Geneviève Page, Actress in ‘Belle de Jour,’ ‘El Cid’ and ‘The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes,’ Dies at 97

From "Fanfan la Tulipe" to "Cold Buffet" to "Belle de Jour", this glory of the theatre also marked the cinema of his presence during his 50 years of career.

Geneviève Page, Actress in ‘Belle de Jour,’ ‘El Cid’ and ‘The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes,’ Dies at 97

Geneviève Page, the French actress who starred in such films as Belle de Jour, El Cid and The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, died Friday. She was 97.

Known for her mythical roles in Fanfan la Tulipe (1952) and Belle de jour (1967), the comedian played with the greatest actors in theatre and cinema.

French actress Genevieve Page died in Paris at the age of 97.

Spotted in Fanfan la Tulipe, after the war, she will then have a great career on the stage. At the cinema, foreigners more sensitive to her strangeness, especially Luis Buñuel, in the "Belle de jour" . Geneviève Page died this Friday, February 14, at the age of 97.

Geneviève Page, French Acting Legend Seen in 'Belle de Jour,' Dies at 97

Geneviève Page, a legend of the French cinema with a 60-year career, died Friday in Paris, THR reports. She was 97. Page, born into aristocracy and the goddaughter of Christian Dior, played piano as a child and took to the stage in 1943. She made her first film in 1951, "Pas de pitié pour les femmes." Working in the U.K., Italy, and occasionally the U.S. as well as her native France, she appeared in such varied works as "Fanfan la Tulipe" (1952)…