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