Nicole Courcel

{{short description|French actress}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Nicole Courcel

| image = Nicole Courcel in Venice, 1959.jpg

| caption =

| birth_name = Nicole Marie Jeanne Andrieu

| birth_date = {{birth date|1931|10|21|df=yes}}

| birth_place = {{nowrap|Saint-Cloud, Hauts-de-Seine, France}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|2016|6|25|1931|10|21|df=yes}}

| death_place = Paris, France

| occupation = Actress

| years_active = 1947–2004

| children = Julie Andrieu

}}

Nicole Marie Jeanne Andrieu (21 October 1931 – 25 June 2016),{{cite web|url=http://archyworldys.com/the-actress-nicole-courcel-died-at-the-age-of-84-years/|title=The actress Nicole Courcel died at the age of 84 years|date=26 June 2016|accessdate=11 October 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011225330/http://archyworldys.com/the-actress-nicole-courcel-died-at-the-age-of-84-years/|archivedate=11 October 2016|url-status=dead}} better known as Nicole Courcel, was a French actress{{cite web|url=http://culturebox.francetvinfo.fr/cinema/evenements/mort-de-la-comedienne-de-cinema-et-de-theatre-nicole-courcel-241989|title=Mort de la comédienne de cinéma et de théâtre Nicole Courcel|trans-title=Death of the cinema and theater actress Nicole Courcel|date=26 June 2016|accessdate=31 July 2017|language=fr}} who achieved popularity through the 1950s and 1960s, though she is mostly unknown outside of France.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/15345|title=Nicole Courcel|work=All Movie Guide|first=Hal|last=Erickson|accessdate=23 June 2009}} Born in Saint-Cloud, in the western suburbs of Paris,[https://web.archive.org/web/20160715081842/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f0b58dd Nicole Courcel] at the British Film Institute{{better source needed|reason=Help request: a live link can be searched for at https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/search/expert - if available, replace the archive URL with the live link. Or if none found, remove this 'better source needed' template. | date=October 2023}} she appeared in more than 40 films between 1947 and 1979. After working as an extra in a few films, she won a major role in Rendez-vous de juillet (1949), with Brigitte Auber. In 1970 she turned to television, appearing in different television films and miniseries, in which she continued to work until 2004. Courcel is best known for her role in Serge Bourguignon's Sundays and Cybele (1962). She had notable parts in: La Marie du port (1950, opposite Jean Gabin), Sacha Guitry's Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954), and La Sorcière (1956, opposite Marina Vlady).