Geneviève Gabrielle Grad (French pronunciation: [ʒənvjɛv ɡabʁijɛl ɡʁa]; 5 July 1944 – 8 November 2024) was a French actress.

Geneviève Grad
Grad in 1963
Born
Geneviève Gabrielle Grad

(1944-07-05)5 July 1944
Died8 November 2024(2024-11-08) (aged 80)
OccupationActress
Years active1959–1989
Known forGendarme of Saint-Tropez
Capitaine Fracasse
Spouse
Jean Guillaume
(m. 1993)
PartnerIgor Bogdanoff
Children1

Career

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Grad played Nicole Cruchot, the daughter of police officer Ludovic Cruchot (Louis de Funès) in the first three films of the Gendarme of Saint-Tropez series from 1964 to 1968.

Among others, she played in two films with Paul Guers as his partner: Flash Love (1972) and Libertés sexuelles (1977).

She also appeared in several made for television films and television series in the 1960s and 1970s.

Personal life and death

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Grad had a son with Igor Bogdanoff. She married Jean René André Yvon Guillaume on 19 March 1993.[1] She lived in Vendôme in the Loir-et-Cher.

Grad died from cancer at a clinic in La Chaussée-Saint-Victor, on 8 November 2024, at the age of 80.[2]

Filmography

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References

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  1. ^ Geneviève Grad at IMDb
  2. ^ "Mort de Geneviève Grad, interprète du fameux « Douliou douliou Saint-Tropez »" [Death of Geneviève Grad, performer of the famous “Douliou douliou Saint-Tropez”] (in French). Le Parisien. 8 November 2024. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
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