Jany Gastaldi (May 1948 – 24 November 2024) was a French stage and film actress.

Life and career

Gastaldi was a student of

Antoine Vitez Antoine Vitez (; 20 December 1930 – 30 April 1990) was a French actor, director, and poet. He became a central character and influence on the French theater in the post-war period, especially in the technique of teaching drama. He was also tr ...

at the

Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique The Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique (; "National Academy of Dramatic Arts"; abbr. CNSAD) is France's national drama academy, located in Paris and a constituent college of University PSL. It is a higher education institution r ...

. As a stage actress Gastaldi worked with Vitez in several plays, including in ''Andromaque'', ''Les Miracles, ''Le Misanthrope'', ''Hamlet'' and ''Le Soulier de satin''. She played in such movies as ''

Solemn Communion ''Solemn Communion'' () is a 1977 French comedy-drama film directed by René Féret. It was entered into the 1977 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Christian Drillaud as Young Charles Gravet * Claude Bouchery as Jules Ternolain * Isabelle Cailla ...

'', '' Édith et Marcel'' and ''

Mina Tannenbaum ''Mina Tannenbaum'' is a 1994 French film written and directed by Martine Dugowson, her debut feature. It stars Romane Bohringer and Elsa Zylberstein. It won the Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and was nom ...

''. In 1990, she won the

Prix du Syndicat de la critique The prix du Syndicat de la critique is a French prize is awarded by the Professional Critic Union Association Professionnelle de la Critique de théâtre, de musique et de danse{{Cite web , title=Syndicat Professionnel de la critique de théât ...

for best actress for her role in ''

Phaedra Phaedra may refer to: Mythology * Phaedra (mythology), Cretan princess, daughter of Minos and Pasiphaë, wife of Theseus Arts and entertainment * Phaedra (Cabanel), ''Phaedra'' (Cabanel), an 1880 painting by Alexandre Cabanel *House of Phaedra ...

in . Gastaldi died on 24 November 2024, at the age of 76. French minister of culture

Rachida Dati Rachida Dati (, ; born 27 November 1965) is a French politician and former magistrate who has been Minister of Culture (France), Minister of Culture since January 2024 in the Attal government, government of Gabriel Attal, the Barnier government, ...

wrote an obituary after her death.Hommage de Mme Rachida DATI, ministre de la Culture, à Mme Jany GASTALDI
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References

1948 births 2024 deaths French film actresses French stage actresses Monegasque women Place of death missing {{France-film-actor-1940s-stub