Jenny Clève

Jenny Clève
Clève in 2008
Born	(1930-04-03)3 April 1930 Roubaix, France
Died	17 February 2023(2023-02-17) (aged 92) Tourcoing, France
Nationality	French
Occupation	Actress

Jenny Clève (French pronunciation: [ʒɛni klɛv]; 3 April 1930 – 17 February 2023) was a French actress.

Biography

Born in Roubaix on 3 April 1930, Clève was the daughter of André Clève and Marie Debode. She left her hometown during World War II and stayed with her father's cousins in Vernou-sur-Brenne. She returned to Roubaix in 1948 and was admitted to the Conservatoire de Roubaix, where she met Claude Talpaert, whom she married on 3 April 1951. The couple had four children: Nadine, Éric, Corinne, and Franck. Her granddaughter, Charlotte Talpaert, also became an actress. On 28 May 2019, she became the godmother of processional giant of Sailly-lez-Lannoy, Jean Gab'Lou.

Clève died in Tourcoing on 17 February 2023, at the age of 92.

Filmography

• La Chair de l'orchidée (1975)
• Les Ambassadeurs (1975)
• F comme Fairbanks (1976)
• Docteur Françoise Gailland (1976)
• Calmos (1976)
• Monsieur Klein (1976)
• Shadow of the Castles (1977)
• The Night of Saint Germain des Pres (1977)
• Like a Turtle on Its Back (1978)
• Dossier 51 (1978)
• Mais ou et donc Ornicar (1979)
• Anthracite (1980)
• One Deadly Summer (1983)
• Winter 1960 (1983)
• La Garce (1984)
• Code Name: Emerald (1985)
• La Maison assassinée (1988)
• Les Enfants du naufrageur (1992)
• IP5: The Island of Pachyderms (1992)
• Germinal (1993)
• Élisa (1995)
• XY (1996)
• Lucie Aubrac (1997)
• XXL (1997)
• The Children of the Marshland (1999)
• A Crime in Paradise (2001)
• Welcome to the Sticks (2008)
• Arrêtez-moi (2013)
• Brèves de comptoir (2014)