Brigitte Fossey
Brigitte Fossey | |
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Nord, Hauts-de-France , France | |
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.
Early years
The daughter of a schoolteacher, Fossey was five years old when she was cast by director
Career
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.
Personal life
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]
Awards and recognition
- 1977: Nominated for a Le bon et les méchants
- 1978: Nominated for a Les Enfants du placard
Selected filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1952 | Forbidden Games | Paulette | Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
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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 | Closet Children (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
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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
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Julie de Frémont | |
1990 | The Last Butterfly | Vera | |
1991 | Les enfants du naufrageur
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Hélène | |
1992 | The Long Conversation with the Bird | Elisabeth Halbritter | |
2016 | Joséphine, ange gardien
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Gabrielle Chamant | TV series (1 episode) |
2017 | Don't Tell Her |
References
- ^ a b c Brigitte Fossey Archived 4 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Berlinale 1982: Juries". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
External links
Media related to Brigitte Fossey at Wikimedia Commons
- Brigitte Fossey at IMDb
- Brigitte Fossey at AlloCiné (in French)
- Brigitte Fossey at AllMovie