# Claude Winter

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{{Short description|French stage and film actress}}
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 | birth_name       = Claude Marthe Elisabeth Wintergerst
 | birth_date       = 18 February 1931
 | birth_place      = [Tianjin](/source/Tianjin), China
 | death_date       = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2011|04|25|1931|02|18}}
 | death_place      = Paris, France
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 | occupation  = Stage and film actress
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'''Claude Winter''' (18 February 1931 in [Tianjin](/source/Tianjin) (China) – 25 April 2011 in Paris) was a French stage and film actress.

== Biography ==
She entered the [Comédie-Française](/source/Com%C3%A9die-Fran%C3%A7aise) on 1 September 1953; became [sociétaire](/source/Soci%C3%A9taires_of_the_Com%C3%A9die-Fran%C3%A7aise) on 1 January 1960, then dean 1 January 1987. In 1988, following the death of the administrator ([Jean Le Poulain](/source/Jean_Le_Poulain)), she acted as[administrator per intérim](/source/Administrators_of_the_Com%C3%A9die-Fran%C3%A7aise) for two and a half months. When she made the decision to retire, she was named [honorary sociétaire](/source/Soci%C3%A9taires_of_the_Com%C3%A9die-Fran%C3%A7aise) by her colleagues.

== Filmography ==

=== Cinema ===
*[1950](/source/1950_in_film): ''[Beware of Blondes](/source/Beware_of_Blondes_(1950_film))'' (by [André Hunebelle](/source/Andr%C3%A9_Hunebelle)
*[1954](/source/1954_in_film): ''[Crainquebille](/source/Crainquebille_(1954_film))'' (by [Ralph Habib](/source/Ralph_Habib)) - the lawyer
*[1973](/source/1973_in_film): ''[Les Hommes](/source/Les_Hommes)'' (by [Daniel Vigne](/source/Daniel_Vigne))
*[1984](/source/1984_in_film): ''[Le Bon Plaisir](/source/Le_Bon_Plaisir)'' (by [Francis Girod](/source/Francis_Girod)) - The First Lady
*1984: ''[A Sunday in the Country](/source/A_Sunday_in_the_Country)'' (by [Bertrand Tavernier](/source/Bertrand_Tavernier)) - Mme. Ladmiral
*[1992](/source/1992_in_film): ''[Savage Nights](/source/Savage_Nights)'' (by [Cyril Collard](/source/Cyril_Collard)) - Jean's mother
*[1993](/source/1993_in_film): ''[Couples et Amants](/source/Couples_et_Amants)'' (by [John Lvoff](/source/John_Lvoff)) - Génia
*[1994](/source/1994_in_film): ''[Délit mineur](/source/D%C3%A9lit_mineur_(film))'' (by [Francis Girod](/source/Francis_Girod))
*1994: ''[L'ange noir](/source/L'ange_noir)'' (by [Jean-Claude Brisseau](/source/Jean-Claude_Brisseau)) - Mrs. Pitot
*[2010](/source/2010_in_film): ''[Rendez-vous avec un ange](/source/Rendez-vous_avec_un_ange)'' (by [Yves Thomas](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Pierre_Sabbagh), [Théâtre Marigny](/source/Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_Marigny))
*1969: ''Le Profanateur'' - Benvenuta
*1971: ''29 degrés à l'ombre'' - Mrs. Pomadour
*1972: ''Ruy Blas'' - the queen
*1972: ''[Le Bunker](/source/Le_Bunker)'' - Eva Braun
*1973: ''Horace'' - Julie
*1975: ''Ondine'' - Queen Yseult
*1975: ''Tartuffe'' - Elmire
*1981: ''[Le Pain de ménage](/source/Le_Pain_de_m%C3%A9nage)'' - Marthe
*1982: ''Les Caprices de Marianne'' - Hermia
*1989: ''L'Été de la Révolution'' (by [Lazare Iglesis](/source/Lazare_Iglesis)) - Mrs. Necker
*1989: ''Manon Roland'' - Manon's mother
*1989: ''Les Grandes Familles'' - Adèle Schoudler
*1995: ''Maigret'' - La comtesse de Saint-Fiacre

