Personal Info
Birth date
1931-10-21 (93 Years)
Day of death
2016-06-25
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Saint-Cloud, Seine-et-Oise [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
Also known as
Nicole Marie Jeanne Andrieu
Николь Курсель
Nicole Courcel
Biography
Nicole Marie Jeanne Andrieu (21 October 1931 – 25 June 2016), better known as Nicole Courcel, was a French actress who achieved popularity through the 1950s and 1960s, though she is mostly unknown outside of France. Born in Saint-Cloud, in the western suburbs of Paris, she appeared in 43 films between 1947 and 1979. After working as an extra in a few films, she won a major role in Rendez-vous de juillet (1949), with Brigitte Auber. In 1970 she turned to television, appearing in different television films and miniseries, in which she continued to work until 2004. Courcel is best known for her role in Serge Bourguignon's Sundays and Cybele (1962). She had notable parts in: La Marie du port (1950, opposite Jean Gabin), Sacha Guitry's Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954), and La Sorcière (1956, opposite Marina Vlady). Source: Article "Nicole Courcel" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Filmography
Apostrophes
8.5
Overview:
Apostrophes was a live, weekly, literary, prime-time, talk show on French television created and hosted by Bernard Pivot. It ran for fifteen years (724 episodes) from January 10, 1975, to June 22, 1990, and was one of the most watched shows on French television (around 6 million regular viewers). It was broadcast on Friday nights on the channel France 2 (which was called "Antenne 2" from 1975 to 1992). The hourlong show was devoted to books, authors and literature. The format varied between one-on-one interviews with a single author and open discussions between four or five authors.Les Thibault
6.7
Overview:
Between 1905 and 1918, the opposing destinies of two brothers from a large Catholic bourgeois family.The Night of the Generals
6.837
Overview:
A German intelligence officer investigates a prostitute's killing in Warsaw during World War II. He lands on three major Nazi generals as suspects, two of whom are also involved in a plot to kill Adolf Hitler.Testament of Orpheus
7.7
Overview:
An 18th century poet travels through time in search of divine wisdom. In a mysterious wasteland, he has a series of enigmatic encounters with symbolic phantoms with whom he muses about the nature of art and his own career. Ultimately, the poet strives to achieve his rebirth as a celestial being.The Beguines
5.6
Overview:
Hélène, a fragile and romantic teenager, discovers that her father, a rich business man, has a mistress. Curious, she decides to go and meet this woman who is described as strange. At the first chance she has she goes to her house in the Ramparts of Béguines... from then on she goes back often, discovering a new world of artists and nightowls where she also experiences love in the arms of Tamara.Sundays and Cybele
7.1
Overview:
The tragic story of a young orphan girl who is befriended by an innocent but emotionally disabled veteran of the French Indochina War.Royal Affairs in Versailles
6.8
Overview:
Witty narration follows the history of Versailles Palace; founded by Louis XIII, enlarged by autocratic Louis XIV, whose personal affairs and amours, and those of his two successors, are followed in more detail to the start of the Revolution, after which the story is brought rapidly up to date. A huge cast plays mainly historical persons who appear briefly.Money Money Money
6.7
Overview:
When they realize the times are changing, five crooks decide to switch from bank robberies to personality abductions.The Blonde Witch
6.2
Overview:
Brulard, a French civil engineer on assignment in a remote Swedish village, meets Ina, who has been raised in forested isolation by her haggish mother and believes herself to be a witch. He falls in love with her and tries to convert her to civilization; but in the meantime, his female boss, Kristina, has fallen in love with him, while the villagers turn against him for consorting with someone they believe is cursed by the Devil.Amazons of Rome
4.5
Overview:
Marching down the Italian peninsula to sack ancient Rome, Etruscan warrior Drusco instead offers to hold back his onslaught if the Romans hand over hostages, including Clelia, the sexy leader of a clan of woman warriors. But before long, intrigue and betrayal unravel the fragile peace. Directors Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia and Vittorio Cottafavi helm this vintage sword-and-sandal epic.The Case of Dr. Laurent
6.911
Overview:
Le Cas Du Dr. Laurent (The Case of Dr. Laurent) stars Jean Gabin as a Paris-based doctor who tries to spread the gospel of Natural Childbirth. Working in a cloistered rural community, Gabin runs up against the stone walls of fear and prejudice. His theories are proven sound when unwed mother Nicole Courcel gives birth within Gabin's methodology. The childbirth sequence is filmed straight-on with a delicate combination of taste and frankness. Nonetheless, the lurid ad campaign of Cas Du Dr. Laurent sensationalized this sequence all out of proportion.Rendezvous in July
5.692
Overview:
Hopes and love and ambitions and friendship in a group of young jazz-loving Parisians.Tomorrow Is My Turn
6.5
Overview:
Following the defeat of France by Germany during WWII, two French soldiers are taken to a German farm as forced laborers.The Slap
6.689
Overview:
A Parisian teacher loses his cool when his teenage daughter tells him she plans to drop out of school and move in with her boyfriend.Antoine & Antoinette
6.289
Overview:
1947, in France, Antoine and Antoinette, a young couple living in Paris, lead a monotonous existence: he works in a print shop while she is a shop assistant. But one evening, they regain hope: Antoine finds a winning lottery ticket in his girlfriend's handbag. He decides to cash it in, but loses his wallet. What follows is a series of twists and turns that redefine the couple's priorities while forcing them to remain optimistic.Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!
