Gervaise — Forty Little Mothers Character Profile

About Gervaise

A student who joins the group of girls caring for the abandoned baby. She actively participates in making baby clothes, uncovers the truth behind his arrival, and plays a key role in the student barricade that forces the administration to reconsider the professor's fate.

Character Facts

Played by

Milly Mathis

Appears in

Forty Little Mothers (1936)

Role

Supporting

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• Prosper Martin (Lucien Baroux)
• Mme Granval, the director (Gabrielle Dorziat)
• Mlle Coltilde (Pauline Carton)
• The cook (Marcel Carpentier)
• Denise Mériel, the mother (Madeleine Robinson)
• The child (Philippe)
• The manager (Jane Pierson)
• The drunk (André Siméon)
• Simone (Nane Germon)
• The coadjutor (Pierre Juvenet)
• Geneviève (Wally Carveno)
• The seamstress (Claire Gérard)