Catherine Allégret

Acting

Catherine Allégret

Born

1946-04-16 (80)

Place of birth

Paris, France

Known for

Acting

Credits

66 titles

Catherine Allégret (born 16 April 1946) is a French actress. She is the daughter of Simone Signoret and Yves Allégret. In 2007, she portrayed Édith Piaf's grandmother Louise Gassion in Olivier Dahan's biopic La Vie En Rose (La Môme in French). Allégret has been married twice. Her first marriage was to Jean-Pierre Castaldi, with whom she has a son, Benjamin Castaldi. Her second husband is Maurice Vaudaux, with whom she has a daughter, Clémentine. In 2004, Allégret published a memoir titled World Upside Down (Un monde à l'envers) in which she wrote that she was sexually abused by her stepfather Yves Montand for many years from the age of 5. Source: Article "Catherine Allégret" from Wikiped…

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 3 titles

2010s · 6 titles

The Round Up poster
7.5

A faithful retelling of the 1942 "Vel' d'Hiv Roundup" and the events surrounding it.

The Round Up

2010

Fatal poster
6.0

Fatal... short for Fatal Bazooka, a hardcore bling-bling rapper. A huge music star. Millions of fans, tons of hits, 4 Artist Of The Year Music Awards of Music, a fashion line, a magazine, and soon his own amusement park: Fataland. He is the undisputed number one, until...

Fatal

2010

How Mom Turned to Armed Robbery poster
5.3

Despite her best intentions and hard work, a single mom with two sons just can't make ends meet and is forced to depend upon credit just to get by. Desperate, she can see only one solution left to save her family: stage a hold-up.

How Mom Turned to Armed Robbery

2019

Il était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Il était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres

2011

They Saw Inferno poster
NR

A wonderful documentary that sheds additional light on the fascinating project ‘Inferno’ was, as well as how those who were involved with it reacted to it during the shooting process. A riveting adjunct to the main feature, offering a glut of interviews with various people associated with the production, and presenting quite a bit more production data, as well as some unseen footage from Clouzot's shoot.

They Saw Inferno

2010

Yves Montand, l'ombre au tableau poster
NR

With Italian roots and growing up in the working class milieu of Marseille, he is one of the most famous French chansonniers and actors: Yves Montand (1921-1991). The documentary paints a multifaceted portrait of the star and man Montand through unpublished archive footage and conversations with companions.

Yves Montand, l'ombre au tableau

2016

2000s · 5 titles

1980s · 7 titles

Nazi Hunter: The Beate Klarsfeld Story poster
6.5

Beate Klarsfeld, a German Protestant housewife, who, with the help of her Jewish law-student husband, Serge, begins an unrelenting campaign after World War II to bring Nazi war criminals to justice.

Nazi Hunter: The Beate Klarsfeld Story

1986

Chanel Solitaire poster
5.0

The life and loves of Coco Chanel who rose from the bottom with no family or financial support and became one of the most legendary creative icons.

Chanel Solitaire

1981

Le Braconnier de Dieu poster
5.1

A monk for thirty-seven years, Brother Gregory could not resist the temptation. Leaving the monastery for the first time to fulfill his duty as a voter, he catches up with pastis and women.

Le Braconnier de Dieu

1983

Une robe noire pour un tueur poster
5.5

The "black robe" in the title of this suspense film belongs to a female lawyer, Florence Nat who has just lost a case in which she defended Simon Risler, a man wrongly accused of murder. Risler escapes before he can be put in prison, and seeks help from attorney Nat in finding the real killer, partly by going after the police inspector who framed him in the first place. A retired surgeon, in the process of setting up a drug rehab clinic gets involved in solving Risler's case, and soon the solution seems to be pointing to high-ranking figures with every desire and ample means to keep the truth well-hidden.

Une robe noire pour un tueur

1981

Josepha poster
5.0

An acting couple is forced to assess their life together when the wife falls for a wealthy horse-breeder while shooting a film.

Josepha

1982

Au bon beurre poster
7.2

No synopsis available yet.

