

Acting
Andrée Micheline Ghislaine Tainsy (26 April 1911 – 19 December 2004) was a Belgian actress. She worked with several notable actors like Philippe Noiret, Jean Louis Trintignant, Charlotte Rampling and famous directors like Claude Chabrol, Costas Gavras and François Ozon. Tainsy began her career with theater plays and her first film debut was in 1945, followed by over 80 different cinema and TV works as co-star. She worked until the day of her death. She was born in Etterbeek, Belgium. Andrée Tainsy attended Brussels' Conservatory, where she trained to become a theater performer in the early...
Highest rated appearances

Twice a Woman
Adieu voyages lents
as La mère

A. Constant
as Jeanne

Gloria
as Estelle

Spoiled Children
as Madame Descombes

Solemn Communion
as Charlotte Fourcignie

Love and Death
as Woman (uncredited)

Let Joy Reign Supreme
as Nun

Le Tour d'Écrou
as Mme Grose

The Watchmaker of St. Paul
as Madeleine Fourmet

A Slightly Pregnant Man
as Clarisse de Saint-Clair

Handsome Face

La Mare au diable
as Mère Maurice

Man with the Transplanted Brain

Le Sagouin
as 'Fraulein'

Faustine and the Beautiful Summer
as The Grandmother

Le Prussien
as Yvonne

The Strangler
as Jeanne

Too Small My Friend
as Mme Herbin

Z
as Nick's Mother

Hedda Gabler
as Julie Tesman

The Mad Dog

The Devil's Tricks
as La mère de Ginette

How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
as Germaine, la gouvernante de Léon (sketch "Les Bons Vivants")

Fantomas
as Habilleuse

Diary of a Chambermaid
as La paysanne

Assassin's Check
as La marchande de journaux

Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case
as Club Hula-Hoop Manager (uncredited)

End of Desire
as Ludivine - la servante

Demoniac
as Business card seller

Les Lumières du soir
as Job seeker

Mannequins of Paris

Stain on the Snow
as (uncredited)

Holiday for Henrietta
as (uncredited)

Matrimonial Agency
as (uncredited)

My Wife Is Formidable
as la femme de ménage

Julie de Carneilhan
as Madame Sabrier

No More Vacation for the Good Lord