Gisèle Pascal


Gisèle Pascal was a French actress and a former lover of Rainier III, Prince of Monaco.
She was born Gisèle Marie Madeleine Tallone at Cannes, France. Her first movie role was in 1942's L'Arlésienne.
For six years, she was involved in a relationship with Prince Rainier, and lived together in a villa in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat. Princess Antoinette, Baroness of Massy, Rainier's sister, seeking to obtain the throne of Monaco for her own son, spread malicious rumors that Pascal was incapable of bearing children. A contemplated marriage was called off when a medical examination mistakenly reported that she was infertile.
Pascal subsequently married actor Raymond Pellegrin on 8 October 1955 and had a daughter, Pascale Pellegrin, on 12 September 1962.

Stage credits

Amour, Délices et orgues Véronique
  • ''Boum sur Paris''

Partial filmography

L'Arlésienne - VivetteThe Beautiful Adventure - Hélène de TrévillacTwo Timid Souls - Une des jeunes fillesLa Vie de bohème - MusetteLunegarde - Élisabeth de LunegardeMadame et son flirt - Claudette SauvagetLes J3 - Mademoiselle Bravard - la prof de philoDropped from Heaven - MadeleineLoves, Delights and Organs - MichelineLast Refuge - Antoinette BaronAfter Love - Germaine ByMademoiselle Has Fun - Christine GibsonThe Nude Woman - LoulouThe Chocolate Girl - Benjamine LapistolleVéronique - EstelleBeautiful Love - Suzanne Gérard-MoulinEndless Horizons - Hélène BoucherBoum sur Paris - Giselle PascalRoyal Affairs in Versailles - Louise de la VallièreWomen Without Hope - Marie-Thérèse LangeacFire Under Her Skin - Thérèse RabouMadonna of the Sleeping Cars - Lady Diana WyndhamMademoiselle from Paris - Micheline BertierIf Paris Were Told to Us - Comtesse de G...Pity for the Vamps - Jany Cristal-DavisSylviane de mes nuits - Gaby LemontierÇa n'arrive qu'aux vivants - Anne BrunierLe Masque de fer - Mme de ChaulmesSeul... à corps perdu - Lydia SimonSecret World - FlorenceUn caso di coscienza - RosariaAt the Top of the Stairs - RoseLes Compères - LouiseThe Public Woman - GertrudeJuillet en septembre - Madame Dewacker