La marquise — The Devil by the Tail Character Profile

About La marquise

The grandmother and châtelaine of the crumbling château. She leads the four women in the scheme to attract paying travelers and secure the gangster's fortune to save the family estate.

Character Facts

Played by

Madeleine Renaud

Appears in

The Devil by the Tail (1969)

Role

Supporting

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• Le baron César Maricorne (Yves Montand)
• La comtesse Diane (Maria Schell)
• Jean-Jacques Leroy-Martin, le "play-boy" (Jean-Pierre Marielle)
• Le comte Georges (Jean Rochefort)
• Amélie, baronne de Coustines (Marthe Keller)
• Charly - le garagiste (Xavier Gélin)
• Cookie (Tanya Lopert)
• Monsieur Patin (Claude Piéplu)
• Max - le premier complice (Jacques Balutin)
• Schwartz - le second complice (Pierre Tornade)
• Un passant suédois (Philippe de Broca)
• La comtesse Jeanne, la cousine pianiste (Clotilde Joano)