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Brigitte Fossey

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Brigitte Fossey

Born June 15, 1946 in Tourcoing, Nord, France64 films

Brigitte Florence Fossey (born 15 June 1946) is a French actress.

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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. 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. While completing her education, Fossey studied piano and dance and then went on to work in Geneva, Switzerland as an interpreter/translator.

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. 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.

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64 films as actor
  1. TBASecond to NunSister Maria Claire
  2. TBAParade nuptiale
  3. 2023Big Kids
  4. 2022Mon HeroineJeanne
  5. 2022The Way to HappinessJudith Askelevicz
  6. 2019Raining Cats and DogsAngèle
  7. 2018InfidelityMère de Marie
  8. 2018Les Disparus de ValenciennesChristiane Tortois
  9. 2017Don't Tell HerViolette
  10. 2011Une femme nommée MarieVoice of Marie (voice)
  11. 2009Le Mystère JoséphineRose Claire
  12. 2008Death on the IslandJeanne Borghese
  13. 2004Grosse chaleurMarie-Sophie Merceron
  14. 2000Passage interditMathilde Auger
  15. 1998The Woman I'm WatchingCamille
  16. 1995L'Enfant tombée du cielNicole
  17. 1995Una bambina di troppoNicole
  18. 1995Pour l'amour de ThomasVéronique
  19. 1992Das lange Gespräch mit dem VogelElisabeth Halbritter
  20. 1992A Vampire in ParadiseMrs. Belfond
  21. 1992Shipwrecked ChildrenHélène
  22. 1991The Last ButterflyVěra
  23. 1990Dial Code Santa ClausJulie de Frémont
  24. 1989L'Été de la RévolutionMarie-Antoinette
  25. 1988Cinema ParadisoElena Mendola (adult)
  26. 1985Un caso d'incoscienzaElisabeth
  27. 1985The Future of EmilyIsabelle
  28. 1984A Strange PassionElvire
  29. 1984Les Fausses ConfidencesAraminte
  30. 1983For Those I LovedDina Gray
  31. 1983Scarlet FeverNicole
  32. 1983The BastardForeman's wife
  33. 1983Le Jeune MariéViviane
  34. 1982The Party 2Françoise Beretton
  35. 1982EnigmaKaren Reinhardt
  36. 1982ImperativeYvonne
  37. 1981Croque la vieCatherine
  38. 1981Chanel SolitaireAdrienne
  39. 1981The Triple Death of the Third CharacterThe French woman
  40. 1980The PartyFrançoise Beretton
  41. 1980A Bad SonCatherine
  42. 1979Mais où et donc OrnicarAnne
  43. 1979QuintetVivia, Essex's Wife
  44. 1978The Glass CellLisa Braun
  45. 1978Civil Wars in FranceAndrée Léo (segment "La semaine sanglante")
  46. 1977The Goodbye SingingMarguerite
  47. 1977Closet ChildrenJuliette
  48. 1977The Man Who Loved WomenGeneviève Bigey
  49. 1977Blue CountryLouise Morand
  50. 1976The Honey FlowersSylvie
  51. 1976Femmes FatalesSuzanne Dufour
  52. 1976The Good and the BadDominique
  53. 1975The BrigadeKatia
  54. 1974The Irony of ChanceUrsula
  55. 1974Going PlacesWoman on the train
  56. 1974Erica MinorAnne
  57. 1973The Man Who Died TwiceDenise
  58. 1973'M' as in MathieuJeanne / Murielle
  59. 1971Raphael or the Debauched OneBernardine
  60. 1971Crime and PunishmentSonia
  61. 1968Farewell, FriendDominique "Waterloo" Austerlitz
  62. 1967The WandererYvonne de Galais
  63. 1957The Happy RoadJanine Duval
  64. 1952Forbidden GamesPaulette