Jenny Clève died at the age of 92announced The voice of the North. The actresswho has starred in countless films and series, died on the night of February 17 to 18, 2023, in her sleep. The Northerner has left her mark on the film industry by appearing in more than forty films, including Killer Summer, The children of the swamp, Germinal, Eliza or the popular Welcome to the Ch’tisas well as in some series and TV movies.
A career marked by many supporting roles
Born in Roubaix, Jenny Clève took her first steps as an actress at the Roubaix conservatory. A place where she met the comedian Claude Talpaert, who will become her husband and the father of her four children: Nadine, Eric, Corinne and Franck. Spotted by Jacques Rosner, director of the North Dramatic Center, she met Patrice Chéreau who included her in the cast of his film The flesh of the orchid, in which she gave the reply to Charlotte Rampling, Simone Signoret and Bruno Cremer. This first appearance allowed her to chain small roles in the cinema until 1982, the year when she appeared in Killer Summer. A drama by Jean Becker which received four Césars, including those for best screenplay and best actress for Isabelle Adjani.
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A woman “generous, smiling and full of life“
In addition to a prolific film career, the Northern native has also featured in a few TV movies and TV series, including episodes of Maigret, The Institute and more recently in Black Baron. She has also animated for more than fifteen years Taste it for me alongside Pierrot de Lille, a program that was broadcast on France 3 Nord-Pas-de-Calais. When his death was announced, the chef paid him a vibrant tribute to our colleagues from France Blue, this Saturday, February 18. “My Jenny, she was a wonderful woman, I am completely overwhelmed. During our TV years, every month, I saw her and followed her everywhere. It was an awesome time. And then, she had her cult phrases“, remembered his sidekick before adding: “Jenny, she was the generous woman, she was the woman always smiling, always full of life. I really had some fantastic times with her. We spent our time laughing“. And to conclude: “I am tortured by her disappearance, but she left quietly in her sleep. I saw her 8 days ago and she was fine. I’m relieved for my friend“.
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