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