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Geneviève Page
Acting

Geneviève Page
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1927-12-13,Paris, France
Gender
Female
Biography
Geneviève Bonjean (13 December 1927 – 14 February 2025), known professionally as Geneviève Page, was a French actress with a film career spanning fifty years and also numerous English-speaking film productions. She was the daughter of French art collector Jacques Paul Bonjean (1899–1990). Page was born in Paris on 13 December 1927, to a family of aesthetes, like her father Jacques Bonjean, who collected art from 17th century France, and her mother Germaine (born Lipman) Bonjean. Her mother's family was Jewish, and had founded LIP. At the age of six, her godfather Christian Dior played the piano with Page's mother, and talked to Page about talking to adults. She recalls, "He had no money at the time, and drew hats for big houses. He had lunch every other day at home and played the piano, with my mother in my room, with four hands. I took refuge in the bathroom to learn my lessons." At the age of twelve, Page read some works by Voltaire, and to her mother's surprise, her father replied "If she can't read Voltaire, she can't read anyone." Despite this, she was a very talented young girl, playing Musset at Théâtre National Populaire and entering the Conservatory. Her film début was in Pas de pitié pour les femmes (1951), followed by Fanfan la Tulipe (1952), in which she played Madame de Pompadour alongside Gérard Philipe and Gina Lollobrigida. Later, she appeared in Italian, French, British, and American films. She co-starred with Robert Mitchum and Ingrid Thulin in Foreign Intrigue (1956), Dirk Bogarde and Capucine in Song Without End (1960), Charlton Heston and Sophia Loren in El Cid (1961), and was seen in Grand Prix (1966) with James Garner, and Belle de Jour (1967), with Catherine Deneuve and directed by Luis Buñuel. She appeared with Deneuve again when she played Countess Larisch in Mayerling (1968), also co-starring with Ava Gardner and James Mason. Billy Wilder cast her as the mysterious widow in The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970) because the character she played used her sex appeal to manipulate Holmes. She appeared in Robert Altman's Beyond Therapy (1987) and continued to act until 2003. She acted in 1943 in Le Soulier de Satin and in Oh! Les Beaux Jours, both of which were directed by Jean-Louis Barrault Madeleine Renaud Co. Her theatre career continued in the 1980s and 1990s, with Les larmes amères de Petra von Kant (The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant) (1980), La nuit des rois (Twelfth Night, William Shakespeare), La femme sur le lit (The Woman on the Bed, Franco Brusati) 1994, and Delicate Balance (1998). Page was educated at École du Louvre and Conservatoire national des arts et métiers. Page was married to Jean-Claude Bujard from 1959 until his death on 29 August 2011; the couple had two children. In an interview from 2013, she said she was having stewardship problems in her house and that she was "not used to talking anymore". Page died in Paris on 14 February 2025, at the age of 97. Description above from the Wikipedia article Geneviève Page, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Filmography

7.3

Belle de Jour
1967-05-24

5.75

Lovers
1999-12-08

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

6.8

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
1970-10-29

6.117

Deadly Circuit
1983-03-09

Fan-Fan the Tulip

6.7

Fan-Fan the Tulip
1952-03-20

7.068

Buffet Froid
1979-12-19

6.8

El Cid
1961-10-24

Foreign Intrigue

5.731

Foreign Intrigue
1956-06-28

10

Dark Woods
1989-08-23

3.903

Beyond Therapy
1987-02-27

Strange Desire of Mr. Bard

6.308

Strange Desire of Mr. Bard
1954-01-04

No Pity for Women

7

No Pity for Women
1950-08-30

The Day and the Hour

6.762

The Day and the Hour
1963-04-05

Michael Strogoff

6.3

Michael Strogoff
1956-12-14

Pleasures of Paris

7

Pleasures of Paris
1952-11-21

6

Lettre ouverte
1953-03-11

Tender Scoundrel

5.2

Tender Scoundrel
1966-12-12

Youngblood Hawke

6.333

Youngblood Hawke
1964-11-04

Song Without End

4.8

Song Without End
1960-08-11

A Girl in a Pocket

5

A Girl in a Pocket
1957-11-06

Three Rooms in Manhattan

6.093

Three Rooms in Manhattan
1965-11-10

7.455

Le Majordome
1965-03-24

The Reluctant Spy

7.25

The Reluctant Spy
1963-09-03

Decline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher

6

Decline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher
1968-10-30

La chasse à l'homme

0

La chasse à l'homme
1952-10-14

Cherchez la femme

9

Cherchez la femme
1955-08-26

7.2

Grand Prix
1966-12-21

6.25

On the Lam
1971-09-29

Don't Worry, Be Happy

6

Don't Worry, Be Happy
2003-05-14

9

Camille '68
1968-12-23

Ambush in Tangier

6.5

Ambush in Tangier
1957-01-01

Italian Postcards

4

Italian Postcards
1987-03-26

A Talent for Loving

5.167

A Talent for Loving
1969-01-01

6.219

Mayerling
1968-10-31

The Century Is Fifty

7

The Century Is Fifty
1950-03-16

Les gens ne sont pas forcément ignobles

5

Les gens ne sont pas forcément ignobles
1991-06-15

10

December
1973-01-02

Stranger in the House

6.516

Stranger in the House
1992-10-03

6.25

Brother Carl
1971-03-20

The Silken Affair

3.333

The Silken Affair
1956-10-02

Nuits andalouses

9

Nuits andalouses
1954-04-02

Mémoires en fuite

8

Mémoires en fuite
2000-11-08

La Nuit des rois

7

La Nuit des rois
1962-11-15

6

Midi trente
1972-03-06

8.667

Cinépanorama
1956-02-04

Reflets de Cannes

5

Reflets de Cannes
1954-03-25

7

ITV Playhouse
1967-09-25