Anémone

Actor · Died April 30, 2019, aged 68 · Paris, France

Anne Bourguignon (9 August 1950 - 30 April 2019) known as Anemone, is a French actress and screenwriter. She won the César for best actress in 1988 for the role of Marcelle in Le Grand Chemin. She is the mother of two children; Jacob and Lilly. She spent her childhood at Château Mauras, a family property in Bommes, in Gironde. After primary and secondary studies at the Sainte-Marie-des-Invalides school (today Paul Claudel-d'Hulst), at the Victor-Duruy high school, at the Gaudéchaux course, at the Jaillard course, at the Sévigné college, within the congregation of the canonesses of Saint-Augustin of the Congrégation Notre-Dame (at the Notre-Dame-des-Oiseaux convent in Megève, at the Saint-Pierre Fourier institute in Brunoy) and at the Institut Notre-Dame in Épernay, it pursued higher education at Paris-III University and then at Paris-X1 University. Anemone began her career at the café-théâtre with the Splendid troupe. She takes her pseudonym from the first film in which she shot, Anemone by Philippe Garrel. It was Coluche who offered her her first big role in the cinema in You will not have Alsace and Lorraine in 1977. In 1979, she created on stage the play written by the Splendid troupe, Le Père Noël est une junk . Her role as Thérèse earned her great success with the public, a success confirmed and amplified by the adaptation of the play to the cinema, directed by Jean-Marie Poiré. In the 1980s, she was a very popular actress who starred in many comedies: "Ma Femme S'Appelle Reviens", "Les Babas-Cool", "Pour Cent Briques, T'As Plus Rien"..., "Le Quart d'Heure Américain", and "Le Mariage Du Siècle", for which she wrote most of the screenplay. Michel Deville (Peril in the home, Aux petits bonheurs), then Jean-Loup Hubert offered her more serious roles from 1985. Successful counter-jobs, since she won the César for best actress for "Le Grand Chemin" in 1988. More discreet in the 1990s, Anemone worked with Tonie Marshall ("Pas Très Catholique", "Enfants De Bastard"), Romain Goupil ("Mom") or Christine Pascal, in "Le Petit Prince A Dit". In 1996, she played in the adaptation of Binet's comic strip, "Les Bidochon". In 2010, she returned to the cinema with the film "Les Amours Secrètes" by Franck Phelizon. She then turned to the theater, playing in "L'Avare" for Roger Planchon, "Mademoiselle Werner" at the Théâtre des Variétés or "Les Noeuds Au Mouchoir" at the Palais des Glaces which she announced would be her last play at the end of 2017. In December 2017, she announced that she would definitely end her career at the end of the year, and also took a very critical and disillusioned look in this same interview at what has become of the world in general, and that of show- bizz in particular. Militant like her brother for a return to a more ethical and ecological society, Anemone chooses to live in the countryside in the small village of Sainte-Soline (Deux-Sèvres), near Lezay. Anemone died on April 30, 2019 at the age of 68 in Poitiers (Vienne) from lung cancer. She admitted to being an “inveterate smoker”. Her funeral took place on May 9 in Poitiers, where she was cremated.

Biography from TMDB.

Born: August 9, 1950
Died: April 30, 2019 (aged 68)
From: Paris, France
Works as: Actor
Titles: 19 on MovieCove · 90 credits in all
Links: IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Down 23% in 30 days

What are Anémone's films like?

Across their 16 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Comedy12 titles37^th

Crime2 titles44^th

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight

Bonds

31%

Self

24%

Power

13%

Morality

13%

Society

13%

Survival

Ideas

Deception4 Friendship4 Romantic love3 Family bonds3 Ambition2 Freedom2 Obsession2 Isolation2

What they feel like to watch

their average across 16 films

ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Earnest

Tone · Sincerity

ironicearnest

Ironic 4 · Wry 1 · Earnest 11

Light

Tone · Weight

lightdark

Light 10 · Serious 4 · Dark 2

Stylized

Tone · Style

naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 8 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 4

