- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- April 17, 1891
- Place of Birth
- Paris, France
- Died
- March 28, 1974
Françoise Rosay
Françoise Rosay born Françoise Bandy de Nalèche, (19 April 1891 – 28 March 1974) was a French opera singer, diseuse, and actress who enjoyed a film career of over sixty years and who became a legendary figure in French cinema. She went on to appear in over 100 movies in her career. Rosay was born Françoise Bandy de Nalèche in Paris, the illegitimate daughter of Marie-Thérèse Chauvin, an actress known as Sylviac. She originally planned to become an opera singer, and in 1917, won a prize at the Paris Conservatoire and made her debut at the Palais Garnier in the title role of Salammbô by Ernest Reyer. She also sang in Castor et Pollux by Rameau and Thaïs by Massenet. Her first recorded film was Falstaff in 1911, and she began to work in Hollywood from 1929 onwards. In 1917, she married the director Jacques Feyder, with whom she remained until his death in 1948, having three sons. She appe…
Filmography
movieMichel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
2002 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Pedestrian
1973 · Frau Dechamps
movieNot Dumb, the Bird
1972 · Mrs. Morelli-Johnson
movie3000 Million Without an Elevator
1972 · Madame Dubreuil
tvMidi trente
1972 · Self
tvAujourd'hui Madame
1970 · Self - Guest
movieUn merveilleux parfum d'oseille
1969 · Louise de Kerfuntel
movieDon't Take God's Children for Wild Geese
1968 · Léontine Palpicart aka 'La Gâteuse'
movieThe 25th Hour
1967 · Mme Nagy (uncredited)
movieL'Âge heureux
1966 · Mme Aubry
movieCloportes
1965 · Gertrude, supplies specialist in the mafia
movieUp from the Beach
1965 · Lili's Grandmother
movieRuy Blas
1965 · La duchesse d'Albuquerque
movieFull Hearts and Empty Pockets
1964 · Borgia
Frau Cheneys Ende
movieFrau Cheneys Ende
1962 · Mrs. Webley
movieThe Counterfeiters of Paris
1961 · Madame Pauline
movieThe Full Treatment
1960 · Madame Prade
movieStefanie in Rio
1960 · Leonora Guala
movieLovers Woods
1960 · Madame Parisot
movieTwentieth Century Theatre: Colombe
1960 · Madame Alexandra
movieWithout Trumpet or Drum
1959 · La grand-mère de Marguerite
movieEyes of Love
1959 · Mrs. Montcatel mother
movieRiff Raff Girls
1959 · Berthe
movieThe Sound and the Fury
1959 · Caroline Compson
movieThe Gambler
1958 · Aunt Antonia
movieMe and the Colonel
1958 · Madame Bouffier
movieNon sono più guaglione
1957 · Vincenzino's mother
movieInterlude
1957 · Comtesse Reinhart
movieThe Seventh Sin
1957 · Mother Superior
movieGirls of Today
1955 · padrona della pensione
movieThat Lady
1955 · Bernardine
movieQueen Margot
1954 · Catherine de Médicis / Catharine of Medici
Les éloquents
movieLes éloquents
1954 · Self
movieSul ponte dei sospiri
1953 · Lady of Sant'Agata
movieHe Who Is Without Sin...
1952 · La contessa Lamieri
movieWanda the Sinner
1952 · Anna Steiner
movieSmuggler's Ball
1952 · Gabrielle Demeuse
movieThe Seven Deadly Sins
1952 · Elisabeth de Pallières, the mother (segment "L'Orgueil")
movieNobody's Children
1951 · La contessa Canali
movieThe Red Inn
1951 · Marie Martin
movieK – Das Haus des Schweigens
1951 · Noemi, die Amme
movieThe 13th Letter
1951 · Mrs. Gauthier
movieThe Naked Heart
1950 · Laura Chapdelaine
movieSeptember Affair
1950 · Maria Salvatini
movieOne Only Loves Once
1950 · Mme Monnier
movieWomen Without Names
1950 · The Countess
movieThe Barton Mystery
1949 · Élisabeth
movieThe Dream Vagabonds
1949 · Mireille Dombreval
movieQuartet
1948 · Lea Makart (segment "The Alien Corn")
movieSaraband for Dead Lovers
1948 · The Electress Sophia
movieLa Dame de Haut-le-Bois
1947 · Countess Brévannes
movieBack Streets of Paris
1946 · Mrs. Rose, hotel landlady
movieJohnny Frenchman
1945 · Lanec Florrie
movieThe Halfway House
1944 · Alice Meadows
moviePortrait of a Woman
1944 · Fanny Helder
movieThey Were Twelve Women
1940 · La duchesse de Vimeuse
movieSerge Panine
1939 · Madame Devarenne
movieFahrendes Volk
1938 · Madame Flora
movieThe Chess Player
1938 · Catherine II
moviePeace on the Rhine
1938 · Francoise Scheffer
movieThe Stream
1938 · Régina Berry
moviePeople Who Travel
1938 · Flora
movieRamuntcho
1938 · Dolorès Detcharry
movieBizarre, Bizarre
1937 · Margaret Molyneux
movieLife Dances On
1937 · Marguerite Audié
My Son the Minister
movieMy Son the Minister
1937 · Sylvie - seine Mutter
movieThe Robber Symphony
1937 · The fortune teller
movieArmchair 47
1937 · Gilberte Boulanger
movieJenny
1936 · Jenny Gauthier
The Last Four on Santa Cruz
movieThe Last Four on Santa Cruz
1936 · Nadja Danouw
movieThe Secret of Polichinelle
1936 · Mrs. Jouvenel
movieCarnival in Flanders
1936 · Cornelia
movieCarnival in Flanders
1935 · Madame Burgomaster
movieMarie des angoisses
1935 · Mme de Quersac
movieGangster malgré lui
1935
Maternité
movieMaternité
1935 · Mrs. Duchemin
movieWhirlpool
1935 · Madame Gardane
moviePension Mimosas
1935 · Louise Noblet
movieLe Billet de mille
1935 · Russian Countess
movieMarchand d'amour
1935 · Clara
movieThe Island
1934 · Silvia
movieVers l'abîme
1934 · Sylvia
movieCoralie and Company
1934
movieThe Great Game
1934 · Blanche
Tambour battant
movieTambour battant
1934 · The Princess Mother
movieAbbot Constantine
1933 · La comtesse de Laverdens
movieAll for Nothing
1933 · Mrs. Bossu
movieLa Pouponnière
1933 · Mrs. Delannoy
movieThe Woman Dressed As a Man
1932 · Princess Marie
A Father Without Knowing It
movieA Father Without Knowing It
1932 · Madame Jacquet
movieHe
1932 · Madame Husson
Luck
movieLuck
1931 · Mme Mougeot
movieThe Trial of Mary Dugan
1931 · La veuve
movieCasanova Against His Will
1931 · Blanche Brissac
movieJenny Lind
1931 · Rosatti
movieThe Magnificent Lie
1931 · Rosa Duchêne
movieBuster se marie
1931 · Polly Hathaway
Let Us Be Gay
movieLet Us Be Gay
1931 · Madame Boucijon
movieThe Little Cafe
1931 · Mademoiselle Edwige
Échec au roi
movieÉchec au roi
1930 · The Queen
movieSi l'empereur savait ça
1930 · Princess Plata d'Ettingen
movieMarius à Paris
1930
movieThe One Woman Idea
1929 · Zuleide, Alizar's Mother
movieTwo Timid Souls
1928 · The aunt
movieMadame Récamier
1928 · Madame de Staël
movieLe bateau de verre
1927 · Madame d'Arcy, his wife
movieGribiche
1926 · