Marcelle Duc (22 March 1917 – 23 November 2014), known professionally as Hélène Duc, was a French actress. She appeared in Edward and Caroline (1951), Je sais rien, mais je dirai tout (1973), and Tanguy (2001).
Duc played the role of Mahaut, Countess of Artois in the 1972 miniseries Les Rois maudits, and later played Marguerite de Bouville in the 2005 adaptation of the same novels.
In 1983, she performed at the Théâtre de la Gaîté-Montparnasse in a production of Chienne Dactylographe. She was named an officer of the Legion of Honour and Righteous Among the Nations in 2005.
Duc was married to René Catroux, with whom she had two daughters.
Partial filmography
1945: Paris Frills as Une employée de la maison de couture (uncredited) 1951: Edward and Caroline as L'invitée mélomane 1952: The Happiest of Men as L'avocate mondaine 1955: The Grand Maneuver as La préfète (uncredited) 1959: Picnic on the Grass as Isabelle 1960: Le caïd as Edmée 1962: How to Succeed in Love as La femme du directeur des Editions du Soleil 1964: Male Hunt as Madame Armande 1965: Les baratineurs as Marie-Louise du Portail 1966: Les malabars sont au parfum as Tante Berthe 1968: À tout casser as La bourgeoise 1972–1973: Les Rois maudits (TV miniseries) as Mahaut, Countess of Artois 1973: La femme en bleu 1973: Je sais rien, mais je dirai tout as Mme Gastié-Leroy 1975: Le faux-cul as Mamy 1975: Catherine & Co. 1982: Toutes griffes dehors (TV Mini-Series, directed by Michel Boisrond) 1987: Miss Mona as The Mother 1987: Promis... juré! as Bonne Maman 1997: Les Soeurs Soleil as La dame chez le vétérinaire 2001: Un ange as Natacha 2001: Tanguy as Odile Guetz 2003: Laisse tes mains sur mes hanches (directed by Chantal Lauby) as Mme Tatin 2005: Les Rois maudits (TV miniseries) as Marguerite de Bouville 2007: Souffrance as Annie (final film role)
References
External links
Hélène Duc – her activity to save Jews' lives during the Holocaust, at Yad Vashem website