She was adored by the general public for her roles in “Scenes of households”on M6, and “More beautiful life”on France 3, but also for his participation in the film by Jean-Pierre Jeunet “The fabulous destiny of Amelie Poulain“with Audrey Tautou as a star. Actress Andrée Damant died at the age of 93, we learned on December 9.
“I just lost my cinema grandmother, whom I love very much“
She, who therefore played Tata Odette, the aunt of Liliane (Valérie Karsenti) as well as Julienne Vidal, an elderly person whom Benoît Cassagne (Ludovic Baude) took care of as a carer, breathed her last on December 6. . And she will have worked until the end.
In the world of television and cinema, the tributes are already arriving. Aytl Jensen who cast it in her latest film, ‘Forever’, which is slated for release in 2023, wrote: “I have just lost my cinema grandmother, whom I love very much… I have no words to express my pain… I am so sad to hear this bad news. This end of the year is catastrophic for me!!! I keep losing the people I love… I love you my DD, you will always be in my heart. Rest in peace”.
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Frédéric Bouraly, who gave him the reply in the series of M6, for his part wrote: “Our Dedee. Sublime Belise in Les Femmes Savantes with whom I had the chance to play. Tata Odette in Household Scenes. The sun in the voice. Sweetness in the heart. I tenderly embrace the memory of you. I had never been so affectionately treated as “crrrréééétin”… I kiss you one last time Tata Odette”.
A long career on all terrains
On television, Andrée Damant stood out in “Maigret”, “Alice Nevers, the judge is a woman”, “Don’t do this, don’t do that”, “Julie Lescaut”, “Research section”. In the cinema, we had also seen her in “Hate” by Mathieu Kassovitz, “Parasites” by Philippe de Chauveron, “My idol” by Guillaume Canet, “Do not tell anyone” by Guillaume Canet. She also had her career in the theater, as well as in many commercials…
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