Hélène Vincent (born 9 September 1943[1]) is a French actress and stage director.[2]

Hélène Vincent
Hélène Vincent in 2012
Born
Jocelyne Hélène Nain

(1943-09-09) 9 September 1943 (age 81)
Occupation(s)Actress, Stage director
Years active1964 – present

Career

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She made her on-screen debut in 1969, with the movie Pierre et Paul, directed by René Allio. A couple of years later, she had roles in more important production like Let Joy Reign Supreme directed by Bertrand Tavernier or Fire's Share starring Michel Piccoli.

It's in 1988 that she gained fame for her role as Madame Marielle Le Quesnoy in Life Is a Long Quiet River for which she received a César Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1989.[3][4] In 1992, she's nomninated in the same category for her role in I Don't Kiss, directed by André Téchiné. In 2013, she receive a nomination for the César Award for Supporting Actress for her part in the movie A Few Hours of Spring directed by Stéphane Brizé. In 2020, she's nominated for the third time in the category Best Supporting Actress for The Specials, directed by Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache.

In 1996, she play Bernie's mother in the movie Bernie directed by Albert Dupontel.

In theater, she worked several times with Patrice Chéreau and her ex-husband Jean-Pierre Vincent.

She had been nominated twice for the Molière Award for Best Actress : in 2010 for Alexandra David-Néel, Mon Tibet, directed by Didier Long and in 2011 for La Celestina, directed Christian Schiaretti.

Theater

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As actress

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Year Title Author Director Notes
1964 L'Intervention Victor Hugo Patrice Chéreau
1965 Fuenteovejuna Lope de Vega Patrice Chéreau
1966 L'Affaire de la rue de Lourcine Eugène Marin Labiche Patrice Chéreau
1967 Le Voleur de femmes Guan Hanqing Patrice Chéreau
1967–68 The Soldiers Jakob Lenz Patrice Chéreau
1968–69 Le Prix de la révolte au marché noir Dimítris Dimitriádis Patrice Chéreau
1969 Trumpets and Drums Bertolt Brecht Jean-Pierre Vincent
1970–71 Il feudatario Carlo Goldoni Jean-Pierre Vincent
1971 Le Camp du drap d'or Serge Rezvani Jean-Pierre Vincent
1971-72 Capitaine Schelle, Capitaine Eçço Serge Rezvani Jean-Pierre Vincent
1972–73 In the Jungle of Cities Bertolt Brecht André Engel, Jean Jourdheuil
& Jean-Pierre Vincent
1973 En r'venant de l'expo Jean-Claude Grumberg Jean-Pierre Vincent
1974 Dimanche Michel Deutsch &
Dominique Muller
Michel Deutsch &
Dominique Muller
Dom Juan Molière Bernard Sobel
La Comtesse d’Escarbagnas Molière Marcelle Tassencourt
1975 En r'venant de l'expo Jean-Claude Grumberg Jean-Pierre Vincent
1975-76 Germinal Émile Zola Jean-Pierre Vincent
1976 Baal Bertolt Brecht André Engel
1977 Vers Bathory Ludovic Janvier Pierre Dios
1978 La Nuit du 13 Sandra Nils Michel Berto
1981 La Vierge et le cheval Marieluise Fleißer Agnès Laurent
1981-82 Edward II Christopher Marlowe Bernard Sobel
1982 Schliemann, épisodes ignorés Bruno Bayen Bruno Bayen
1983-84 Bremen Freedom Rainer Werner Fassbinder Jean-Louis Hourdin
1984-85 Usinage Daniel Lemahieu Claude Yersin
1986 La Déploration Eugène Durif Jeanne Labrune
Tahafot al Tahafot Armando Llamas Jeanne Labrune
Passions selon Saint-Flour Arlette Namiand Jean-Paul Wenzel
1987 Jours de vogue Eugène Durif &
Marieluise Fleißer
Agnès Laurent
Desire Under the Elms Eugene O'Neill Claudia Morin
1988 The Father August Strindberg Claude Yersin
1988–89 Retours Pierre Laville Patrice Kerbrat
1990 Le Chant du départ Ivane Daoudi Jean-Pierre Vincent
1991-92 Molly Bloom James Joyce Jean-Michel Dupuis
2008-09 Coriolanus William Shakespeare Christian Schiaretti
2010 Alexandra David-Néel, Mon Tibet Michel Lengliney Didier Long Nominated - Molière Award for Best Actress
Don Quixote Miguel de Cervantes Christian Schiaretti
2011 La Celestina Fernando de Rojas Christian Schiaretti Nominated - Molière Award for Best Actress
2013 Ita L. née Goldfeld Eric Zanettacci Julie Lopes-Curval & Hélène Vincent

As director

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Year Title Author
1977 Franziska Frank Wedekind
1978 La Star des oublis Ivane Daoudi
1980 Scènes d’exposition René Escudié
1983 Danton's Death Georg Büchner
1985-86 La Nuit d'Irlande Bruno Bayen
1990 A Respectable Wedding Bertolt Brecht
1992 Double Inconstancy Pierre de Marivaux
1993 L'Intervention Victor Hugo
1995 Le Système Ribadier Georges Feydeau
1997 A Doll's House Henrik Ibsen
1998 Twelfth Night William Shakespeare
1999 Some Voices Joe Penhall
2000-02 M. Malaussène au théâtre Daniel Pennac
2001 Some Voices Joe Penhall
2001-02 Scenes from an Execution Howard Barker
2005 Creditors August Strindberg
2006 Lucie John Berger
2007 Vincent in Brixton Nicholas Wright
2013 Ita L. née Goldfeld Eric Zanettacci
2018 The Baby Dance Jane Anderson

Filmography

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Key
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Year Title Role Director Notes
1969 Pierre et Paul Michèle René Allio
1972 Les camisards Catherine de Vergnas René Allio
Dimanche volé Michèle Gérard Chouchan TV movie
1974 Un nuage entre les dents The mother Marco Pico
1975 Let Joy Reign Supreme Madame de Saint-Simon Bertrand Tavernier
1977 Au plaisir de Dieu Hélène Robert Mazoyer TV mini-series
1978 Fire's Share The widow Étienne Périer
Seize minutes vingt secondes Miroslav Sebestik Short
Les chemins de l'exil The Countess of Egmont Claude Goretta TV movie
Médecins de nuit Arlette Ménier Philippe Lefebvre TV series (1 episode)
1979 West Indies The social worker Med Hondo
L'école est finie Madame Villebois Olivier Nolin
Les dames de la côte Lucie Nina Companeez TV mini-series
1980 Cocktail Molotov The diplomat's wife Diane Kurys
Marie Agacha Bernard Sobel TV movie
La traque Chenu's wife Philippe Lefebvre TV mini-series
Messieurs les jurés Micheline Saurat Alain Franck TV series (1 episode)
1982 Le fleuve étincellant Lady Sybil Heston Patrick Bureau TV movie
Les poneys sauvages Robert Mazoyer TV mini-series
Le village sur la colline Geneviève Yves Laumet TV mini-series
1983 Vichy dancing Léonard Keigel TV movie
1984 Les amours des années 50 Josée Dayan TV series (1 episode)
1985 Le deuxième couteau Arlette Olivier Josée Dayan TV movie
1988 Life Is a Long Quiet River Marielle Le Quesnoy Étienne Chatiliez César Award for Best Supporting Actress
Le fardeau Guillaume Bréaud Short
Sueurs froides Jacques's wife Josée Dayan TV series (1 episode)
1989 Les Maris, les Femmes, les Amants Odette Pascal Thomas
Les jupons de la révolution Madame de Noailles Caroline Huppert TV series (1 episode)
1990 Dédé Yvonne Jean-Louis Benoît
Le déjeuner de Sousceyrac Ernstine Lazare Iglesis TV movie
S.O.S. disparus Pierre Boutron TV series (1 episode)
1991 I Don't Kiss Evelyne André Téchiné Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actress
V comme vengeance Sylvie Bernard Queysanne TV series (1 episode)
1992 Le bal des casse-pieds Marie Paule Yves Robert
Des vies séparées Pascal Bonnelle Short
Jo et Milou Sarah Josée Dayan TV movie
1993 Three Colors: Blue The journalist Krzysztof Kieślowski
L'instinct de l'ange Henry's mother Richard Dembo
Une journée chez ma mère Béatrice Dominique Cheminal
1994 Des feux mal éteints Jeanne Serge Moati
Simon Tanner Madame Joel Jouanneau TV movie
1995 Tom est tout seul Tom's mother Fabien Onteniente
La Rivière Espérance Agnès Lombard Josée Dayan TV mini-series
1996 Bernie Madame Clermont Albert Dupontel
Lucky Punch Joséphine Dominique Ladoge
Le dernier chant Louise Favart Claude Goretta TV movie
1997 Ma vie en rose Élisabeth Alain Berliner
Les filles du maître de chai Lucile François Luciani TV movie
1998 La fête des mères Chris Vander Stappen Short
The Count of Monte Cristo Heloise De Villefort Josée Dayan TV mini-series
1999 Prison à domicile Norma Klarh Christophe Jacrot
2000 Antilles sur Seine Elizabeth Sauveur Pascal Légitimus
Les redoutables The driver Guillaume Nicloux TV series (1 episode)
2001 Family Pack Esther Kessler Chris Vander Stappen
Le soleil au-dessus des nuages Virginie Eric Le Roch
Les alizés Géraldine Vaneck Stéphane Kurc TV movie
La beauté sur la terre Martine Antoine Plantevin TV movie
L'impasse du cachalot Pamela Élisabeth Rappeneau TV movie
2001-03 L'emmerdeuse Mado Lafarge Michaël Perrotta TV series (3 episodes)
2002 Une maison dans la tempête Véro Christiane Lehérissey TV movie
2003 La maison des enfants Solange Monnier Aline Issermann TV mini-series
2004 Le président Ferrare Denise Chabrier Alain Nahum TV series (1 episode)
2005 Saint-Jacques... La Mecque The sister Coline Serreau
The Accursed Kings Dame Eliabel de Cressay Josée Dayan TV mini-series
Le Camarguais Emma Bosser Olivier Langlois TV series (1 episode)
Clara Sheller JP's mother Renaud Bertrand TV series (6 episodes)
2006 Itinéraires Denise Chartier Christophe Otzenberger
Locked Out Madame Duval Albert Dupontel
Les irréductibles Jane Renaud Bertrand
Josephine, Guardian Angel Geneviève Beaumont Vincent Monnet TV series (1 episode)
2008 De nouvelles vies Françoise Stéphane Kurc TV movie
2009 Trésor Nadine Claude Berri &
François Dupeyron
Ticket gagnant Jeanne Vautrin Julien Weill TV movie
Mourir d'aimer The headmaster Josée Dayan TV movie
Enquêtes réservées Madeleine Debost Patrick Dewolf TV series (1 episode)
Les Petits Meurtres d'Agatha Christie Kristin Stéphane Kappes TV series (1 episode)
2010 Wandering Streams Lyse Pascal Rabaté
35 kilos d'espoir Charlotte Olivier Langlois TV movie
Fais pas ci, fais pas ça Marie-Françoise Lepic Alexandre Pidoux TV series (1 episode)
2011 La résidence Odette Node Laurent Jaoui TV movie
La loi selon Bartoli Evelyne Lambert Charlotte Brandström
& François Velle
TV series (1 episode)
2012 A Few Hours of Spring Yvette Évrard Stéphane Brizé Nominated - César Award for Best Actress
2013 Attila Marcel Aunt Anna Sylvain Chomet
2014 Samba Marcelle Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache
15 francs, des fleurs et une culotte Anatole's wife Maud Garnier Short
La trouvaille de Juliette The Mole Jérôme Navarro TV movie
2015 The Scent of Mandarin Emilie Gilles Legrand
Le premier été Madeleine Marion Sarraut TV movie
Capitaine Marleau Blanche Muir Josée Dayan TV series (1 episode)
2016 Le petit locataire Mamilette Nadège Loiseau
Good Luck Algeria Françoise Farid Bentoumi
L'annonce Jacqueline Julie Lopes-Curval TV movie
2017 Knock The widow Pons Lorraine Lévy
C'est la vie ! Geneviève Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache
Garde alternée Sandrine's mother Alexandra Leclère
Marie-Francine Annick Legay Valérie Lemercier
2018 Looking for Rohmer Rohmer's mother Wang Chao
Du soleil dans mes yeux Nicole Nicolas Giraud
Paris - Pantin Victoire Sylvie Audcoeur Short
2019 The Specials Hélène Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actress
By the Grace of God Odile Debord François Ozon
Noces d'Or Alix Saint-Cast Nader T. Homayoun TV movie
2020 Back Home Catherine Jessica Palud
Adorables Grandma Rose Solange Cicurel
Mine de rien Thérèse Mathias Mlekuz
Murders in Albi Suzanne Dalmasio Delphine Lemoine TV movie
2021 L'origine du monde Brigitte Bordier Laurent Lafitte
Un homme d'honneur Hélène Berger Julius Berg TV mini-series
2023 L'astronaute Odette Desforges Nicolas Giraud
Panda Thérèse Nicolas Cuche &
Jérémy Mainguy
TV series (4 episodes)
2024 When Fall Is Coming François Ozon Post-Production
TBA Retro Therapy Yvonne Elodie Lélu Post-Production

References

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  1. ^ Média, Prisma. "Hélène Vincent - La biographie de Hélène Vincent avec Voici.fr". Voici.fr (in French). Retrieved 2020-04-15.
  2. ^ "Hélène Vincent". Premiere.fr (in French). 9 September 1943. Retrieved 2020-04-15.
  3. ^ France, Centre (2012-10-07). "Hélène Vincent, l'esprit de famille chevillé au corps". www.lyonne.fr. Retrieved 2020-04-15.
  4. ^ "Hélène Vincent". Académie des César. Retrieved 2020-04-15.
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