== Theatre ==
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*1953: ''[Un caprice](/source/Un_caprice)'' by [Alfred de Musset](/source/Alfred_de_Musset), directed by [Maurice Escande](/source/Maurice_Escande), [Comédie-Française](/source/Com%C3%A9die-Fran%C3%A7aise)    
*1953: ''[Six Characters in Search of an Author](/source/Six_Characters_in_Search_of_an_Author)'' by [Luigi Pirandello](/source/Luigi_Pirandello), directed by [Julien Bertheau](/source/Julien_Bertheau), Comédie-Française 
*1955: ''Elizabeth, la femme sans homme'' by André Josset, directed by [Henri Rollan](/source/Henri_Rollan), Comédie-Française
*1960: ''[Ruy Blas](/source/Ruy_Blas)'' by [Victor Hugo](/source/Victor_Hugo), directed by [Raymond Rouleau](/source/Raymond_Rouleau), Comédie-Française 
*1962: ''[La Troupe du Roy](/source/La_Troupe_du_Roy)'', hommage to [Molière](/source/Moli%C3%A8re), directed by [Paul-Émile Deiber](/source/Paul-%C3%89mile_Deiber), Comédie-Française
*1962: ''[The liar](/source/The_Liar_(Corneille))'' by [Corneille](/source/Pierre_Corneille), directed by [Jacques Charon](/source/Jacques_Charon), Comédie-Française
*1965: ''[L'Orphelin de la Chine](/source/L'Orphelin_de_la_Chine)'' by [Voltaire](/source/Voltaire), directed by [Jean Mercure](/source/Jean_Mercure), Comédie-Française
*1967: ''L'Émigré de Brisbane'' by [Georges Schéhadé](/source/Georges_Sch%C3%A9had%C3%A9), directed by [Jacques Mauclair](/source/Jacques_Mauclair), Comédie-Française
*1968: ''[Tartuffe](/source/Tartuffe)'' by [Molière](/source/Moli%C3%A8re) in the part of Elmire, directed by [Jacques Charon](/source/Jacques_Charon), Comédie-Française
*1968: ''[Athalie](/source/Athalie)'' by [Racine](/source/Jean_Racine), directed by [Maurice Escande](/source/Maurice_Escande), Comédie-Française
*1970: ''[Malatesta](/source/Malatesta_(play))'' by [Henry de Montherlant](/source/Henry_de_Montherlant), directed by [Pierre Dux](/source/Pierre_Dux), Comédie-Française
*1970: ''[A Dream Play](/source/A_Dream_Play)'' by [August Strindberg](/source/August_Strindberg), directed by [Raymond Rouleau](/source/Raymond_Rouleau), Comédie-Française
*1971: ''[Les Sincères](/source/Les_Sinc%C3%A8res)'' by [Marivaux](/source/Marivaux), directed by [Jean-Laurent Cochet](/source/Jean-Laurent_Cochet), Comédie-Française
*1971: ''[Ruy Blas](/source/Ruy_Blas)'' by [Victor Hugo](/source/Victor_Hugo), directed by [Raymond Rouleau](/source/Raymond_Rouleau), Comédie-Française at the [Théâtre de l'Odéon](/source/Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_de_l'Od%C3%A9on) 
*1972: ''[Horace](/source/Horace_(play))'' by [Pierre Corneille](/source/Pierre_Corneille), directed by [Jean-Pierre Miquel](/source/Jean-Pierre_Miquel), Comédie-Française
*1973: ''[L'Impromptu de Versailles](/source/L'Impromptu_de_Versailles)'' by [Molière](/source/Moli%C3%A8re), directed by [Pierre Dux](/source/Pierre_Dux), Comédie-Française 
*1973: ''[Hunger and Thirst](/source/Hunger_and_Thirst)'' by [Eugène Ionesco](/source/Eug%C3%A8ne_Ionesco), directed by [Jean-Marie Serreau](/source/Jean-Marie_Serreau), Comédie-Française at the [Théâtre de l'Odéon](/source/Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_de_l'Od%C3%A9on)
*1973: ''[Tartuffe](/source/Tartuffe)'' by [Molière](/source/Moli%C3%A8re), directed by [Jacques Charon](/source/Jacques_Charon), [Comédie-Française](/source/Com%C3%A9die-Fran%C3%A7aise)   
*1973: ''C'est la guerre Monsieur Gruber'' de [Jacques Sternberg](/source/Jacques_Sternberg), directed by [Jean-Pierre Miquel](/source/Jean-Pierre_Miquel), Comédie-Française at the Théâtre de l'Odéon   
*1974: ''[Ondine](/source/Ondine_(play))'' by [Jean Giraudoux](/source/Jean_Giraudoux), directed by [Raymond Rouleau](/source/Raymond_Rouleau), Comédie-Française    
*1975: ''[The Idiot](/source/The_Idiot)'' by [Fiodor Dostoïevski](/source/Fiodor_Dosto%C3%AFevski), directed by [Michel Vitold](/source/Michel_Vitold), Comédie-Française et the [Théâtre Marigny](/source/Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_Marigny)
*1976: ''[Cyrano de Bergerac](/source/Cyrano_de_Bergerac_(play))'' by [Edmond Rostand](/source/Edmond_Rostand), directed by [Jean-Paul Roussillon](/source/Jean-Paul_Roussillon), Comédie-Française 
*1977: ''[Le Cid](/source/Le_Cid)'' by [Corneille](/source/Pierre_Corneille), directed by [Terry Hands](/source/Terry_Hands), Comédie-Française 
