Brigitte Fossey
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 o
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.
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Born
Jun 15, 1946
Tourcoing, Nord, France
Known For
Acting
Movies
79 acting
0 crew
Popularity
1.7
Known For
Cinema Paradiso
1988
as Elena Mendola (adult)
Going Places
1974
as Woman on the train
Forbidden Games
1952
as Paulette
Femmes Fatales
1976
as Suzanne Dufour
Farewell, Friend
1968
as Dominique "Waterloo" Austerlitz
The Party
1980
as Françoise Beretton
The Party 2
1982
as Françoise Beretton
The Man Who Loved Women
1977
as Geneviève Bigey
Dial Code Santa Claus
1990
as Julie de Frémont
Don't Tell Her
2017
as Violette
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