Geneviève Galéa
- Actress
Tall, slender, and with long brown hair, Geneviève Galéa was born Genviève
Guillery to Nelly Nicolaidu and Jules Guillery. Her father was Belgian (of Walloon descent) and her mother's family were Greeks from Turkey. In May 1958, she was
spotted while she was having a walk in Cannes during the Film Festival.
Her first role was in a fascinating cruel tale by
Jacques R. Villa,
Wild Roots of Love (1960), filmed
in 1959. Unfortunately, the film was blocked by censorship and remained
mostly unseen, even if it finally got its visa in 1967. After this
false start, Geneviève Galéa made five other films, the most memorable
of which being
The Carabineers (1963), in which
she played a girl named Venus, a telltale name indeed. A modest career
for sure (but Geneviève was also a top model) that ended after this
film, but which was prolonged through an intermediary, her own daughter
Emmanuelle Béart.
