Catherine Samie
Catherine Samie (3 February 1933 – 12 January 2026) was a French actress and member of the Comédie-Française. On 14 July 2011 she became Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor. She was a Catholic.
Catherine Samie

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- Name
- Catherine Samie
- Birth Name
- Catherine Marie Celine Paule Samie
- Born
- 3 February 1933
- Birthplace
- Paris, France
- Died
- 12 January 2026
- Occupation
- Actress
- Education
- National Academy of Dramatic Arts
- Awards
- Ordre national du Mérite (1998)
- Full name
- Catherine Marie Céline Paule Samie.
- Nationality
- France.
- Fields
- acting, theatre and film.
- Teachers
- Pierre Dux and Béatrix Dussane.
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Catherine Samie (3 February 1933 – 12 January 2026) was a French actress and member of the Comédie-Française. On 14 July 2011 she became Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor. She was a Catholic.
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Biography
Biography
Samie died on 12 January 2026, at the age of 92.
Catherine Samie studied at Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique and National School of Arts and Techniques of theater. Training under Pierre Dux and Béatrix Dussane is recorded. The recorded working language is French. The field of work recorded is acting, theatre and film. Positions recorded include Administrator of the Comédie-Française and Sociétaire of the Comédie-Française. Distinctions recorded are Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour, Officer of the National Order of Merit and Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit.
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Key facts
• Name — Catherine Samie • Birth Name — Catherine Marie Celine Paule Samie • Born — 3 February 1933 • Birthplace — Paris, France • Died — 12 January 2026 • Place of death — Paris, France • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 1955–2016 • Education — National Academy of Dramatic Arts • Children — Céline Samie • Awards — Ordre national du Mérite (1998)
Filmography
Filmography
• Year — Title — Role — Director — Notes • 1956 — Molière — Toinette / Nicole — Norbert Tildian — Short • 1957 — Lovers of Paris — Clémence — Julien Duvivier • 1960 — Les Cinq Dernières Minutes — Annette — Claude Loursais — 1 episode: "Qui trop embrasse" • 1962 — La nuit des rois — Maria — Claude Barma — TV movie • 1965 — Le carrosse du Saint-Sacrement — Camila Périchole — Daniel Georgeot — TV movie • How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning — A resident — Gilles Grangier — Segment "La fermeture" • 1967 — The Oldest Profession — Toinette — Philippe de Broca — Segment "Mademoiselle Mimi" • Woman Times Seven — Jeannine — Vittorio De Sica — 1 episode: "Amateur Night" • 1969 — L'émigré de Brisbane — Laura Scaramella — Jean Pignol — TV movie • Life Love Death — Julie — Claude Lelouch • Au théâtre ce soir — Armandine — Pierre Sabbagh — 1 episode: "Le dindon" • 1970 — Elle boit pas, elle fume pas, elle drague pas, mais... elle cause! — Jannou — Michel Audiard • The Daydreamer — Clarisse Guiton — Pierre Richard • Monsieur de Pourceaugnac — Nérine — Georges Lacombe — TV movie • Au théâtre ce soir — Nini — 1 episode: "Un fil à la patte" • 1971 — Tang — Léna — André Michel — 8 episodes • Au théâtre ce soir — Loulou — Pierre Sabbagh (2) — 3 episodes • 1972 — The Old Maid — Clotilde — Jean-Pierre Blanc • Elle cause plus, elle flingue — Clarisse — Michel Audiard (2) • Les femmes savantes — Martine — Jean Vernier — TV movie • 1973 — Georges Dandin — Claudine — Jean Dewever — TV movie • Un ange au paradis — Suzanne — Jean-Pierre Blanc (2) • 1974 — La grande Paulette — Denise — Gérald Calderon • Nouvelles de Henry James — Kate Cookham — Claude Chabrol — 1 episode: "Le banc de la désolation" • 1975 — Le médecin malgré lui — Jacqueline — Lazare Iglesis — TV movie • 1977 — Mini-chroniques — Toinette — Jean-Marie Coldefy — 1 episode: "Rêves d'enfant" • 1978 — Les folies Offenbach — Hortense Schneider — Michel Boisrond — TV mini-series (3 episodes) • Claudine — Mlle Sergent — Édouard Molinaro — 1 episode: "Claudine à l'école" • Vas-y maman — The gynecologist — Nicole de Buron • On ne badine pas avec l'amour — Dame Pluche — Roger Kahane — TV movie • 1979 — Hothead — Mme Brochard — Jean-Jacques Annaud • 1980 — Cinéma 16 — Maud — Patrick Jamain — 1 episode: "C'est grand chez toi" • 1981 — La puce et le privé — The pharmacist — Roger Kay • Les plaisirs de l'île enchantée — Mme Pernelle — Dirk Sanders — TV movie • Histoire contemporaine — Mme Bergeret — Michel Boisrond (2) — TV mini-series • L'épreuve — Mme Argante — Jacques Audoir — TV movie • 1983 — L'ami de Vincent — Odette — Pierre Granier-Deferre • 1984 — Jacques le fataliste et son maître — The 'Grand deer' hostess — Claude Santelli — TV movie • 1985 — The Chicks — Simone — Annick Lanoë • 1989 — Tolérance — Marie-The — Pierre-Henry Salfati • 1991 — Gawin — Marthe — Arnaud Sélignac • My Life Is Hell — Flo Lemonier — Josiane Balasko • 1993 — Grossesse nerveuse — Antoinette — Denis Rabaglia — TV movie • 1994 — Julie Lescaut — Jeanne — Josée Dayan — 1 episode: "Ville haute, ville basse" • La guerre des privés — Mme Marony — Josée Dayan (2) — 1 episode: "Tchao poulet" • 1995 — French Twist — The Prostitute — Josiane Balasko (2) • Jefferson in Paris — Cook — James Ivory • Ce que savait Maisie — Mme Wix — Édouard Molinaro (2) — TV movie • 1996 — The Green Beautiful — The midwife — Coline Serreau • Bernie — Grandmother — Albert Dupontel • 1997 — Une soupe aux herbes sauvages — Old Justine — Alain Bonnot — TV movie • Sous les pieds des femmes — The neighbor — Rachida Krim • Un homme digne de confiance — Aurélie's mother — Philippe Monnier — TV movie • Les précieuses ridicules — Marotte — Georges Bensoussan — TV movie • 1998 — La mort du chinois — Jocelyne — Jean-Louis Benoît • 1999 — L'impromptu de Versailles — Mlle de Brie — Georges Bensoussan (2) — TV movie • Le mariage forcé — First Egyptian — Stéphane Bertin — TV movie • L'école des femmes — Georgette — Michel Favart — TV movie • 2000 — Salsa — Letty — Joyce Buñuel • Deux femmes à Paris — Aunt Hannah — Caroline Huppert — TV movie • 2002 — La dernière lettre — Anna Semyonovna — Frederick Wiseman • 2003 — Le Divorce — Madame Florian — James Ivory • Les femmes savantes — Bélise — Georges Bensoussan (3) — TV movie • 2004 — They Came Back — Martha — Robin Campillo • Victoire — The psychoanalyst — Stéphanie Murat • 2005 — Independent Lens — Anna Semionovna — Frederick Wiseman (2) — 1 episode: "The Last Letter/Zyklon Portrait/The Walnut Tree" • 2007 — Mange, ceci est mon corps — Madame's mother — Michelange Quay • 2010 — 22 Bullets — Stella Matteï — Richard Berry • La vénitienne — Maryvonne Levasseur — Saara Saarela — TV movie • 2011 — À la recherche du temps perdu — Marcel's grandmother — Nina Companeez — TV movie • Gérald K Gérald — Élisabeth Rappeneau — TV movie • 2016 — News from Planet Mars — The mother — Dominik Moll • The Origin of Violence — Clémentine Fabre — Élie Chouraqui • Links of Life — Gisèle — Marie-Hélène Roux • Capitaine Marleau — Hadrienne Nobecourt — Josée Dayan (3) — 1 episode
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16th arrondissement of Paris.
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- 1.Comédie Française biography.
- 2.'La promotion du 14 juillet de la Légion d'honneur', in Le Figaro, 14 July 2011 http://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/2011/07/14/01016-20110714DIMWWW00310-la-promotion-du-14-juillet-de-la-legion-d-honneur.php
- 3.Marnie Winston-Macauley, Yiddishe Mamas: The Truth About the Jewish Mother, Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2007, p. 298 https://books.google.com/books?id=KSEkyUZOxG0C&dq=%22Catherine+Samie%22&pg=PA298
- 4.https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2026/01/12/catherine-samie-grande-actrice-et-pilier-de-la-comedie-francaise-est-morte_6661524_3382.html
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