Biography
France Rumilly is a French actress. She was born Marie-Françoise Suzanne Jeanne Rumilly on 1 May 1939 in Boulogne-Billancourt, France. She trained at drama school after studying in a convent and at the Institut Saint-Vincent-de-Paul.
Rumilly made her screen debut in the 1963 sketch film Les Veinards, playing alongside Louis de Funès. She is best known for her recurring role as Sister Clotilde in the Gendarme series, appearing in Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez (1964), The Gendarme in New York (1965), The Gendarme Gets Married (1968), The Gendarme Takes Off (1970), The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space (1979) and The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes (1982). She also appeared as the Woman Selling Eyeglasses in Jacques Tati’s PlayTime (1967).
Other credits include The Restaurant (1966), Let's Not Get Angry (1966) and Twist Again in Moscow (1986). Her final feature film role was in 1986.
