Marie-Pierre Casey

MariePierre Casey is a French actress born on 24 January 1937 in Creusot SaôneetLoire MariePierre Casey was born on 24 January 1937 in Le Creusot From the age of nine she was educated at a boarding school in Charolais with her sister It was there that she discovered her passion for theatre Her first role was Doc the leader of the seven dwarfs in the Grimm brothers fairy tale Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs performed for the end of year celebration organised by the nuns She studied at the Conservatoire de Lyon and at Cours Simon in Paris before starting at the cabarets of the Rive Gauche In the early 1950s MariePierre Casey had a small role in the film Forbidden Games directed by René Clément 1952 where she appeared as a shadow In 1960 she appeared briefly as a nurse in the film Certains laiment froide by Jean Bastia In 1967 she played a cashier at the Royal Garden in Playtime by Jacques Tati In 1970 she appeared in three movies The Things of Life by Claude Sautet Children of Mata Hari by Jean Delannoy and Le Cinéma de papa by Claude Berri In 1980 she became known across France for her role in the TV advert for the Johnson cleaning product Pledge named Pliz in France In the advert Casey dressed as a cleaning lady sprays the product on a large board table puts on an apron and proceeds to slide down the table on her stomach She says Its better that way because I wouldnt do that every day which made the advert a real success amongst television viewers The role also brought her to the attention of Jean Becker who noticed her during an advertising awards ceremony and subsequently offered her a role Source Article MariePierre Casey from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA