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      Brigitte Fossey

      Brigitte Fossey

      Highest Rated: 100% Forbidden Games (1952)

      Lowest Rated: 27% Quintet (1979)

      Birthday: Jun 15, 1946

      Birthplace: Tourcoing, Nord, France

      After an impressive youthful debut in René Clément's "Forbidden Games," French actress Brigitte Fossey enjoyed a brief career as a child actor before leaving the business to lead a normal life, eventually returning again to work with such renowned directors as François Truffaut, Robert Altman, and Claude Lelouch. She was only five years old when cast as a child orphaned during World War II in the Academy Award-winning 1952 film "Forbidden Games." Her performance earned her a spot in Gene Kelly's comedy "The Happy Road," after which she withdrew from the business, studying piano, dance, and philosophy before working as an interpreter and translator in Geneva. Her return to cinema came in a leading role in the 1967 romance "The Wanderer," after which she worked regularly in stage, TV, and film productions. She earned a César nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Lelouch's "The Good and the Bad" and played one of the many conquests of the main character in Truffaut's "The Man Who Loved Women." In "Quintet," an unusual science fiction picture (and rare misfire) by Robert Altman, she played the wife of Paul Newman. Later appearances by Fossey have included French series and TV movies.

      Highest rated movies

      Forbidden Games
      The Man Who Loved Women
      Going Places
      Quintet

      Photos

      FORBIDDEN GAMES, (aka JEUX INTERDITS), Brigitte Fossey, 1952. MAN WHO LOVED WOMEN, Charles Denner, Brigitte Fossey, 1977 THE HAPPY ROAD, Brigitte Fossey (second from right), Bobby Clark, 1957 THE HAPPY ROAD, Brigitte Fossey, Bobby Clark, 1957 THE HAPPY ROAD, Gene Kelly, Bobby Clark, Brigitte Fossey, Barbara Laage, 1957 FORBIDDEN GAMES, (aka JEUX INTERDITS), Brigitte Fossey, Lucien Hubert, 1952. THE HAPPY ROAD, Brigitte Fossey, Bobby Clark, 1957 THE PARTY, (aka LA BOUM), Brigitte Fossey, Claude Brasseur, 1980 GOING PLACES, Gerard Depardieu, Brigitte Fossey, 1974 FORBIDDEN GAMES, Suzanne Courtal, Brigitte Fossey, Georges Poujouly, Lucien Hubert, 1952 QUINTET, Paul Newman, Brigitte Fossey, 1979, TM & Copyright (c) 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. LA BOUM, Sophie Marceau, Brigitte Fossey, 1981 ENIGMA, from left: Martin Sheen, Brigitte Fossey, Sam Neill, 1983, © Embassy LA BOUM 2, Claude Brasseur, Sophie Marceau, Brigitte Fossey, 1982 ENIGMA, from left: Sam Neill, Brigitte Fossey, 1983, © Embassy ENIGMA, from left: Brigitte Fossey, Martin Sheen, 1983, © Embassy

      Filmography

      Movies

      Credit
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Mon héroïne Jeanne (Character) - 2022
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Way to Happiness Judith Askelevicz (Character) - 2021
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Love In Vienna Monique (Character) - 2018
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Don't Tell Her Violette (Character) - 2017
      No Score Yet No Score Yet For Thomas' Sake Véronique (Character) - 1995
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Les Enfants du Naufrageur Hélène (Character) - 1992
      No Score Yet 62% The Last Butterfly Vera (Character) - 1991
      No Score Yet No Score Yet For Those I Loved Dina Gray (Character) - 1984
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Scarlet Fever Nicole Palazzi (Character) - 1983
      No Score Yet No Score Yet La Boum II Françoise Beretton (Character) - 1982
      No Score Yet 28% Enigma Karen Reinhardt (Character) - 1982
      No Score Yet No Score Yet La boum 2 Françoise Beretton (Character) - 1982
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Croque la Vie Catherine (Character) - 1982
      No Score Yet 100% Chanel Solitaire Adrienne (Character) - 1981
      No Score Yet 65% The Party Françoise Beretton (Character) - 1980
      No Score Yet 78% Un Mauvais Fils Catherine Segal (Character) - 1980
      No Score Yet No Score Yet A Bad Son Catherine (Character) - 1980
      27% 37% Quintet Vivia, Essex's Wife (Character) - 1979
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Glass Cell Lisa Braun (Character) - 1978
      82% 85% The Man Who Loved Women Geneviève Bigey (Character) - 1977
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Blue Country Louise Morand (Character) - 1977
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Closet Children Juliette (Character) - 1977
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Le Bon et les Mechants Dominique (Character) - 1976
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Femmes Fatales Suzanne Dufour (Character) - 1975
      71% 86% Going Places Woman in the train (Character) - 1974
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Getting It Up Le femme du train (Character) - 1974
      No Score Yet No Score Yet M comme Mathieu Unknown (Character) - 1973
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Man Who Died Twice Denise (Character) - 1973
      No Score Yet 58% Honor Among Thieves Dominique `'Waterloo'` Austerlitz (Character) - 1968
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Wanderer Yvonne de Galais (Character) - 1967
      No Score Yet 14% The Happy Road Janine Duval (Character) - 1957
      100% 92% Forbidden Games Paulette (Character) $14.0K 1952
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Mais où et donc Ornicar Unknown (Character) - 0000