Micheline Dax (3 March 1924 – 27 April 2014) was a French film and stage actress and singer. She did the voice to Ursula in the French dub in Disney's "The Little Mermaid".
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Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. ...
-born actress was born Micheline Josette Renée Etevenon. She died on 27 April 2014, aged 90, near Paris.
Filmography
Selected filmography
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Branquignol
''Branquignol'' is a 1949 French comedy film directed by Robert Dhéry and starring Colette Brosset, Julien Carette and Annette Poivre.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.143 It takes its name from a comedy troupe of the same name. It was shot at the Epinay ...
'' (1949) .... Aurélie de la Molette
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Rue de l'Estrapade'' (1953) ... Denise
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Women of Paris'' (1953) .... La snob indécise
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Ah! Les belles bacchantes'' (1954) .... Petit rôle (uncredited)
* ''Pas de souris dans le business'' (1955)
* ''La villa Sans-Souci'' (1955) .... Mme Jarewski
* ''M'sieur la Caille'' (1955)
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If Paris Were Told to Us
''If Paris Were Told to Us'' (french: Si Paris nous était conté) is a 1956 French historical film directed and written by Sacha Guitry. The admissions in France were 2,813,682 people.https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048616/business
Principal cast ...
'' (1956) .... Yvette Guilbert
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Don Juan
Don Juan (), also known as Don Giovanni ( Italian), is a legendary, fictional Spanish libertine who devotes his life to seducing women. Famous versions of the story include a 17th-century play, ''El burlador de Sevilla y convidado de piedra'' ...
'' (1956) .... Doña Elvira
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Short Head
''Short Head'' (French: '' Courte tête'') is a 1956 French comedy film directed by Norbert Carbonnaux, written by Michel Audiard and starring Fernand Gravey, Micheline Dax and Jean Richard. The film is known under the alternative title ''Ph ...
'' (1956) ... Lola d'Héricourt
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The Seventh Commandment'' (1957) .... La brune remplaçante
* ''Printemps à Paris'' (1957)
* ''Miss Catastrophe'' (1957) .... Olga
* ''L'Ami de la famille'' (1957) .... Tante Zezette
* ''Ce joli monde'' (1957) .... Lulu
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Mimi Pinson'' (1958) .... Madame Louise
* ''Sacrée jeunesse'' (1958) .... Mathilde Billard
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The Bureaucrats'' (1959) .... Gaby
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Love and the Frenchwoman
''Love and the Frenchwoman'' is the US title of a 1960 French anthology film originally entitled ''La française et l'amour''. It starred Jean-Paul Belmondo and Dany Robin.
The movie was a big hit in France with admissions of 3,056,736. '' (1960) .... Lulu (segment "Enfance, L'")
* ''À rebrousse-poil'' (1961) .... Charlotte
* ''Le pavé de Paris'' (1961) .... La fille à la prison
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It's Not My Business'' (1962) .... Paula
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Six in Paris'' (1965) .... Prostitute (segment "Rue Saint-Denis")
* ''Les mordus de Paris'' (1965)
* ''A nous deux, Paris!'' (1966) .... Carmen
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Tender Scoundrel'' (1966) .... Marjorie
* ''Le grand bidule'' (1967) .... Lola Gopec
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Asterix and Cleopatra
''Asterix and Cleopatra'' is the sixth book in the Asterix album series by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo. It was first published in serial form in ''Pilote'' magazine, issues 215–257, in 1963.
Synopsis
The book begins with an argument ...
'' (1968) .... Cléopâtre (voice)
* ''La honte de la famille'' (1969) .... Célestine Maspie
* ''Ces messieurs de la gâchette'' (1970) .... La directrice de l'usine
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Tintin and the Lake of Sharks
''Tintin and the Lake of Sharks'' (french: link=no, Tintin et le lac aux requins) is a 1972 French-Belgian animated film, animated adventure film based on ''The Adventures of Tintin'', directed by Raymond Leblanc. It was not written by Hergé (w ...
'' (1972) .... Bianca Castafiore (voice)
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A Slightly Pregnant Man
''A Slightly Pregnant Man'' (french: L'Événement le plus important depuis que l'homme a marché sur la Lune, lit=The Most Important Event Since Man Walked on the Moon; it, Niente di grave, suo marito è incinto, lit=No Big Deal, Your Husband I ...
'' (1973) .... Madame Corfa
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La dernière bourrée à Paris
''La dernière bourrée à Paris'' is a 1973 French comedy film, directed by Raoul André.
Plot
Berthe who live a too peaceful life is fascinated by the film Brando loves in Last Tango in Paris. From there, she saw only through the eyes of the ...
'' (1973) .... La propriètaire de l'appartement
* ''Vos gueules les mouettes!'' (1974) .... Mme Le Marlec
* ''Flat Out'' (1975) .... Chantal Moreau
* ''L'acrobate'' (1976) .... Mme Lamour
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The Twelve Tasks of Asterix
''The Twelve Tasks of Asterix'' (''Les Douze travaux d'Astérix'') is a 1976 Belgian/French animated feature film based on the ''Asterix'' comic book series, and the third in the animated franchise. René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo, the creato ...
'' (1976) .... High Priestess (voice)
* ''Le grand fanfaron'' (1976) .... La colonelle Popoti
* ''En cas de guerre mondiale, je file à l'étranger'' (1983) .... L'animatrice TV
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Lucky Luke
''Lucky Luke'' is a Western ''bande dessinée'' series created by Belgian cartoonist Morris in 1946. Morris wrote and drew the series single-handedly until 1955, after which he started collaborating with French writer René Goscinny. Their par ...
'' (1984-1985, TV Series) .... Calamity Jane (voice)
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The Little Mermaid
"The Little Mermaid" ( da, Den lille havfrue) is a literary fairy tale written by the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. The story follows the journey of a young mermaid who is willing to give up her life in the sea as a mermaid to gain a ...
'' (1989) .... Ursula (voice)
* ''Pentimento'' (1989) .... Christiane
* ''Les clés du paradis'' (1991) .... Olga
* ''La joie de vivre'' (1993) .... Muguette
* ''Violetta la reine de la moto'' (1997) .... Rita
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L'Ex-femme de ma vie
''The Ex-Wife of My Life'' or ''L'Ex-femme de ma vie'' is a 2005 French comedy-drama film directed by Josiane Balasko and starring Balasko, Karin Viard and Thierry Lhermitte. It is the sixth film directed by Balasko.
Plot
Tom is a successful p ...
'' (2004) .... Madame Belin
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Max & Co
''Max & Co'' is a 2007 stop-motion animated feature film released in Belgium, France, and Switzerland in February 2008. It won the Audience Award at the 2007 Annecy International Animated Film Festival. With its budget of CHF 30 million (€18 ...
'' (2008) .... Madame Doudou (voice)
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Park Benches
''Park Benches'' (french: Bancs Publics (Versailles rive droite)) is a 2009 French film directed by Bruno Podalydès, with an all-star cast.
Plot
''Bancs Publics'' tells the story of a lonely man, observed by employees from an office across the ...
'' (2009) .... The philosophe
* ''La femme invisible (d'après une histoire vraie)'' (2009) .... Mamie
Television
*''La Vie parisienne'' (1967) (as Metella), directed by
Yves-André Hubert
Yves-André Hubert is a French actor, television film director and theatre ''metteur en scène''. He received a Sept d'or award in 1988 for '' L'Affaire Marie Besnard''.
Filmography
* 1961 : ''Youm et les longues moustaches''
* 1962 : '' Les ...
(television version of 1958 stage production by
Jean-Louis Barrault
Jean-Louis Bernard Barrault (; 8 September 1910 – 22 January 1994) was a French actor, director and mime artist who worked on both screen and stage.
Biography
Barrault was born in Le Vésinet in France in 1910. His father was 'a Burgundi ...
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[Yon, Jean-Claude. ''Jacques Offenbach.'' Éditions Gallimard, Paris, 2000, p663.]
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Les Monos
''Les Monos'' is a French television drama and comedy series which premiered in France in 1999
Synopsis
Monoskiing is two experienced teachers who help teenagers in trouble by organizing practice during scholastic vacation. Every episode is opp ...
'' (2003 - Season 1, Episode 10) ... Germaine
Awards
* 1999 Nominated for
Molière Award for Best Supporting Actress
Molière Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Superlatives
Winners and nominees
* 1987 : Sabine Haudepin in ''Kean''
**Anne Alvaro in ''Tonight We Improvise'' (''Ce soir on improvise'')
**Catherine Arditi in ''Adriana Monti''
** Lucienne Hamon i ...
(Frederick or the Crime Boulevard)
* 2004 Nominated for
Molière Award for Best Actress
Molière Award for Best Actress.
Superlatives
Winners and nominees
* 1987 : Suzanne Flon in '' Léopold le bien aimé''
** Nicole Garcia in ''Two for the Seesaw'' (''Deux sur la balançoire'')
** Denise Grey in ''Harold and Maude'' (''Harold ...
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Driving Miss Daisy
'' Driving Miss Daisy'' is a 1989 American comedy-drama film directed by Bruce Beresford and written by Alfred Uhry, based on his 1987 play of the same name. The film stars Jessica Tandy, Morgan Freeman, and Dan Aykroyd. Freeman reprised his ...
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References
External links
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1924 births
2014 deaths
Actresses from Paris
French film actresses
French stage actresses
French voice actresses
Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur
Commandeurs of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
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