Brigitte Fossey
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Brigitte Florence Fossey (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. 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. Source: Article "Brigitte Fossey" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Known for
Credits
Cinema Paradiso (1988)
as Elena Mendola (adult)
Going Places (1974)
as Woman on the train
The Party (1980)
as Françoise Beretton
Forbidden Games (1952)
as Paulette
The Party 2 (1982)
as Françoise Beretton
Femmes Fatales (1976)
as Suzanne Dufour
Sophie Marceau, à voix haute (2026)
as Self (archive footage)
Farewell, Friend (1968)
as Dominique "Waterloo" Austerlitz
The Man Who Loved Women (1977)
as Geneviève Bigey
Dial Code Santa Claus (1990)
as Julie de Frémont
Infidelity (2018)
as Mère de Marie
Jean-Louis Trintignant - Mystérieux et insaisissable (2022)
as Self
For Those I Loved (1983)
as Dina Gray
The Last Butterfly (1991)
as Věra
Don't Tell Her (2017)
as Violette
Les Disparus de Valenciennes (2018)
as Christiane Tortois
Exception culturelle, la bataille qui a sauvé le cinéma français (2026)
as Self - actress
The Brigade (1975)
as Katia
Les Grands Créateurs de Cinéma : René Clément (2022)
as Self
The Good and the Bad (1976)
as Dominique
Big Kids (2023)
Actor
Enigma (1982)
as Karen Reinhardt
Das lange Gespräch mit dem Vogel (1992)
as Elisabeth Halbritter
Les Rois de la comédie (2023)
as Self
Parade nuptiale (—)
Actor
The Woman I'm Watching (1998)
as Camille
The Neverending Party (2023)
as Self - Actress
Patrick Dewaere, My Hero (2022)
as Self - actress
François Truffaut: My Life, a Screenplay (2024)
as Self
Civil Wars in France (1978)
as Andrée Léo (segment "La semaine sanglante")
The Way to Happiness (2022)
as Judith Askelevicz
A Strange Passion (1984)
as Elvire
The Irony of Chance (1974)
as Ursula
Death on the Island (2008)
as Jeanne Borghese
Shipwrecked Children (1992)
as Hélène
Raphael or the Debauched One (1971)
as Bernardine
Quintet (1979)
as Vivia, Essex's Wife
The Goodbye Singing (1977)
as Marguerite
Chanel Solitaire (1981)
as Adrienne
The Man Who Died Twice (1973)
as Denise
A Bad Son (1980)
as Catherine
Droit de Réponse (1981)
as Self
The Hundred Books: Alice in Wonderland (1973)
as Grande Alice
Mais où et donc Ornicar (1979)
as Anne
The Happy Road (1957)
as Janine Duval
Erica Minor (1974)
as Anne
Romy Schneider, face à son destin (2023)
as Self
Mon Heroine (2022)
as Jeanne
Una bambina di troppo (1995)
as Nicole
The Glass Cell (1978)
as Lisa Braun
Hossein, Ronet, Trintignant : Confidences de trois acteurs inoubliables (2021)
Actor
The Wanderer (1967)
as Yvonne de Galais
Marie-France Pisier, une femme sous influence (2014)
as Self
A Vampire in Paradise (1992)
as Mrs. Belfond
The Triple Death of the Third Character (1981)
as The French woman
Les Fausses Confidences (1984)
as Araminte
L'Enfant tombée du ciel (1995)
as Nicole
Pour l'amour de Thomas (1995)
as Véronique
Une femme nommée Marie (2011)
as Voice of Marie (voice)
Un caso d'incoscienza (1985)
as Elisabeth
Crime and Punishment (1971)
as Sonia
The Future of Emily (1985)
as Isabelle
Vivement Truffaut (1985)
as Self / Geneviève (archive footage)
L'Été de la Révolution (1989)
as Marie-Antoinette
Innocent Love Stories under Occupation (2012)
as Self – Interviewee
Raining Cats and Dogs (2019)
as Angèle
Le Jeune Marié (1983)
as Viviane
Second to Nun (—)
as Sister Maria Claire
The Honey Flowers (1976)
as Sylvie
Closet Children (1977)
as Juliette
René Clément au cœur de la nouvelle vague (2013)
as Self
Croque la vie (1981)
as Catherine
The Bastard (1983)
as Foreman's wife
Scarlet Fever (1983)
as Nicole
Imperative (1982)
as Yvonne
Blue Country (1977)
as Louise Morand
Le Mystère Joséphine (2009)
as Rose Claire
'M' as in Mathieu (1973)
as Jeanne / Murielle
Grosse chaleur (2004)
as Marie-Sophie Merceron
Passage interdit (2000)
as Mathilde Auger