Gaby Morlay
Gaby Morlay | |
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Gaby Morlay in 1912 | |
Born |
Blanche Pauline Fumoleau 8 June 1893 Angers, Maine-et-Loire France |
Died |
4 July 1964 Nice, Alpes-Maritimes France |
Nationality | French |
Occupation | Film actress |
Years active | 1913 - 1964 |
Gaby Morlay (born Blanche Pauline Fumoleau; 8 June 1893 – 4 July 1964) was a French film actress.[1]
Career
Morley began acting in the era of silent films, and became known as co-star with Max Linder in his "Max" series. She starred in a series of "Gaby" films such Gaby en auto (1917) and more than twenty other silent films. She moved easily into talking films in the early 1930s.[2] She played Queen Victoria in the 1939 historical film Entente cordiale. She had an affair with the government minister Max Bonnafous (1900–75) during World War II (1939–45), and as a result was investigated for collaboration with the Nazis after the liberation of France. Later she married Bonnafous. Morlay continued to play important roles in the 1940s and 1950s.[2]
Selected filmography
- The Agony of the Eagles (1922)
- Les Nouveaux Messieurs (1929)
- Ariane, jeune fille russe (1930)
- Accused, Stand Up! (1930)
- Companion Wanted (1932)
- Le Scandale (1934)
- Jeanne (1934)
- Samson (1936)
- Nuits de feu (1937)
- The Messenger (1937)
- Giuseppe Verdi (1938)
- Hercule (1938)
- Sacred Woods (1939)
- Entente cordiale (1939)
- Behind the Facade (1939)
- Paris-New York (1940)
- They Were Twelve Women (1940)
- The Blue Veil (1942)
- The Last Metro (1945)
- Her Final Role (1946)
- The Lost Village (1947)
- Three Boys, One Girl (1948)
- Gigi (1949)
- Millionnaires d'un jour (1949)
- Prima comunione (1950)
- Le Plaisir (1952)
- The Lovers of Marianne (1953)
- Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
- Papa, maman, la bonne et moi (1954)
- Papa, maman, ma femme et moi (1955)
- L'impossible Monsieur Pipelet (1955)
- Ramuntcho (1959)
References
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- ↑ BFI profile, bfi.org.uk; accessed 7 July 2015.
- 1 2 Oscherwitz, Dayna; Higgins, MaryEllen (2009-09-02), The A to Z of French Cinema, Scarecrow Press, p. 305–307, ISBN 978-0-8108-7038-3, retrieved 2016-01-02
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