{{Short description|French stage and film actress}} {{Infobox person | name = Claude Winter | image = | imagesize = | caption = | birth_name = Claude Marthe Elisabeth Wintergerst | birth_date = 18 February 1931 | birth_place = Tianjin, China | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2011|04|25|1931|02|18}} | death_place = Paris, France | othername = | occupation = Stage and film actress | years_active = | spouse = | signature = }}
'''Claude Winter''' (18 February 1931 in Tianjin (China) – 25 April 2011 in Paris) was a French stage and film actress.
== Biography == She entered the Comédie-Française on 1 September 1953; became sociétaire on 1 January 1960, then dean 1 January 1987. In 1988, following the death of the administrator (Jean Le Poulain), she acted asadministrator per intérim for two and a half months. When she made the decision to retire, she was named honorary sociétaire by her colleagues.
== Filmography ==
=== Cinema === *1950: ''Beware of Blondes'' (by André Hunebelle *1954: ''Crainquebille'' (by Ralph Habib) - the lawyer *1973: ''Les Hommes'' (by Daniel Vigne) *1984: ''Le Bon Plaisir'' (by Francis Girod) - The First Lady *1984: ''A Sunday in the Country'' (by Bertrand Tavernier) - Mme. Ladmiral *1992: ''Savage Nights'' (by Cyril Collard) - Jean's mother *1993: ''Couples et Amants'' (by John Lvoff) - Génia *1994: ''Délit mineur'' (by Francis Girod) *1994: ''L'ange noir'' (by Jean-Claude Brisseau) - Mrs. Pitot *2010: ''Rendez-vous avec un ange'' (by Yves Thomas and Sophie de Daruvar) - the grandmother (final film role)
=== Television === *1962: ''{{Interlanguage link multi|Le Théâtre de la jeunesse|fr}}'' (by Claude Santelli) (''L'Auberge de l'ange gardien'' and ''Le Général Dourakine'') - Madame Blidot *1969: ''{{Interlanguage link multi|Au théâtre ce soir|fr}}'' (''Affaire vous concernant'') (by Jean-Pierre Conti, TV director Pierre Sabbagh, Théâtre Marigny) *1969: ''Le Profanateur'' - Benvenuta *1971: ''29 degrés à l'ombre'' - Mrs. Pomadour *1972: ''Ruy Blas'' - the queen *1972: ''Le Bunker'' - Eva Braun *1973: ''Horace'' - Julie *1975: ''Ondine'' - Queen Yseult *1975: ''Tartuffe'' - Elmire *1981: ''Le Pain de ménage'' - Marthe *1982: ''Les Caprices de Marianne'' - Hermia *1989: ''L'Été de la Révolution'' (by Lazare Iglesis) - Mrs. Necker *1989: ''Manon Roland'' - Manon's mother *1989: ''Les Grandes Familles'' - Adèle Schoudler *1995: ''Maigret'' - La comtesse de Saint-Fiacre
== Theatre == {{div col}} *1953: ''Un caprice'' by Alfred de Musset, directed by Maurice Escande, Comédie-Française *1953: ''Six Characters in Search of an Author'' by Luigi Pirandello, directed by Julien Bertheau, Comédie-Française *1955: ''Elizabeth, la femme sans homme'' by André Josset, directed by Henri Rollan, Comédie-Française *1960: ''Ruy Blas'' by Victor Hugo, directed by Raymond Rouleau, Comédie-Française *1962: ''La Troupe du Roy'', hommage to Molière, directed by Paul-Émile Deiber, Comédie-Française *1962: ''The liar'' by Corneille, directed by Jacques Charon, Comédie-Française *1965: ''L'Orphelin de la Chine'' by Voltaire, directed by Jean Mercure, Comédie-Française *1967: ''L'Émigré de Brisbane'' by Georges Schéhadé, directed by Jacques Mauclair, Comédie-Française *1968: ''Tartuffe'' by Molière in the part of Elmire, directed by Jacques Charon, Comédie-Française *1968: ''Athalie'' by Racine, directed by Maurice Escande, Comédie-Française *1970: ''Malatesta'' by Henry de Montherlant, directed by Pierre Dux, Comédie-Française *1970: ''A Dream Play'' by August Strindberg, directed by Raymond Rouleau, Comédie-Française *1971: ''Les Sincères'' by Marivaux, directed by Jean-Laurent Cochet, Comédie-Française *1971: ''Ruy Blas'' by Victor Hugo, directed by Raymond Rouleau, Comédie-Française at the Théâtre