Geneviève Gilles (born Geneviève Gillaizeau; 1946) is a French
actress. She acted in one film and in one episode of a television
series. She was the mistress of film producer Darryl Zanuck, from 1965
to 1973.Raised as an orphan in convent schools, the 19-year-old
Gillaizeau found the 63-year-old Zanuck irresistible. She was quoted,
in 1980, as stating "... his age didn't bother me. He was wonderful,
very powerful and smart. About sex, he was like Picasso."Zanuck had a
long history of trying to turn his European mistresses into film stars
â€" he had previously done this with Bella Darvi, Juliette Gréco and
Irina Demick. Gilles' only movie, as the lead in Hello Goodbye (1970),
was created and written by Zanuck, and was the first production he
personally supervised since he inserted Demick in The Longest Day
(1962).In 1980, Gilles filed a $15 million claim against the estate of
Darryl F. Zanuck, claiming that Zanuck, who she claimed was her
constant companion from 1965 to 1973, suffered from Alzheimer's
disease and that Zanuck's son, Richard, had influenced his father to
remove her from his final will in October 1973. She claimed that he
had promised her 45% of the estate, valued at $3.4 million. Genevieve Gilles Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter