This is a list of child actors from France . Films and/or television series they appeared in are mentioned only if they were still a child at the time of filming.
Current child actors (under the age of eighteen) are indicated by boldface.
Rosemarie Magdalena Albach, known professionally as Romy Schneider, was a German-French actress. She is regarded as one of the greatest screen actresses of all time and became a cult figure due to her role as Empress Elisabeth of Austria in the Sissi trilogy in the mid-1950s. She later reprised the role in a more mature version in Luchino Visconti's Ludwig (1973). She began her career in the German Heimatfilm genre in the early 1950s when she was 15. Schneider moved to France, where she made successful and critically acclaimed films with some of the most notable film directors of that era. Coco Chanel called Romy “the ultimate incarnation of the ideal woman.” Bertrand Tavernier remarked: “Sautet is talking about Mozart with regard to Romy. Me, I want to talk of Verdi, Mahler…”
Daniel Ceccaldi was a French actor.
Henri Troyat was a Russian-French author; a biographer, historian and novelist.
Roger Pierre was a French comedian and actor.
The Prix Jean Vigo is an award in the French cinema given annually since 1951 to a French film director, in homage to Jean Vigo. Since 1960, the award has been given to both a director of a feature film and to a director of a short film. The award is usually given to a young director, for their independent spirit and stylistic originality.
Yves Robert was a French actor, screenwriter, director, and producer.
Guillaume Canet is a French actor, film director and screenwriter, and show jumper.
Marion Cotillard is a French actress who has appeared in both European and Hollywood productions, and her accolades include an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, two César Awards, and a Golden Globe Award. She became a Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters in France in 2010 and was promoted to Officer in 2016, the same year she was named a Knight of the Legion of Honour.
Darry Cowl was a French comedian, actor and musician. He won a César Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 2004 for his role as a concierge in Pas sur la bouche, which was his last appearance.
Alfred Roger Adam was a French stage and film character actor, who usually played weak or villainous roles.
Jean Poiret, born Jean Poiré, was a French actor, director, and screenwriter. He is primarily known as the author of the original play La Cage aux Folles.
François Périer was a French actor renowned for his expressiveness and diversity of roles.
La Vie en Rose is a 2007 biographical musical film about the life of French singer Édith Piaf, co-written and directed by Olivier Dahan, and starring Marion Cotillard as Piaf. The UK and US title La Vie en Rose comes from Piaf's signature song. The film is an international co-production between France, Czech Republic, and the United Kingdom. It made its world premiere at the 2007 Berlin Film Festival in the main competition.
Olivier Dahan is a French film director and screenwriter. His third directed film, La Vie en Rose, was one of the only French cinema films to win two Academy Awards, including the first acting Oscar in the French language.
Jacques Dynam was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 150 films between 1942 and 2004, among which the Fantomas saga.
Jean Vautrin, real name Jean Herman, was a French writer, filmmaker and film critic.
Rosy Varte was a French actress of Armenian descent. She made more than 100 film and television appearances during her career.
Denise Grey was an Italian-born actress who became a naturalized French citizen.
Micheline Dax was a French film and stage actress and singer. She did the voice to Ursula in the French dub in Disney's "The Little Mermaid".
Paul Savoie is a Canadian actor from Quebec. He is most noted for his performance in the 2015 film The Diary of an Old Man , for which he was a Prix Iris nominee for Best Actor at the 18th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2016, and won the award for Best Performance in a Borsos Competition Film at the Whistler Film Festival.