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