Hélène Surgère was born on 20 October 1928 in Caudéran, Bordeaux, Gironde, France. She was an actress, known for Salo ya da Sodom'un 120 Günü (1975), Le boşanma (2003) and Le temps retrouvé, d'après l'oeuvre de Marcel Proust (1999). She died on 27 March 2011 in Paris, France.