Au bon beurre

1981

Urgence poster
4.9

When a neo-Nazi group of terrorists is set to blow a pop concert off the face of the earth because it is an anti-racist benefit, they are faced with the intrepid Jean-Pierre Mougin, a macho sports reporter with zero tolerance for Nazi hate crimes. Going along with Mougin to stop the bombing is Lyza, whose brother was killed by this group of fascists, and so she is ardently seeking revenge. After Mougin gets his hands on a videotape that reveals the plot to blow up the concert and its audience, he and Lyza join forces. As the fuse gets shorter and shorter, Mougin is also joined by sympathetic street gangs. Thus reinforced, he faces his opposition (including crooked cops) in increasingly more desperate attempts to stop Murmeau, the leader of the Nazi gang, from carrying out his terrorist objective.

Urgence

1985

1970s · 20 titles

Last Tango in Paris poster
6.9

A recently widowed American begins an anonymous sexual relationship with a young Parisian woman.

Last Tango in Paris

1972

The Burned Barns poster
6.6

The body of a young woman is discovered near a farm. The judge, Larcher is in charge and thinks that the farmers have something to do with the murder.

The Burned Barns

1973

Womanlight poster
5.8

Having both suffered extreme losses, two disparate souls try to form a relationship for consolation rather than romance.

Womanlight

1979

The Wild Goose Chase poster
6.1

The whole intrigue is centered around carte-blanche documents kept in a vault. Whoever fills in the blank becomes the owner of a revue. Big money is involved. The nephew of the owner of the vault is trying to cheat his uncle and have his name in the documents. Everything is even more complicated because the manager of the bank has a finger in the pie, too. Who but a humble bank-teller (Pierre Richard) will ruin the scheme?

The Wild Goose Chase

1975

Money Money Money poster
6.7

When they realize the times are changing, five crooks decide to switch from bank robberies to personality abductions.

Money Money Money

1972

It Only Happens to Others poster
5.2

Catherine and Marcello are secluded in their house, living under the candlelight. Unable to accept the injustice behind the loss of their nine-month-old baby, they face a slow but definite self-destruction.

It Only Happens to Others

1971

Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others poster
7.0

Three friends navigate mid-life crises: a blocked writer, a disillusioned doctor, and a charming man facing bankruptcy and divorce. As their struggles strain friendships, a younger man captures the attention of one friend's wife, complicating their lives further.

Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others

1974

Paul and Michelle poster
5.6

Taking place approximately three years after the events in Friends, Paul and Michelle follows the family of Paul Harrison and Michelle Latour-Harrison after they have been reunited. Paul has to cope with the difficulties he faces balancing work, college, and trying to maintain their family as well as a new love interest for Michelle.

Paul and Michelle

1974

The Killer Strikes at Dawn poster
6.0

A young physician becomes lonely when his workaholic wife ignores him to concentrate on her professional career. He is befriended by an older female artist who is fond of hallucinogenic mushrooms. When his wife is late for their anniversary celebration, he drinks and takes mushrooms with the artist. He wakes up to find she has died and is fearful he may have accidentally killed her.

The Killer Strikes at Dawn

1970

Chance and Violence poster
4.5

A sociologist specialising in criminology moves to a peaceful residence on the Côte d’Azur so that he can concentrate on writing a thesis. When he is attacked by a karate fanatic, he decides not to press charges. He refuses help from the police, preferring to take care of himself...

Chance and Violence

1974

Papa, the Lil' Boats poster
4.6

In this whimsical French comedy, Cookie (aka Venus de Palma) is a tough, sweet little rich girl, and is rather smart, too. She's smart enough and charming enough to outwit her kidnappers by setting one against the other until they have all killed each other or died trying to prove thier worth to her.

Papa, the Lil' Boats

1971

Sex Shop poster
5.6

On the advice of a friend, Claude, married to the charming Isabelle and father of two, decided to transform his library, hardly flourishing, into a sex shop. This change of activity proves to be very lucrative and sharpens his desire to spice up his married life through various erotic experiences. Claude asks his wife to share with him the audacity he dreams of. Soon, the household meets a dentist and his wife and is engaged, without much success, to new discoveries. Isabelle, full of good will, tries to follow her husband ...

Sex Shop

1972

J'ai tout donné poster
9.3

An intimate cinéma vérité style documentary following french mega star Johnny Hallyday's summer tour.

J'ai tout donné

1972

Don't Bite, We Love You poster
4.2

Georges,a trucker, is the single father of young Frédéric. His job prevents him from seeing his son as often as he could, as often as he should. Brought up by his grandparents, Frédéric proves a difficult child. His only friend is his twelve-year-old neighbor Rose. One day, Georges tells his son how Agnès, his mother, abandoned him at birth. Upset by such a revelation, Frédéric decides to be revenged...

Don't Bite, We Love You

1976

Elise, or Real Life poster
6.2

In the middle of the Algerian war, Elise, from Bordeaux, “goes” to Paris to join her brother to earn her living in an automobile factory. There she meets Arezki, an Algerian nationalist activist with whom she falls in love. A chronicle of working life at the time and which highlights the extent of police repression against Algerians.

Elise, or Real Life

1970

Smic, Smac, Smoc poster
5.5

Charles, Jean and Amidou are workmen at the La Ciotat shipyards and live in the same construction facility. One day, Amidou leaves them to marry Catherine, a salesgirl. The trouble for Charles and Jean is that going to their friend's wedding means buying new clothes, which is problematic given their low income Moreover, they are determined to make this day an unforgettable one, despite their lack of money. Will they be able achieve their aim?

Smic, Smac, Smoc

1971

Dear Fatherland Be at Peace poster
7.3

1964 in Berlin, not long after the raise of the wall that separated the city: ex-prisoner Bruno is chosen by the eastern secret agency to be sent west with a special order. However as soon as he's crossed the border, he reports to the police. He claims his order was to kidnap someone, but he doesn't know who yet. He's forced to continue feignedly. However the east agents don't really trust him and play a double game...

Dear Fatherland Be at Peace

1976

No artwork available
7.0

"Un enfant dans la ville" was originally a Michel Fugain album, a record that already told a story. Now it's a musical comedy filmed for television, giving life to its characters and taking up the story of the record, that of today's generation, not quite at ease in their sneakers and trying to untie the laces of truth.

Un enfant dans la ville

1971

Handsome Face poster
7.0

Pierrette, an active labor activist, marries Mario. He had little sympathy for his wife's political activities. Nevertheless, he takes part in a strikers' demonstration she leads, where he is bludgeoned to death by the CRS.

Handsome Face

1972

Closed Shutters poster
4.2

1930. Adelaide is fed up with Paris and founds a 'retreat' for her women friends in a Breton port. They live well and take their pleasure seriously, until the attractive sailor Thomas arrives and nothing is ever the same again.

Closed Shutters

1973

1960s · 5 titles

The Sleeping Car Murders poster
6.9

Six people travel by overnight train from Marseilles to Paris. When they arrive, one of them, a young woman, is found dead in a sleeping berth. The police, led by Inspector Grazzi, investigate the other five passengers, suspecting that one among them was responsible. However, as the investigation is stepped up, the others start turning up dead. It's up to the remaining two to solve the case, lest they become the next victims.

The Sleeping Car Murders

1965

The Great Chase poster
4.2

A gang of young tugs led by Frankie, opens a nightclub just in front of a gangster's hideout. Morelli is his name and he prepares the stealing of the century.

The Great Chase

1968

Tout peut arriver poster
6.2

Back in France after a few years in the United States, a reporter goes in search of his wife.

Tout peut arriver

1969

Four Queens for an Ace poster
5.5

Hakim Gregory escapes from prison by killing a number of guards, and returns to his hide-out abroad, to lead again his gang of drug trafficking and contract murders. Layton of the Secret Service must discover, and arrest him. The difficult mission almost becomes impossible with the rivalry of Layton's partner, Petula, the jealousy of his bride, Marion, the possible treachery of a Spanish woman, Dolores Arrabal, and yet a mysterious and sexy informant, Rosario... Too many women for Layton.

