Anny Duperey (; born Annie Legras; 28 June 1947) is a French actress, published photographer and best-selling author with a career spanning almost six decades as of 2021 and more than eighty cinema or television credits, around thirty theatre productions and 15 books. She is a five-time Molière Award for Best Actress nominee (known as the French Tony Awards), was awarded two 7 d'Or (equivalent to the Emmy Awards) and was nominated for the César Award for Best Supporting Actress (known as the French Oscars) for Yves Robert's Pardon Mon Affaire (1976). In 1977, she received the awarded by the Académie Française. She is more commercially known for her leading role as Catherine Beaumont in the TF1 hit series Une famille formidable which ran for 15 seasons (1992–2018) regularly topping national primetime viewership numbers and also broadcast throughout French-speaking Europe peaking at 11 million viewers in France alone. Some of her most notable feature films include Jean-Luc Godard's Two or Three Things I Know About Her (1967); Roger Vadim's Spirits of the Dead (1968); André Hunebelle's The Return of Monte Cristo (1968); Alain Resnais' Stavisky (1974); Umberto Lenzi's From Hell to Victory (1979); Henri Verneuil's A Thousand Billion Dollars (1982), Claude Berri's Germinal (1993) or Alain Resnais' You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet (2012). Her trapeze number for the with Francis Perrin as well as her 'red dress scene' with Jean Rochefort swaying her hips as a nod to Marilyn Monroe on Vladimir Cosma's original score both became cult in French popular culture. She was made a Chevalier (French: Knight) of the Légion d'honneur as part of the French Republic's 2012 New Year decoration class also honouring Hélène Carrère d'Encausse, Maurice Herzog and Salma Hayek. She has been a supporter of the charity SOS Children's Villages since 1993.
Early life Duperey's family is from La Neuville-Chant-d'Oisel in Normandy. She lost her parents, Lucien and Ginette Legras who were both photographers, at the age of 8 as they accidentally died on 6 November 1955 in Sotteville-lès-Rouen, poisoned by carbon monoxide in their bathroom due to a faulty gas water heater and insufficient ventilation. Following this incident, she was raised by her paternal grandmother. After attending her local theatre conservatory courses, she moved to Paris to attend those of René Simon. She started out as a model and took her first steps on stage in 1965, playing in La Mamma by André Roussin and made her screen debut in Jean-Luc Godard's Two or Three Things I Know About Her (1967).
Career
She co-starred in two French horror films, Spirits of the Dead (1968) and The Blood Rose (1970).In the 1974 Alain Resnais film Stavisky, she portrayed Arlette, the beautiful real-life wife of flamboyant swindler Alexandre Stavisky played by Jean-Paul Belmondo. Anny Duperey was nominated for the 1977 César Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance in "Un éléphant ça trompe énormément" (An Elephant Can Be Extremely Deceptive). For her work in television, she has won two 7 d'Or Best Actress awards. In English-language film, Anny Duperey appeared with Al Pacino in the 1977 Sydney Pollack film Bobby Deerfield. Other notable appearances include Les Compères and TV series since 1992 Une famille formidable.
In fall of 2006, she led in an adaption of Oscar and the Lady in Pink (2002, French: Oscar et la dame rose), a novel written by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt; she performed at the L'Avant-Seine Theater in Colombes.
Personal life Her younger sister Patricia died in 2009 of a heart problem. She lived with actor Bernard Giraudeau for fifteen years, they had two children, Gael in 1982 and Sara in 1985. They separated in 1991, and Duperey married Cris Campion in 1993, but they also separated after some ten years.“Anny Duperey: Ce qu'il faisait avec une autre femme ne me regardait pas”, purepeople.com, 27 May 2015, accessed 24 April 2020 She has called Giraudeau “the man of my life” and Campion “the love of my life”.Marine Madelmond, “Anny Duperey: Cris Campion, l’amour de sa vie était son petit fils dans un film”, in Gala, 18 January 2018 (in French) She is the grandmother of four: Mona (2011) and Bonnie (2016), daughters of Sara, and Romy (2015) and Susanne (2018), daughters of Gael.
Charity Work
A social activist, Anny Duperey has volunteered for causes such as the international child welfare organisation SOS Children's Villages and SOS-PAPA an international organization to help ensure children of divorce have full participation by both parents.SOS Villages d'Enfants
Filmography
Feature films Year Title Role Director Notes1967 Jerk à Istanbul Apolline Francis Rigaud L'homme qui valait des milliards Barbara Novak Michel Boisrond Two or Three Things I Know About Her Marianne Jean-Luc Godard 1968 Spirits of the Dead A Courtesan Roger Vadim "Metzengerstein" segment The Return of Monte Cristo Maria André Hunebelle1969 Les Femmes Hélène Jean Aurel Un jeune couple Ariane René Gainville Bye bye, Barbara Aglaé Michel Deville 1970 The Blood Rose Anne Claude Mulot1972 Not Dumb, The Bird Marthe Jean Delannoy Les malheurs d'Alfred Agathe Bodard Pierre Richard 1973 L'oiseau rare Marie-Laure de Porcheville Jean-Claude Brialy Sans sommation Cora Bruno Gantillon 1974 Stavisky Arlette Alain Resnais 1975 Malicious Pleasure Marianne Malaiseau Bernard Toublanc-Michel Pas de problème ! Janis Georges Lautner Maria 1976 Pardon Mon Affaire Charlotte Yves Robert Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actress 1977 L'arriviste Fluvio's wife Samy Pavel Golden Night Andrée Serge Moati Bobby Deerfield Lydia Sydney Pollack 1978 Trocadéro bleu citron Annie Michaël Schock 1979 From Hell to Victory Fabienne Bodin Umberto Lenzi 1980 Car-napping Claudia Klessing Wigbert Wicker 1981 Psy Colette Philippe de Broca 1982 Le grand pardon Carole Alexandre Arcady Meurtres à domicile Aurélia Maudru Marc Lobet A Thousand Billion Dollars Laura Weber Henri Verneuil1983 Les Compères Christine Martin Francis Veber Le démon dans l'île Dr. Gabrielle Martin Francis Leroi Fantasporto - Best Actress 1984 La triche Nathalie Verta Yannick Bellon 1988 Gandahar Ambisextra René Laloux 1993 Germinal Madame Hennebeau Claude Berri 1999 Tôt ou tard Aline Anne-Marie Etienne2007 Danse avec lui Alexandra's mother Valérie Guignabodet Sous mes yeux The Grandmother Stéphanie Vasseur Short 2008 De l'autre côté du lit Lise Pascale Pouzadoux2009 Bambou Kaki Didier Bourdon Eden Is West Nice woman Costa-Gavras Les âmes pixellisées Hélène Michael Castellanet Short 2011 Love Lasts Three Years Marc's mother Frédéric Beigbeder 2012 You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet Eurydice's mother Alain Resnais 2019 Just a Gigolo Samantha Olivier Baroux 2023 Sur les Chemins Noirs Hélène Denis Imbert Le Voyage en pyjama Pascal Thomas
Television Year Title Role Director Notes 1965 L'Examen de passage The announcer Lazare Iglesis1968 Sarn Dorabella Claude Santelli TV movie Kœnigsmark Mélusine Jean Kerchbron TV movie 1969 Allô Police Olga Adonis A. Kyrou TV series (1 episode)1971 L'Heure éblouissante Géraldine Jeannette Hubert TV movie La Brigade des maléfices Vénusine Claude Guillemot TV series (1 episode) 1973 La dame de trèfle Isabelle / Ada Pierre Cavassilas TV movie1978 Un ours pas comme les autres Anne Nina Companeez TV mini-series Les Amours sous la Révolution Aimée de Coigny Jean-Paul Carrère TV series (1 episode) 1982 La Guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu Hélène Raymond Rouleau TV movie 1988 La face de l'ogre Hélène Bernard Giraudeau TV movie Un château au soleil Marie-Pierre Beaufroy Robert Mazoyer TV mini-series7 d'Or - Best Actress Sentiments Marie Jacques Fansten TV series (1 episode) 1990 La seconde Fanny Christopher Frank TV movie Renseignements généraux Carole Philippe Lefebvre TV series (1 episode) 1992–2018 Une famille formidable Catherine Beaumont Joël Santoni, Miguel Courtois, ... TV series (56 episodes)7 d'Or - Best Actress 1994 Charlemagne, le prince à cheval Bertrada of Laon Clive Donner TV mini-series 1997 L'enfant perdu Adrienne Christian Faure TV movie 1997–2000 La vocation d'Adrienne Adrienne Joël Santoni TV series (3 episodes)1998 Marseille Hélène Favier Didier Albert TV mini-series Le juge est une femme Camille Vincenot Pierre Boutron TV series (1 episode) 1998–1999 Un et un font six Judith Guizien Franck Apprederis TV series (3 episodes) 1999–2001 Chère Marianne Marianne Rivais Bernard Uzan, Pierre Joassin, ... TV series (5 episodes)2001 Le prix de la vérité Françoise Joël Santoni TV movie Un pique-nique chez Osiris Jenny La Tour Nina Companeez TV mini-series 2003 Le voyage de la grande-duchesse Alice de Hassenbourg Joyce Buñuel TV movie 2005 Une vie en retour Yvette Duval Daniel Janneau TV movie2008 Coco Chanel Madame Desboutins Christian Duguay TV movie Clara Sheller Danièle Alain Berliner TV series (6 episodes) 2014 Marge d'erreur Rebecca Prieto Joël Santoni TV movie 2015 Un parfum de sang Marie Versini Pierre Lacan TV movie 2017 Le tueur du lac Françoise Jérôme Cornuau TV mini-series 2019 Les Secrets du Château Duchesse Hélène de l’Essile Claire de La Rochefoucauld TV movie Cassandre Sophie Vannier Hervé Renoh TV series (1 episode) Mongeville Louise Chambord Dominique Ladoge TV series (1 episode) 2020 Grand Hôtel Suzanne de Marièse Jérémy Minui & Yann Samuell TV mini-series Calls Anne Timothée Hochet TV series (1 episode) 2021 Le grand restaurant 3 The gigolo's client Romuald Boulanger & Pierre Palmade TV movie Nina Barbara Éric Le Roux TV series (1 episode) 2021–22 La Faute à Rousseau Eva Rousseau Agathe Robilliard, Octave Raspail, ... TV series (14 episodes) 2022 Petit Ange Sybille Delestre Christian Bonnet TV movie TBA Mort d’un berger Marceline Dalmas Christian Bonnet TV movie
Theater Year Title Author Director Notes 1965 Les Trois Mariages de Mélanie Charlotte Frances Jean Meyer 1965–67 La Mamma André Roussin André Roussin 1969 Liebeskonzil Oskar Panizza Jorge Lavelli 1970 Jarry sur la butte Alfred Jarry Jean-Louis Barrault 1971 Isabella, Three Sailing Ships and a Con Man Dario Fo Dario Fo The Trojan War Will Not Take Place Jean Giraudoux Jean Mercure 1973 Twelfth Night William Shakespeare Jean Le Poulain 1974 Isabella Morra André Pieyre de Mandiargues Jean-Louis Barrault 1977 Le Nouveau Monde Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam Jean-Louis Barrault 1980 The Winter's Tale William Shakespeare Jorge Lavelli Attention fragile André Ernotte & Elliot Tiber André Ernotte 1981 L'Amour de l'amour Apuleius, Jean de La Fontaine & Molière Jean-Louis Barrault 1983 The Girl with Something Extra Bernard Slade Pierre Mondy 1984–85 Duet for One Tom Kempinski Raymond Gérôme 1986 La Répétition ou l'Amour puni Jean Anouilh Bernard Murat 1987–89 Le Secret Henri Bernstein Andréas Voutsinas Nominated - Molière Award for Best Actress 1990 Le Plaisir de rompre & Le Pain de ménage Jules Renard Bernard Murat Nominated - Molière Award for Best Actress 1994 When She Danced Martin Sherman Patrice Kerbrat 1995–97 An Ideal Husband Oscar Wilde Adrian Brine Nominated - Molière Award for Best Actress 2003 Memoir John Murrell Bernard Murat 2006 Oscar and the Lady in Pink Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt Joël Santoni Nominated - Molière Award for Best Actress 2010–11 Colombe Jean Anouilh Michel Fagadau Nominated - Molière Award for Best Actress 2010–12 Désolé pour la moquette Bertrand Blier Bertrand Blier 2013 The Madwoman of Chaillot Jean Giraudoux Didier Long 2018 Les Chats de hasard Anny Duperey Ninon Brétécher 2022 Mes Chers Enfants Jean Marboeuf Jean Marboeuf
Author In addition to her talents as an actress, Duperey is a successful author of a number of bestselling books including L'admiroir (1976), Le Nez de Mazarin (Mazarin's Nose) (1986), Le voile noir (The Black Veil) (1992), Je vous écris (I'm Writing To You) (1993), Les chats de hasard (The fortune cats) (1999), Allons plus loin, veux-tu? (Let's go further, will you?) (2002) Les chats mots (The cats words) (2003) and Une soirée (An evening) (2005).