Ginette Garcin

She lived in Audresselles, Pas-de-Calais.[1] Ginette Garcin made her musical debut with Jacques Hélian and his orchestra in 1946. She then worked with Loulou Gasté and went on to appear in Strélesky's absurdist theatre revues in Rouen. Her portrayal of Charlot to the music of Deux petits chaussons was very well received. She collaborated with Colette Vudal (who later adopted the name Colette Monroy in Paris) Mona Monick and Robert Thomas, author of some successful detective plays.

Garcin was one of the first to perform and record the songs of Boby Lapointe and Jean Yanne in the 1960s. In the 1970s, she embarked on a career in film and theatre, with guidance from Audiard, Lelouch, Yanne, Boisset and Tacchella. She appeared in the television series Marc et Sophie. In 1990, she wrote the critically acclaimed Le clan des veuves in which she starred alongside Jackie Sardou for four years. In 1997, she had an acting and singing role in Le passe-muraille, a musical comedy by Marcel Aymé with Didier van Cauwelaert and Michel Legrand.

In her final decade, Ginette Garcin played a character in the television series Famille d'accueil as well as appearing in the films La Beuze and Les Dalton. A new version of Le clan des veuves was staged at the Bouffes-Parisiens theatre in 2006.

Also in her later years she appeared in Raphaël Mezrahi's play, Monique est demandée en caisse 12.

She died on 10 June 2010 at age 82 of breast cancer.[2]

• 1971 : Le Nu au tambour by Noël Coward, directed by Jacques-Henri Duval, Théâtre Michel
• 1971 : Au bal des chiens by Rémo Forlani, directed by André Barsacq, Théâtre de l'Atelier
• 1978 : Hôtel particulier by Pierre Chesnot, directed by Raymond Rouleau, Théâtre de Paris
• 1986 : Le Nègre by Didier Van Cauwelaert, directed by Pierre Boutron, Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens
• 1988 : L'Inconvenant by Gildas Bourdet, directed by the author, Théâtre de l'Idéal, Théâtre national de la Colline
• 1989 : La Bonne Adresse by Marc Camoletti, directed by the author, Théâtre Michel
• 1990 : Le Clan des veuves by Ginette Garcin, directed by François Guérin, Théâtre Fontaine
• 1997 : Le Passe-muraille by Marcel Aymé, directed by Alain Sachs, Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens
• 2009 : Monique est demandée en caisse 12 by Raphaël Mezrahi, directed by Philippe Sohier, Théâtre du Rond-Point

• (in English) Ginette Garcin at IMDb
• (in French) Fiche Bide et Musique