Charged

Feel · Intensity

gentleintense

Gentle 5 · Charged 7 · Intense 4

Shifting

Feel · Swings

steadyswings

Steady 6 · Shifting 7 · Whiplash 3

Some laughs

Feel · Humor

noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 9

Even-paced

Demand · Pace

slowrelentless

Slow burn 7 · Even-paced 8 · Relentless 1

Casual

Demand · Attention

casualfull focus

Casual 11 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 2

Easy watch

Demand · Emotional cost

easyheavy

Easy watch 10 · Affecting 5 · Heavy 1

Resolved

Demand · Resolution

resolvedambiguous

Resolved 13 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 2

Roles they play

6 analyzed roles

Usually the Trickster: 2 of 6 analyzed roles.

Trickster

2 of 6

Threshold guardian

2 of 6

Ally

1 of 6

Mentor

1 of 6

Tricksteras Set Manager in Let's Make a Dirty Movie (1976)
Allyas Nadine Foulon in Ma femme s'appelle reviens (1982)
Threshold guardianas Thérèse in Santa Claus Is a Stinker (1982)
Tricksteras Edwige Ledieu in Death in a French Garden (1985)
Threshold guardianas La générale in Jacky in the Kingdom of Women (2014)
Mentoras La grand-mère in I'm All Yours (2015)

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful

Absurd

Tense

Warm

Melancholic

Other

How their films linger

Feel-good9 Fun7 Thought-provoking5 Bittersweet3 Unsettling3 Hopeful2

How their films end · 4 with a twist

Happy10
Bittersweet3
Tragic1
Ambiguous2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Anémone's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 19 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (3).

Subscription and free streaming for Anémone's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

90 credits, 19 with a MovieCove page; 12 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

Family Business (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
as Bertille
Rosalie Blum (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
as Simone Machot
The Roommates Party(2015)
as Madame Abramovitch
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
I'm All Yours(2015)
as La grand-mère
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Le grimoire d'Arkandias(2014)
as Marion Boucher
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
Un si joli mensonge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
as Louise
Jacky in the Kingdom of Women(2014)
as La générale Bubunne XVI
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
That Thing You Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
as Mrs. Lesoufache
Deadly Summer(2013)
as Mrs. Spinelli
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Nuts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
as Dr. Vorov
Grossesses Nerveuses (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
as Mathilde
Super 8 mon amour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
as Narrator (voice)
The Great Restaurant II (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
as Widow Who Killed Her Husband
Mademoiselle Drot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
as Mme Chambart-Martin
Malevil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
as Mrs. Menou
Louise's Diary 1942 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
as Margot
Little Nicholas(2009)
as Miss Navarin
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
Myriam's choice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
as Simone
Les Bougon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Show 1 episode · as Tata Louise
Fais pas ci, fais pas ça (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Show 4 episodes · as Mme Fernet
La fille de Madame Angot - Opéra de Lausanne (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Director
Bataille Natale (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
as Françoise Darcy
The Jungle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
as la mère de Mathias
Sable noir (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Show 5 episodes · as Marie
A Song of Innocence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
as Léonce
Voisins, voisines (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
as Madame Gonzalés
Unissez-vous, il n'est jamais trop tard ! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Actor
The Cop, the Criminal and the Clown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
as Carlotta Luciani
My Wife Maurice(2002)
as Claire Trouaballe
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films
Fortune Tellers and Misfortune (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
as Anémone
Man of My Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
as Solange
Lautrec (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
as Comtesse Adèle de Toulouse-Lautrec
Marquise(1997)
as La Voisin
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
The Target (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
as Clara
Le Cri de la soie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
as Cécile
Les Bidochon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
as Raymonde Bidochon
Enfants de salaud (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
as Sylvette
L'Échappée belle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
as Jeanine, la juge
Something Fishy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
as Maxime Chabrier
Life's Little Treasures (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
as Hélène
Sunfish (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
as Anne
Ma soeur, mon amour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
as Laura Bécancour
And the Little Prince Said (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
as Melanie
Loulou Graffiti(1992)
as Juliette
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
The Beautiful Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
as Mme Desjardins
Les Enfants volants (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
as Suzanne
Après après-demain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
as Isabelle
Maman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
as Lulu
Zanzibar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
as Woman in the orange dress at the Césars ceremony
Twisted Obsession(1989)
as Marianne
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Emergency Kisses (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
as Minouchette
Sans peur et sans reproche (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
as Rose
Envoyez les violons (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
as Isabelle Fournier
The Grand Highway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
as Marcelle
La sauteuse (de l'ange) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
as La Mère
Poule et frites (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
as Béatrice
I Love You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
as Barbara
Marriage of the Century (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
Writer · as Princess Charlotte
Death in a French Garden(1985)
as Edwige Ledieu
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Slices of Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
as Cécile / Hélène
The Chicks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
as Odile
A Man of My Measure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)
as Babette
Ladies' Choice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
as Bonnie
Santa Claus Is a Stinker(1982)
as Thérèse de Monsou dite « Mme S.O.S »
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
For 200 Grand, You Get Nothing Now(1982)
as Nicole, publiciste pour établissements bancaires
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Ma femme s'appelle reviens(1982)
as Nadine
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
Quand tu seras débloqué... fais-moi signe ! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
as Alexandra
La Gueule du loup (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
as Viviane
La Guerre des insectes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
Show 4 episodes · as Anaïs
Viens chez moi, j'habite chez une copine(1981)
as Adrienne
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
Une merveilleuse journée (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
as Deocadie
Rat Race (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
as Liliane
Certaines nouvelles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
as Marie-Annick
Les 400 Coups de Virginie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
Show 6 episodes · as Marie-Ghyslaine
French Postcards(1979)
as Christine
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Thomas Guérin, retraité (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
as Manou
Take It from the Top (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
as La scripte
Sale rêveur (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
as Colette
You Won't Have Alsace-Lorraine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
as La cousine Lucienne
Les Héritiers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
Show 16 episodes · as Josée
The Model Couple (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
as Claudine
Pardon Mon Affaire(1976)
as Concierge
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Run After Me Until I Catch You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)
as L'ouvreuse du cinéma
The Probability Factor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)
as Secretary
Let's Make a Dirty Movie(1976)
as Eva
Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films
Incorrigible(1975)
as Prostitute (uncredited)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
I. You. They. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)
as La deuxième candidate au poste de nounou
The House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)
Actor
Anemone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)
as Anémone
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)
Show 1 episode · as Lily · as Nadine · as Thérèse

