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Geneviève Kervine

Jun 27, 1931 - Sep 05, 1989 (58 years old) in Dakar, Sénégal

Geneviève Kervine (1931–1989) was a French film actress. Born in Dakar in French Senegal, she emerged as a star in the 1950s and was awarded with the Prix Suzanne Bianchetti for the most promising actress in 1955. She was married to the singer and actor Jean Bretonnière.

Kervine was active on stage and in French film productions from 1952 to 1962. Film roles included Les Nuits de Montmartre (1955, based on a novel by Claude Orval), and the female lead in Alerte au Deuxieme Bureau (1956). Her last film role was in C'est Pas Moi, C'est L'autre (1962).

Geneviéve Kervine was married to actor and singer Jean Bretonnière in 1967. They had a son, Marc Bretonnière, who also became an actor, especially successful in voice parts (he was the French voice of Darth Maul, for example). She was 58 when she died from cancer in Paris, in 1989.

Source: Article "Geneviève Kervine" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For

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Airs de France
Self
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This Time it Must Be Caviar
Nancy
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Virgile
Jackie
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Do It Again Callaghan
Carola
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La Traversée de la Loire
Irène
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Une vie de garçon
Lysiane Laborie
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Operation Caviar
Nancy
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Amour, autocar et boîtes de nuit
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Four Days in Paris
Gabrielle Montaron
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Pity for the Vamps
Anne Davis

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