Hélène Surgère

Actress

October 20, 1928 (82 years)

† March 27, 2011

France

Biography

Hélène Surgère was born on October 20, 1928 in Caudéran, Bordeaux, Gironde, France as Hélène Marcelle Simone Collet. She was an actress, known for Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975), The Divorce (2003) and Time Regained (1999). She died on March 27, 2011 in Paris, France.

Filmography

7.9

Maigret

Mme Moncin Mère

The pragmatic, reserved and refined Maigret investigates murders in his singular unhurried manner and inevitably discovers the truth.

6.3

Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom

Signora Vaccari

Four corrupted fascist libertines round up 9 teenage boys and girls and subject them to 120 days of sadistic physical, mental and sexual torture.

5.0

Le Divorce

Lingerie Saleswoman

While visiting her sister in Paris, a young woman finds romance and learns her brother-in-law is a philanderer.

7.0

Wij Alexander

Who is Patient Number 4, and what does he have to do with the Van Oranje-Nassau's, the Dutch royal family?

5.7

Pick Up Your Belongings

Rose

Pierre Cohen, a sophisticated Parisian psychologist, goes to his brother's farm in order to protect it from very hostile local landowners.

6.4

Intimate Strangers

Mrs. Mulon

Because she picked the wrong door, Anna ends up confessing her marriage problems to a financial adviser named William Faber. Touched by her distress, somewhat excited as well, Faber does not have the courage to tell her that he is not a psychiatrist. From appointment to appointment, a strange ritual is created between them. William is moved and fascinated to hear the secrets no man ever heard.

6.5

Hunting & Gathering

Yvonne

When Camille falls ill, she is forced to live with Philibert and Franck.

6.3

Time Regained

Françoise

In early 1920s France, an author, lying on his deathbed, looks at various photographs and is flooded with memories of the people and events that have shaped his life.

6.5

Zone Red

La mère de Claire

Claire Rousset visits her ex-husband Pierre who lives in the Lyon region. For some time now, Pierre's health and that of the other inhabitants of the village has deteriorated to the point of becoming worrying.

5.8

The Bronte Sisters

Mrs. Robinson

In a small presbytery in Yorkshire, England, living under the watchful eyes of their aunt and father, a strict Anglican pastor, the Bronte sisters write their first works and quickly become literary sensations.

10.0

Nans le berger

Mme Aiguier

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5.9

That Day

Bernadette

A father is scheming to have his slightly mental daughter from an earlier marriage killed by allowing a murderous psychopath to be released from the asylum and led to his house. However, the psychopath and the daughter fall for each other.

6.3

The Bet

Mme Ramirez

Two rival "brothers-in-law" make a bet that they can stop smoking for 2 weeks. But, it's just not that easy...

6.0

The Strangler

Helen

Émile targets women he believes are too depressed to go on living. As multiple victims fall to his suffocating white scarf, an inspector resorts to unorthodox methods to get him with the assistance of a potential victim.

5.9

Bandits

La directrice de l’institution

On the day Jean Gabin dies, a kidnaper who also takes a fortune in jewels heisted from Cartiers murders Simon Verini's wife. (Simon was fencing the jewels for a youthful gang who robbed Cartiers; he suspects them of the murder.) He's framed for the theft and spends ten years in prison, writing to his daughter, Marie-Sophie, who's 11 when he's sent away. Released, he reconnects to Marie-Sophie and to the young thieves, seeks revenge, and is quickly arrested again. She doesn't know what to make of her father, retreats to her Swiss fiancé, and is flummoxed when one of the young thieves falls for her. Is resolution possible when crime cuts across families and romance?

5.8

Three Seats for the 26th

Librarian

Yves Montand, playing himself, returns to his hometown of Marseilles to appear in an autobiographical musical. Once there, he searches for the barmaid he once loved and also encounters young hopeful Marion, giving her the chance of a lifetime.

5.5

My Life on Ice

La grand-mère

Etienne is crazy about ice skating and videoing his daily life with a digital camera. He records his mother, friends, and geography teacher. Initially his intention is to setup a date between his mother and his teacher, however, he starts to realize that he is infatuated with the teacher himself.

6.1

Demandez la permission aux enfants !

Bonne-maman, la mère de François-Xavier

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4.7

Australia

Odette Pierson

Following a stint as a WWII fighter pilot, Belgian-born Edouard falls in love with an Indonesian woman, has a daughter with her and immigrates to Australia, all without the knowledge of his family back home. Years later, his love has passed away, and he's raising his daughter on his own. When his brother calls seeking help with his failing wool-processing company, Edouard agrees to temporarily return home to aid him.

6.0

Barocco

Antoinette

A woman falls in love with the man who killed her former boyfriend.