – 2 February 2007) was a French actress and a former lover of Rainier III, Prince of Monaco.

She was born Gisèle Marie Madeleine Tallone at Cannes in France. Her first movie role was in 1942's L'Arlésienne.

For six years, she was involved in a relationship with Prince Rainier, and lived together in a villa in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat. Princess Antoinette, Baroness of Massy, Rainier's sister, seeking to obtain the throne of Monaco for her own son, spread malicious rumors that Pascal was incapable of bearing children. A contemplated marriage was called off when a medical examination mistakenly reported that she was infertile.

Pascal subsequently married actor Raymond Pellegrin on 8 October 1955 and had a daughter, Pascale Pellegrin, on 12 September 1962.

Known For

The Public Woman
The Public Woman
L'Arlésienne
L'Arlésienne
The Beautiful Adventure
The Beautiful Adventure
Mademoiselle Has Fun
Mademoiselle Has Fun
Nights of Shame
Nights of Shame
Mademoiselle from Paris
Mademoiselle from Paris
Loves, Delights and Organs
Loves, Delights and Organs
Madame et son flirt
Madame et son flirt

Filmography

1988 Juillet en septembre
as Madame Dewacker
1984 The Public Woman
as Gertrude
1984 La Chance aux chansons
as Self
1983 The ComDads
as Louise
1983 At the Top of the Stairs
as Rose
1970 Un caso di coscienza
as Rosaria, moglie del giudice Zarbo
1969 Secret World
as Florence
1963 Seul... à corps perdu
as
1962 The Iron Mask
as Mme de Chaulmes
1959 It Only Happens to the Living
as Anne Brunier
1957 Sylviane de mes nuits
as Gaby Lemontier
1956 Pity for the Vamps
as Jany Cristal-Davis
1956 Cinépanorama
as Self
1956 If Paris Were Told to Us
as Comtesse de G...
1955 Mademoiselle from Paris
as Micheline Bertier
1955 La madone des sleepings
as Lady Diana Wyndham
1954 Fire Under Her Skin
as Thérèse Rabou
1954 Nights of Shame
as Marie-Thérèse Langeac
1954 Boom on Paris
as Self
1954 Royal Affairs in Versailles
as Louise de La Vallière