Career shape

Star power in the 98^th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 90 titles from 1958 to 2018; peak year 1981.

Biggest box office

Little Nicholas (2009)

$63M worldwide

Highest rated

Santa Claus Is a Stinker (1982)

Midcredits 90^th

Film career

19582018

Peak 1981 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

1976Screen debut· Pardon Mon Affaire
1982First top-billed film· Singles
1987Career best· The Grand Highway

By role

only this rolewith another role

Acting89 of 90 · 39^thDirecting1 of 90Writing1 of 90

By decade

1950s1 · acting1960s1 · acting1970s15 · acting1980s25 · 25 acting · 1 crew1990s18 · acting2000s14 · 13 acting · 1 crew2010s16 · acting

Billing

usually 4th · top billed in 8% of 25 roles

20%

768696

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Anémone's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 39^th percentile, the median of all 19; across their 16 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 38^th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

38^thpercentile

Typical film, the median of 16

Approval · how many liked their films

32^ndpercentile

Typical film, the median of 16

Reach · how many have seen their films

57^thpercentile

Typical film, the median of 16

Midcredits score across 19 titles, by percentile

75^th and up3
50^th to 74^th4
25^th to 49^th5
Below 25^th7

Shape of the crowd

7 of their 19 titles are Mixed.

Universally Loved1
Universally Panned1
Cult Classic1
Crowd Pleaser4
Broadly Agreed5
Mixed7

Most divisive · actor

Twisted Obsession (1989)

80^th percentile spread · 21% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Santa Claus Is a Stinker (1982)

Midcredits 90^th · 79% liked

Reviewers score the acting 74/100 in their films, across 10 reviewed titles; fans 79, detractors 56. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.