Brigitte Fossey | |
|---|---|
 Fossey in 1998 | |
| Born | Brigitte Florence Fossey 15 June 1946 |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1952–present |
| Spouse | |
| Children | Marie Adam |
Brigitte Florence Fossey (French pronunciation: [bʁiʒit flɔʁɑ̃s fɔsɛ] ; born 15 June 1946) is a French actress.
The daughter of a schoolteacher, Fossey was five years old when she was cast by director René Clément to star in his film, Forbidden Games . [1] Fossey played the role of an innocent child orphaned by World War II. The film won numerous awards worldwide, including the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and Fossey was hired by American actor/director Gene Kelly for his 1957 film, The Happy Road . When Fossey was ten years old her parents took her out of the film business so she could receive proper schooling. [1] While completing her education, Fossey studied piano and dance and then went on to work in Geneva, Switzerland as an interpreter/translator. [1]
In 1967, at age twenty, after studying acting at Yves Furet "Studio d'Entrainement de l'Acteur" in Paris, Fossey was offered the female lead by director Jean-Gabriel Albicocco for his film Le Grand Meaulnes. As an adult Fossey acted both on stage and in film, working with French directors such as François Truffaut and Bertrand Blier. Fluent in English, Fossey has appeared in several Hollywood motion pictures, including a 1979 role as the wife of Paul Newman in the Robert Altman-directed film, Quintet . In 1982, she was a member of the jury at the 32nd Berlin International Film Festival. [2] During the 1990s, she began performing in television productions.
Brigitte Fossey has a daughter from her marriage to director Jean-François Adam, whom she met while making his 1970 film M comme Mathieu .[ citation needed ]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Forbidden Games | Paulette | Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film |
| 1953 | The Steel Rope | Marcella | |
| 1956 | The Happy Road | Jeanine | |
| 1968 | Adieu l'ami | Dominique 'Waterloo' Austerlitz | |
| 1970 | Raphael, or The Debauched One | Bernardine | |
| 1973 | Going Places | the woman in the train | |
| 1975 | Calmos | Suzanne Dufour | |
| 1976 | The Good and the Bad | Dominique Blanchot | |
| 1976 | The Man Who Loved Women | Geneviève Bigey | |
| 1977 | Les Enfants du placard | Juliette | |
| 1977 | Le pays bleu | Louise Morand | |
| 1978 | Die gläserne Zelle | Lisa Braun | Nominated - Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film |
| 1979 | Mais où et donc Ornicar | Anne | |
| Quintet | Vivia | ||
| 1980 | La Boum | Françoise Beretton | |
| Chanel Solitaire | Adrienne | ||
| 1982 | La Boum 2 | Françoise Beretton | |
| 1982 | Enigma | Karen Reinhardt | |
| 1983 | For Those I Loved | Dina Gray | |
| 1988 | Cinema Paradiso (extended Italian version only) | Elena Mendola (as adult) | Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film |
| 1989 | 3615 code Père Noël | Julie de Frémont | |
| 1990 | The Last Butterfly | Vera | |
| 1991 | Les enfants du naufrageur | Hélène | |
| 1992 | The Long Conversation with the Bird | Elisabeth Halbritter | |
| 2016 | Joséphine, ange gardien | Gabrielle Chamant | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2017 | Don't Tell Her |
Sophie Marceau is a French actress. As a teenager, she achieved popularity with her debut films La Boum (1980) and La Boum 2 (1982), receiving a César Award for Most Promising Actress. She became a film star in Europe with a string of successful films, including L'Étudiante (1988), Pacific Palisades (1990), Fanfan (1993) and Revenge of the Musketeers (1994). She became an international film star with her performances in Braveheart (1995), Firelight (1997), Anna Karenina (1997) and as Elektra King in the 19th James Bond film The World Is Not Enough (1999). Some of her later films tackle critical social issues such as Arrêtez-moi (2013), Jailbirds (2015) or Everything Went Fine (2021).
Judith Godrèche is a French actress and author. She has appeared in more than 30 films.
Jane Mallory Birkin, OBE is an English-French singer and actress. She attained international fame and notability for her decade-long musical and romantic partnership with Serge Gainsbourg. She also had a prolific career as an actress in British and French cinema.
Jean-Pierre Léaud, ComM is a French actor, known for playing Antoine Doinel in François Truffaut's series of films about that character, beginning with The 400 Blows (1959). He also worked several times with Jean-Luc Godard and Aki Kaurismäki, as well as with other notable directors such as Jean Cocteau, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Bernardo Bertolucci, Catherine Breillat, Jerzy Skolimowski, Agnès Varda, Jacques Rivette, etc. He is a significant figure of the French New Wave.
Jacques Daniel Michel Piccoli was a French actor, producer and film director with a career spanning 70 years. He was lauded as one of the greatest French character actors of his generation who played a wide variety of roles and worked with many acclaimed directors, being awarded with a Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival and a Silver Bear for Best Actor at the Berlin Film Festival.
Jeanne Moreau was a French actress, singer, screenwriter, director, and socialite. She made her theatrical debut in 1947, and established herself as one of the leading actresses of the Comédie-Française. Moreau began playing small roles in films in 1949, later achieving prominence with starring roles in Louis Malle's Elevator to the Gallows (1958), Michelangelo Antonioni's La Notte (1961), and François Truffaut's Jules et Jim (1962). Most prolific during the 1960s, Moreau continued to appear in films into her 80s. Orson Welles called her "the greatest actress in the world".
Josiane Balasko is a French actress, writer, and director. She has been nominated seven times for César Awards, and won twice.
Stéphane Audran was a French actress. She was known for her performances in award-winning films such as The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) and Babette's Feast (1987), and in critically acclaimed films like The Big Red One (1980) and Violette Nozière (1978).
Agnès Jaoui is a French actress, screenwriter, film director and singer.
Annie Suzanne Girardot was a French actress. She often played strong-willed, independent, hard-working, and often lonely women, imbuing her characters with an earthiness and reality that endeared her to women undergoing similar daily struggles.
La Boum 2 is a 1982 French teen romantic comedy film directed by Claude Pinoteau and starring Claude Brasseur, Brigitte Fossey, and Sophie Marceau. Written by Danièle Thompson and Claude Pinoteau, the film is about a girl who falls in love with a boy and must deal with the question of making love for the first time. La Boum 2 is the sequel to 1980's La Boum. The music group Cook da Books became famous in many countries through their soundtrack song "Your Eyes". Like its predecessor, La Boum 2 was a financial success, earning 4,071,600 admissions in France. In 1983, the film received the César Award for Most Promising Actress, and was nominated for Best Music and Best Supporting Actress.
Tonie Marshall was a French-American actress, screenwriter, and film director. In 2000, she became the first female director to win a César award.
Brigitte Roüan is a French director, screenwriter and actress.
Déborah François is a Belgian actress. She is best known for her starring role in the Palme d'Or-winning film, The Child (2005), directed by the Dardenne brothers. In 2009, she won a César Award for Most Promising Actress for The First Day of the Rest of Your Life.
Strange Affair is a 1981 French drama film directed by Pierre Granier-Deferre, and starring Michel Piccoli, Gérard Lanvin and Nathalie Baye.
A Self Made Hero is a 1996 French film directed by Jacques Audiard. It is based on the novel by Jean-François Deniau.
Catherine Jacob is a César Award-winning French film and theatrical actress.
Tous les matins du monde is a 1991 French film based on the book of the same name by Pascal Quignard. Set during the reign of Louis XIV, the film shows the musician, Marin Marais, looking back on his young life when he was briefly a pupil of Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe, and features much music of the period, especially that for the viola da gamba. The title of the film is explained towards the end of the film; « Tous les matins du monde sont sans retour » spoken by Marais in chapter XXVI of Quignard's novel when he learns of the death of Madeleine.
The 32nd annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 12–23 February 1982. The Golden Bear was awarded to the West German film Veronika Voss directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
Most Promising Young Actress is a 2000 French comedy film, directed by Gérard Jugnot.
Media related to Brigitte Fossey at Wikimedia Commons
| General | |
|---|---|
| National libraries | |
| Biographical dictionaries | |
| Other | |
