Jenny Clève
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 3, 1930, Roubaix, Nord, France
- Died
- February 17, 2023
- Movies
- 37
Jenny Clève (3 April 1930 – 17 February 2023) was a French actress.
Born in Roubaix on 3 April 1930, Clève was the daughter of André Clève and Marie Debode. She left her hometown during World War II and stayed with her father's cousins in Vernou-sur-Brenne. She returned to Roubaix in 1948 and was admitted to the Conservatoire de Roubaix, where she met Claude Talpaert, whom she married on 3 April 1951. The couple had four children: Nadine, Éric, Corinne, and Franck. Her granddaughter, Charlotte Talpaert, also became an actress. On 28 May 2019, she became the godmother of processional giant of Sailly-lez-Lannoy, Jean Gab'Lou.
Clève died in Tourcoing on 17 February 2023, at the age of 92.
Upcoming Jenny Clève Movies
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Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2015 | A Mother | Le grand-mère |
| 2014 | Brèves de comptoir | La vielle dame |
| 2013 | Arrest Me | Mémé Gardie |
| 2012 | Les pieds dans le plat | Suzanne Lagadec |
| 2008 | Welcome to the Sticks | Old Lady singing the 'P'tit Quinquin' |
| 2005 | Itinéraires | La grand-mère |
| 1999 | The Children of the Marshland | Berthe |
| 1997 | XXL | Renée Bourdalou |
| 1997 | Lucie Aubrac | |
| 1995 | Élisa | Marie's Landlord |
| 1993 | Germinal | Rose |
| 1993 | Loonies at Large | La mère supérieure |
| 1992 | Far from Brazil | Honorine |
| 1992 | IP5: The Island of Pachyderms | la sœur de Léon |
| 1992 | Shipwrecked Children | Martha |
| 1989 | Dark Woods | Anna Bourderias |
| 1988 | The Murdered House | 'La Grenadière', Dupin's housekeeper |
| 1985 | A Better Life | Adrien's mother |
| 1984 | Partenaires | Marie-Lou's mother |
| 1984 | The Bitch | Madame Beffroit |
| 1983 | Hiver 60 | Nelly, la mère d'André |
| 1983 | One Deadly Summer | Mrs. Montecciari, Pin-Pon's Mother |
| 1980 | Cocktail Molotov | Frederic's mother |
| 1980 | Les Aventures d'Yvon Dikkebusch | La mère d'Yvon |
| 1980 | Hurricane Rosie | Mother Superior |
| 1979 | Plurielles | The lady |
| 1979 | Mais où et donc Ornicar | la mère d'Anne |
| 1978 | Like a Turtle on Its Back | Germaine |
| 1978 | Dossier 51 | Agent 747, cleaning lady of 51 |
| 1977 | The Night of Saint-Germain-des-Prés | Mireille |
| 1977 | Solemn Communion | Lucie Fourcignie-Ternolain |
| 1977 | Shadow of the Castles | Une foraine |
| 1976 | Mr. Klein | (uncredited) |
| 1976 | F as in Fairbanks | La grand-mère |
| 1976 | Femmes Fatales | The Guardian Who Calls the Women |
| 1976 | Doctor Francoise Gailland | Denise Fourcade |
| 1973 | Love Brides of the Blood Mummy | The Farmer |
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