Jenny Clève

Biography

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. Source: Article "Jenny Clève" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

Known For

Welcome to the Sticks

as Old Lady singing the 'P'tit Quinquin'

Germinal

as Rose

Mr. Klein

as (uncredited)

One Deadly Summer

as Mrs. Montecciari, Pin-Pon's Mother

The Children of the Marshland

as Berthe

Femmes Fatales

as The guardian who calls the women

Elisa

as Marie's Landlord

Lucie Aubrac

The Murdered House

as 'La Grenadière', Dupin's housekeeper

Dossier 51

as Agent 747, cleaning lady of 51