5.2
Overview:
Henri IV falls in love with the young Charlotte de Montmorency, 40 years his junior. The king decided to marry her off to his nephew, Henri de Condé, so that he could later make her his mistress.Stars Meet in Moscow
NYR
Overview:
Documentary essay about the First Moscow International Film Festival, held in August 1959, about its participants and guests - Soviet and foreign actors, directors who came to the film forum.No Exit
6
Overview:
The scene is a tawdry hotel room in Limbo, where several damned souls are gathered. At first, the group fails to comprehend where they are or why they're there. When the horrible truth dawns upon them, they carp and snipe at one another, blaming everyone but themselves for their dismal fate.Marie of the Port
5.8
Overview:
Henri Chatelard is well into his forties, owns a restaurant and a cinema in the city, and appreciates women. When he meets Marie, an 18-ish strong-head who just lost her father in a small fishing village, it is not clear who is the hunter and who is the prey.Papa, Mama, My Wife and Me
5.8
Overview:
Robert Langlois is now married to Catherine, the former housemaid. And they would live happily ever after if the housing crisis did not force them to live together with Gabrielle and Fernand, Robert's parents. For, despite the good will on either side, tension soon arises. What else to expect when there is too little space in their Montmartre apartment for four people (then for six then eight, the couple having... two pairs of twins!) ; the continued presence there of Fernand (who loves peace and quiet) after he is driven to retirement ; the difficult beginnings of Robert as a lawyer in a room of the apartment, etc... Other troubles follow and the harried family is on the verge of implosion...Milady
3.3
Overview:
Milady De Winter, a beautiful femme fatale without scruples, plays with the feelings of her suitors. And sometimes very dangerously.The Man Who Walked Through the Wall
6.7
Overview:
Mr. Buchsbaum, third class taxes employee, lives a peaceful life until the new chief immediately criticizes his work. His only confort is his stamps collection. Sadly, even this consolation and his peace are threatened by a new, charming, neighbour who teaches piano. Increasingly infuriated, he discovers accidentally one evening that he has the ability to go through walls. With this power, he decides to settle the scores, firstly with his boss who downgraded him.Boom on Paris
5.4
Overview:
In the early 1950s, the popular radio show "La Kermesse aux Étoiles", hosted by the famous Jean Nohain, mixing lottery games and performances of various artists, will be disrupted by the adventures of a man and his fiancée seeking to recover a dangerous bottle of perfume (explosive) which was unfortunately mixed with the prizes to be won ...Acting
2004Milady as Jeanne De Breuil
2003Les Thibault (4 Episodes) as Violette
1984Dialogues des Carmélites as Mère Marie de l'incarnation
1983Credo as Olga Talberg
1982Champs-Elysées (2 Episodes) as Self
1979L'Esprit de famille as Hélène Moreau
1975Numéro un (3 Episodes) as Self
1975Thomas as Florence, the mother
1975Apostrophes (1 Episode) as Self
1974Madame Bovary as Emma Bovary
1974The Slap as Madeleine
1973A Police Officer Without Importance as Fabienne Fresse
1972The Beguines as Tamara
1972Money Money Money as Nicole
1972Midi trente (2 Episodes) as Self
1972Le Grand Échiquier (1 Episode) as Self
1971The Strangler as Claire, the prostitute
1967La Parisienne as Clotilde Dumesnil
1967The Night of the Generals as Raymonde
1966The Devil's Tricks as La patronne de la guinguette
1965Nick Carter and Red Club as Dora Beckmann
1963Stop Train 349 as Nurse Kathy
1962Sundays and Cybele as Madeleine
1962Konga Yo as Marie
1961Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love! as Jacqueline de Bueil
1961Amazons of Rome as Lucilla, Porcenna's wife
1961Paris Loves as Nicole Lasnier
1960Tomorrow Is My Turn as Florence
1960Arden de Faversham as Alice
1960Testament of Orpheus as The Young Mother (uncredited)
1959The Man Who Walked Through the Wall as Yvonne Steiner - eine Französin
1959Stars Meet in Moscow as Unknown
1958The Lady and the Gipsy as Georgina Welles
1958La dame de Noël as Unknown
1957La peau de l'ours as Anne-Marie Ledrut
1957The Inspector Likes a Fight as Unknown
1957The Case of Dr. Laurent as Francine Payot
1956The Blonde Witch as Kristina Lundgren
1956Club of Women as Nicole Leroy
1956Cinépanorama (2 Episodes) as Self
1955Papa, Mama, My Wife and Me as Catherine Langlois, l'épouse de Robert
1954No Exit as Olga
1954Papa, Mama, the Maid and I as Catherine Liseray, young neighbor
1954Vice Dolls as Véronique Gaudin
1954Nights of Shame as Maria
1954The Big Flag as Madeleine
1954Le collège en folie as Lydia
1954Boom on Paris as Self
1954Royal Affairs in Versailles as Mrs. de Chalis
1953Fatal Affair as Léone Fassler
1951Gigolo as Dominique
1951The Lovers of Bras-Mort as Monique Levers
1950Marie of the Port as Marie Le Flem
1949Rendezvous in July as Christine Courcel
1948In the Eyes of Memory as A student from the Simon course
1948Monelle as Waitress at the restaurant (uncredited)
1947Antoine & Antoinette as Unknown