Death of Marion Game, star of "Scènes de ménages" and popular figure of the 70s/80s

Europe 1 with AFP 11:00 am, March 24, 2023

The actress Marion Game, who played Huguette in the hit series of M6 "Scenes of households", died Thursday at the age of 84, after a long career in theater, television and cinema, announced her daughter to AFP Friday. Before finding a celebrity late thanks to "Scènes de ménages", in which she and Gerard Hernandez played an elderly couple, Marion Game was a familiar figure of the 70s and 80s.

She played the role of Huguette in "Scènes de ménages"

This actress with red hair and a bubbly personality had played many supporting roles in theatre, television and film. She died late Thursday afternoon at her home in the Paris region, said her daughter, Virginie Ledieu, also an actress. "It is in the tenderness and affection of her family that she left to join the stars," she told AFP.

Launched in 2009, "Scènes de ménages" tells the daily life of couples of different generations through short sketches. It gathered some nights up to 5 million viewers. Marion Game played the role of Huguette, who was constantly bickering with her husband Raymond, played by another very popular figure of the 70s and 80s, the mustachioed Gerard Hernandez.

Also voice actress

In cinema, she has notably been seen in "Le Cri du cormoran le soir au-dessus des jonques" by Michel Audiard (1971) or "Parking" by Jacques Demy (1985). On TV, she has played in "Les Brigades du Tigre" (1975), "Nana" (1981) or, more recently, "Plus belle la vie" (2010-2012).

She was also active in dubbing, and had been the French voice of the character of Phyllis Van de Kamp, Bree's mother-in-law, in the American series "Desperate Housewives". Marion Game regularly intervened in ultra-popular TV games of the 70s and 80s, "Les Jeux de 20 heures" on FR3 and "L'académie des neuf" on Antenne 2.