Gisèle Pascal

Gisèle Pascal (17 September 1921 – 2 February 2007) was a French actress^[1] and a former lover of Rainier III, Prince of Monaco.^[2]

Gisèle Pascal
Born	Gisèle Marie Madeleine Tallone 17 September 1921 Cannes, France
Died	2 February 2007(2007-02-02) (aged 85) Nîmes, France
Years active	1942-1992
Spouse(s)	Raymond Pellegrin (1955-2007)
Children	1

She was born Gisèle Marie Madeleine Tallone at Cannes, France.^[2] Her first movie role was in 1942's L'Arlésienne.

For six years, she was involved in a relationship with Prince Rainier, and lived together in a villa in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat.^[2] Princess Antoinette, Baroness of Massy, Rainier's sister, seeking to obtain the throne of Monaco for her own son, spread malicious rumors that Pascal was incapable of bearing children. A contemplated marriage was called off when a medical examination mistakenly reported that she was infertile.^[2]

Pascal subsequently married actor Raymond Pellegrin on 8 October 1955 and had a daughter,^[2] Pascale Pellegrin, on 12 September 1962.

Stage credits

• Amour, Délices et orgues (also known as Collège Swing) (1947)
• Véronique (1949)
• Boum sur Paris (1954)

Partial filmography

• L'Arlésienne (1942) - Vivette
• The Beautiful Adventure (1942) - Hélène de Trévillac
• Two Timid Souls (1943) - Une des jeunes filles
• La Vie de bohème (1945) - Musette
• Lunegarde (1946) - Élisabeth de Lunegarde
• Madame et son flirt (1946) - Claudette Sauvaget
• Les J3 (1946) - Mademoiselle Bravard - la prof de philo
• Dropped from Heaven (1946) - Madeleine
• Loves, Delights and Organs (1947) - Micheline
• Last Refuge (1947) - Antoinette Baron
• After Love (1947) - Germaine By
• Mademoiselle Has Fun (1948) - Christine Gibson
• The Nude Woman (1949) - Loulou
• The Chocolate Girl (1949) - Benjamine Lapistolle
• Véronique (1950) - Estelle
• Beautiful Love (1951) - Suzanne Gérard-Moulin
• Endless Horizons (1953) - Hélène Boucher
• Boum sur Paris (1953) - Giselle Pascal
• Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954) - Louise de la Vallière
• Women Without Hope (1954) - Marie-Thérèse Langeac
• Fire Under Her Skin (1954) - Thérèse Rabou
• Madonna of the Sleeping Cars (1955) - Lady Diana Wyndham
• Mademoiselle from Paris (1955) - Micheline Bertier
• If Paris Were Told to Us (1956) - Comtesse de G...
• Pity for the Vamps (1956) - Jany Cristal-Davis
• Sylviane de mes nuits (1957) - Gaby Lemontier
• Ça n'arrive qu'aux vivants (1959) - Anne Brunier
• Le Masque de fer (1962) - Mme de Chaulmes
• Seul... à corps perdu (1964) - Lydia Simon
• Secret World (1969) - Florence
• Un caso di coscienza (1970) - Rosaria
• At the Top of the Stairs (1983) - Rose
• Les Compères (1983) - Louise
• The Public Woman (1984) - Gertrude
• Juillet en septembre (1988) - Madame Dewacker