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name: "Geneviève Mnich"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/genevieve-mnich"
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imdb_id: "nm0594885"
tmdb_id: 7280
wikidata_id: "Q3100676"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "19 February 1942"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T17:41:24.974310+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Geneviève Mnich

## Identity

Geneviève Mnich

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/genevieve-mnich
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** genevieve-mnich
- **IMDb ID:** nm0594885
- **TMDB ID:** 7280
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3100676
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genevi%C3%A8ve_Mnich, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3100676, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0594885/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7280

Actor. Born 19 February 1942 in Soissons, Aisne, France.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 19 February 1942, Soissons, Aisne, France
- **Also known as:** 傑納維夫·馬尼奇
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genevi%C3%A8ve_Mnich, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3100676, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0594885/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7280

## Biography

Geneviève Mnich is a French actress. She was born on 19 February 1942 in Aisne, France.

Mnich made her screen debut in Jean Eustache's *The Mother and the Whore* (1973) as Veronika's friend. She has appeared in more than eighty films and television productions, including *My American Uncle* (1980) as René's mother, *Beau Père* (1981) as Simone, *Séraphine* (2008) as Mme Duphot, *Once in a Lifetime* (2014) as Yvette Thomas, and *Full Time* (2022) as Madame Lusigny.

She was previously married to actor Maurice Bénichou.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, wikidata.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Mother and the Whore* (1973), Fi1m 86, as Veronika's Friend — [page](https://film.one/film/the-mother-and-the-whore.md)

## Complete filmography (58)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Case 137* (2025), as Stéphanie's mother
- *Le crime de la Tour Eiffel* (2025), as Catherine Ackerman
- *The Tasting* (2022), as Danièle
- *Full Time* (2022), as Madame Lusigny
- *A Change of Heart* (2022), as Josy
- *A Good Man* (2021), as Jeannette
- *The House by the Sea* (2017), as Suzanne
- *Murder In The Auvergne Mountains* (2017), as Simone Cazal
- *La Loi de Simon - Des hommes en noir* (2016), as Christine, la tante de Fabienne
- *La Mère à boire* (2015), as The mother
- *Once in a Lifetime* (2014), as Yvette Thomas
- *Nobody from Nowhere* (2014), as Hélène Nicolas
- *La pièce manquante* (2014), as Armande
- *Post Partum* (2013), as Carole
- *Bowling* (2012), as Mme Escoffier
- *Blood from a Stone* (2012), as Mrs. Beaubery
- *En chantier, monsieur Tanner !* (2010), as Tanner's mother
- *Fausses innocences* (2009), as Madeleine Muller
- *Mademoiselle Chambon* (2009), as La mère de Véronique (voice)
- *Someone I Loved* (2009), as Geneviève, la secrétaire
- *Séraphine* (2008), as Mme Duphot
- *Anna M.* (2007), as Anna's mother
- *Poison Friends* (2006), as L'éditrice
- *Les Inséparables* (2005), series, as Mariette, la mère d'Antoine
- *Not Here to Be Loved* (2005), as Mère de Françoise
- *She's One of Us* (2003), as la mère
- *Le Champ Dolent, le roman de la terre* (2002), series, as Finette (mère de Jean-Baptiste)
- *Agathe et le grand magasin* (2001), as Mme Debarre
- *Les Petites Mains* (2001), as Mado
- *Fils unique* (1995), Actor
- *Charlotte dite 'Charlie'* (1995), as The mother
- *Women* (1995), as Eric's mother
- *Le Fils du cordonnier* (1994), series, as Mme Gervin
- *Les Maîtres du pain* (1993), series, as Fifine
- *Les Maîtres du pain* (1993), as Fifine
- *East Wind* (1993), as Mme Brandt
- *Les genoux cagneux* (1992), as La boulangère
- *Three Crowns of the Sailor* (1991), as (voice)
- *Les Bottes de sept lieues* (1990), as Mme Frioulat
- *The French Revolution* (1989), as Mme Duplessis
- *Engagements of the Heart* (1987), as Louise
- *Last Image* (1986), as Madame Lanier
- *Love Unto Death* (1984), as Anne Jourdet
- *A Sunday in the Country* (1984), as Marie-Thérèse
- *A Stone in the Mouth* (1983), as Suzanne
- *La Bête noire* (1983), as La convoyeuse
- *Qu'est-ce qui fait courir David ?* (1982), as Rebecca
- *Le jardinier* (1981), as The mother of the child
- *Beau Pere* (1981), as Simone
- *Bolero* (1981), as Jeanne
- *My American Uncle* (1980), as René's Mother
- *The Suspended Vocation* (1978), as Sœur Théophile
- *Why Not!* (1977), as L'ex-femme de Fernand
- *Spoiled Children* (1977), as Guite Bonfils, locataire
- *My Heart Is Red* (1977), as La directrice de l'agence
- *The Mother and the Whore* (1973), as Veronika's Friend — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/the-mother-and-the-whore.md)
- *The French Calvinists* (1972), as Flore Génoyer
- *Placée*, series, as Josiane Leuzinger

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