Claude Génia was born on March 4, 1913 in Vetluga, Russian Empire [now Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia]. She was an actress, known for Le père Goriot (1945), La louve (1949) and Les beaux jours du roi Murat (1947). She was previously married to Jacques Le Beau. She died on May 18, 1979 in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France.