Claude Génia was born on 4 March 1913 in Vetluga, Russian Empire [now Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia]. She was an actress, known for Le père Goriot (1945), La louve (1949) and The Count of Monte Cristo (1954). She was married to Jacques Le Beau. She died on 18 May 1979 in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France.