*1978: ''[Murder in the Cathedral](/source/Murder_in_the_Cathedral)'' by [T. S. Eliot](/source/T._S._Eliot), directed by [Terry Hands](/source/Terry_Hands), [Palais de Chaillot](/source/Palais_de_Chaillot)
*1978: ''[Six Characters in Search of an Author](/source/Six_Characters_in_Search_of_an_Author)'' by [Luigi Pirandello](/source/Luigi_Pirandello), directed by [Antoine Bourseiller](/source/Antoine_Bourseiller), Comédie-Française
*1979: ''[Le Pain de ménage](/source/Le_Pain_de_m%C3%A9nage)'' by [Jules Renard](/source/Jules_Renard), directed by [Yves Gasc](/source/Yves_Gasc), Comédie-Française
*1980: ''[Port-Royal](/source/Port-Royal_(Montherlant))'' by [Henry de Montherlant](/source/Henry_de_Montherlant), directed by [Jean Meyer](/source/Jean_Meyer_(actor)), Comédie-Française
*1980: ''[The Seagull](/source/The_Seagull)'' by [Tchekhov](/source/Tchekhov), directed by [Otomar Krejča](/source/Otomar_Krej%C4%8Da), [Comédie-Française](/source/Com%C3%A9die-Fran%C3%A7aise) 
*1980: ''[The Moods of Marianne](/source/The_Moods_of_Marianne)'' by [Alfred de Musset](/source/Alfred_de_Musset), mise en scène [François Beaulieu](/source/Fran%C3%A7ois_Beaulieu_(actor)), [Comédie-Française](/source/Com%C3%A9die-Fran%C3%A7aise)    
*1981: ''[Andromaque](/source/Andromaque)'' by [Racine](/source/Jean_Racine), directed by [Patrice Kerbrat](/source/Patrice_Kerbrat), Comédie-Française 
*1981: ''[La Dame de chez Maxim](/source/La_Dame_de_chez_Maxim_(play))'' by [Georges Feydeau](/source/Georges_Feydeau), directed by [Jean-Paul Roussillon](/source/Jean-Paul_Roussillon), Comédie-Française
*1982: ''[Les Corbeaux](/source/Les_Corbeaux_(th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre))'' de [Henry Becque](/source/Henry_Becque), directed by [Jean-Pierre Vincent](/source/Jean-Pierre_Vincent), Comédie-Française
*1984: ''[Cinna](/source/Cinna_(play))'' by [Corneille](/source/Pierre_Corneille), directed by [Jean-Marie Villégier](/source/Jean-Marie_Vill%C3%A9gier), Comédie-Française
*1984: ''La Mort de Sénèque'' by [Tristan L'Hermite](/source/Fran%C3%A7ois_Tristan_l'Hermite), directed by Jean-Marie Villégier, Comédie-Française
*1985: ''[The Triumph of Love](/source/The_Triumph_of_Love_(play))'' by [Marivaux](/source/Marivaux), directed by Alain Halle-Halle, Comédie-Française
*1985: ''[Macbeth](/source/Macbeth)'' by [Shakespeare](/source/Shakespeare), directed by [Jean-Pierre Vincent](/source/Jean-Pierre_Vincent), Comédie-Française
*1987: ''[The Eternal Husband](/source/The_Eternal_Husband)'' by [Dostoevsky](/source/Fyodor_Dostoevsky), directed by [Simon Eine](/source/Simon_Eine), Comédie-Française at the Théâtre de l'Odéon   
*1987: ''[A Kind of Alaska](/source/A_Kind_of_Alaska)'' by [Harold Pinter](/source/Harold_Pinter), directed by [Bernard Murat](/source/Bernard_Murat), Comédie-Française at the [festival d'Avignon](/source/festival_d'Avignon)
*1988: ''[Death of a Salesman](/source/Death_of_a_Salesman)'' by [Arthur Miller](/source/Arthur_Miller), directed by [Marcel Bluwal](/source/Marcel_Bluwal), Théâtre de l'Odéon, [Théâtre national de Nice](/source/Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_national_de_Nice)
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== Dubbing ==
* Lady (1st dubbing) :
**[1955](/source/1955_in_film): ''[Lady and the Tramp](/source/Lady_and_the_Tramp)''
* [Elizabeth Taylor](/source/Elizabeth_Taylor) in : 
**[1959](/source/1959_in_film): ''[Suddenly, Last Summer](/source/Suddenly%2C_Last_Summer_(film))''
**[1963](/source/1963_in_film): ''[Cleopatra](/source/Cleopatra_(1963_film))'' 
*[1954](/source/1954_in_film): [Janet Leigh](/source/Janet_Leigh) in ''[Prince Vaillant](/source/Prince_Valiant_(1954_film))'' 
*1954: [Lizabeth Scott](/source/Lizabeth_Scott) in ''[Silver Lode](/source/Silver_Lode_(film))'' 
*[1956](/source/1956_in_film): [Linda Cristal](/source/Linda_Cristal) in ''[Comanche](/source/Comanche_(1956_film))'' 
*1956: [Yvonne De Carlo](/source/Yvonne_De_Carlo) in ''[The Ten Commandments](/source/The_Ten_Commandments_(1956_film))''

== Prizes and awards ==
* 1988 : [Prix du Brigadier](/source/Prix_du_Brigadier) for ''[Death of a Salesman](/source/Death_of_a_Salesman)'' by [Arthur Miller](/source/Arthur_Miller), [Centre national de création d'Orléans](/source/Centre_national_de_cr%C3%A9ation_d'Orl%C3%A9ans) and [Théâtre national de l'Odéon](/source/Od%C3%A9on-Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_de_l'Europe)

== 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"
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