Four Queens for an Ace

1966

Time to Live poster
7.7

Mary and Louis have been married for 10 years and have 2 children. Louis is a construction worker who, to support his wife and children in a comfort, works more and more. Mary asks Louis to spend more time with his family, but he replies that it is impossible. Marie makes the acquaintance of a former teacher of her son, he seems seduced by Marie who invites her over several times in the company of his children, his home ... The couple become unglued a little more when Louis meets a young prostitute. Can the couple manage to get through this?

Time to Live

1969

Series credits

Sacrée soirée poster
5.7

No synopsis available yet.

Sacrée soirée

1987

Vivement dimanche poster
3.6

No synopsis available yet.

Vivement dimanche

1998

Numéro un poster
7.5

A French variety show.

Numéro un

1975

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche poster
6.0

A talk show presented by Michel Drucker

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

1975

Le Grand Échiquier poster
8.0

Le Grand Échiquier is a French variety television program created and presented by Jacques Chancel. It aired at 8:30 pm on the first channel of the ORTF from January 12, 1972 to July 12, 1972, then on the second color channel of the ORTF from September 1972 to December 1974, and finally on Antenne 2 from January 1975 to December 21, 1989. The program returned to France 2 on December 20, 2018 and is hosted by Anne-Sophie Lapix.

Le Grand Échiquier

1972

Murders in... poster
7.3

Murders in... is a collection of French-Belgian police TV movies taking place each time in a different French city and region.

Murders in...

2013

30 millions d'amis poster
6.2

No synopsis available yet.

30 millions d'amis

1976

Capitaine Marleau poster
6.1

Beneath her eccentric appearance, Captain Marleau is a formidable detective. Her Sherlock Holmes deerstalker cap, her character, her unusual appearance, her humor, her unpredictable behavior--Captain Marleau is not your average gendarme. She never rushes an investigation; she becomes the investigation and relentlessly pursues the suspects.

Capitaine Marleau

2015

Téléthon poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

Téléthon

1987

Joséphine, Guardian Angel poster
6.0

Josephine Delamarre is a guardian angel that Heaven sends to earth. With her psychological insight, ability of persuasion and magical powers, she manages to help people who have problems. She appears at the beginning of each mission; when the mission is completed, she disappears with a click of her fingers.

Joséphine, Guardian Angel

1997

The Unexpected Getaway poster
8.5

In each episode, 3 celebrities who have never met go on a 24-hour break in the countryside. A moment out of time to meet and talk about love, friendship, life with its obstacles and surprises.

The Unexpected Getaway

2012

Navarro poster
6.4

Out of the norm police officer Navarro and his team investigate the most troubling, serious and heart rendering cases in the city of Paris.

Navarro

1989

Les Dossiers de l'Agence O poster
10.0

L’Agence O is a famous Parisian private detective firm. Its premises are located in the Passage Choiseul. In front, Torrence leads the shop. In fact, the agency's team is complemented by Émilie le Roux, Mademoiselle Berthe and Barbet, who scrutinize clients through a one-way mirror located behind the desk. Getting hold of a man disguised as an old lady, solving the mystery of the Prisoner of Lagny or discovering who is blackmailing the painter Tigrane Alban does not worry the experts at the O Agency. Les Dossiers de l’Agence O is a French-Canadian television series in thirteen episodes of approximately 55 minutes created by Marc Simenon and broadcast first in Quebec from December 14, 1967 to March 13, 1968 on Télévision de Radio-Canada, then in France from March 11 to June 3, 1968 on the first channel of the ORTF.

Les Dossiers de l'Agence O

1968

Nouvelle Maud poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Nouvelle Maud

2010

Un film et son époque poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Un film et son époque

2003

Médecins de nuit poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Médecins de nuit

1978

Seeds of Change poster
7.0

Provence, 1847. The son of a wealthy landowner in the south of France, Jean-Baptiste, loses his mother in a tragic accident. His truculent father, who was always envious of his son and his relationship with his mother, takes a harlot he met a few months earlier as his new bride. Soon after, Jean-Baptiste is falsely accused by his "stepmother" of trying to take advantage of her. In disgust, his father banishes him forever from the family home. Jean-Baptiste's only solution is to live with Blanche, his mother's sister, in the mountains.

Seeds of Change

2022

Au bon beurre poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Au bon beurre

1981