de l'Odéon *1972: ''Horace'' by Pierre Corneille, directed by Jean-Pierre Miquel, Comédie-Française *1973: ''L'Impromptu de Versailles'' by Molière, directed by Pierre Dux, Comédie-Française *1973: ''Hunger and Thirst'' by Eugène Ionesco, directed by Jean-Marie Serreau, Comédie-Française at the Théâtre de l'Odéon *1973: ''Tartuffe'' by Molière, directed by Jacques Charon, Comédie-Française *1973: ''C'est la guerre Monsieur Gruber'' de Jacques Sternberg, directed by Jean-Pierre Miquel, Comédie-Française at the Théâtre de l'Odéon *1974: ''Ondine'' by Jean Giraudoux, directed by Raymond Rouleau, Comédie-Française *1975: ''The Idiot'' by Fiodor Dostoïevski, directed by Michel Vitold, Comédie-Française et the Théâtre Marigny *1976: ''Cyrano de Bergerac'' by Edmond Rostand, directed by Jean-Paul Roussillon, Comédie-Française *1977: ''Le Cid'' by Corneille, directed by Terry Hands, Comédie-Française *1978: ''Murder in the Cathedral'' by T. S. Eliot, directed by Terry Hands, Palais de Chaillot *1978: ''Six Characters in Search of an Author'' by Luigi Pirandello, directed by Antoine Bourseiller, Comédie-Française *1979: ''Le Pain de ménage'' by Jules Renard, directed by Yves Gasc, Comédie-Française *1980: ''Port-Royal'' by Henry de Montherlant, directed by Jean Meyer, Comédie-Française *1980: ''The Seagull'' by Tchekhov, directed by Otomar Krejča, Comédie-Française *1980: ''The Moods of Marianne'' by Alfred de Musset, mise en scène François Beaulieu, Comédie-Française *1981: ''Andromaque'' by Racine, directed by Patrice Kerbrat, Comédie-Française *1981: ''La Dame de chez Maxim'' by Georges Feydeau, directed by Jean-Paul Roussillon, Comédie-Française *1982: ''Les Corbeaux'' de Henry Becque, directed by Jean-Pierre Vincent, Comédie-Française *1984: ''Cinna'' by Corneille, directed by Jean-Marie Villégier, Comédie-Française *1984: ''La Mort de Sénèque'' by Tristan L'Hermite, directed by Jean-Marie Villégier, Comédie-Française *1985: ''The Triumph of Love'' by Marivaux, directed by Alain Halle-Halle, Comédie-Française *1985: ''Macbeth'' by Shakespeare, directed by Jean-Pierre Vincent, Comédie-Française *1987: ''The Eternal Husband'' by Dostoevsky, directed by Simon Eine, Comédie-Française at the Théâtre de l'Odéon *1987: ''A Kind of Alaska'' by Harold Pinter, directed by Bernard Murat, Comédie-Française at the festival d'Avignon *1988: ''Death of a Salesman'' by Arthur Miller, directed by Marcel Bluwal, Théâtre de l'Odéon, Théâtre national de Nice {{div col end}}
== Dubbing == * Lady (1st dubbing) : **1955: ''Lady and the Tramp'' * Elizabeth Taylor in : **1959: ''Suddenly, Last Summer'' **1963: ''Cleopatra'' *1954: Janet Leigh in ''Prince Vaillant'' *1954: Lizabeth Scott in ''Silver Lode'' *1956: Linda Cristal in ''Comanche'' *1956: Yvonne De Carlo in ''The Ten Commandments''
== Prizes and awards == * 1988 : Prix du Brigadier for ''Death of a Salesman'' by Arthur Miller, Centre national de création d'Orléans and Théâtre national de l'Odéon
== External links == * {{IMDb name|935695}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20160423231816/http://www.comedie-francaise.fr/comedien.php?&id=515&idcom=433 Claude Winter à la Comédie-Française] * [http://blog.lefigaro.fr/theatre/2011/05/claude-winter.html Claude Winter, reine du Théâtre Français] * [http://www.lesgensducinema.com/affiche_acteur.php?mots=Claude+Winter&nom_acteur=WINTER_Claude&ident=60526&debut=0&record=0&from=ok Claude Winter] on "Les Gens du cinéma" {{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Winter, Claude}} Category:French stage actresses Category:French film actresses Category:Sociétaires of the Comédie-Française Category:Administrators of the Comédie-Française Category:Actresses from Tianjin Category:1931 births Category:2011 deaths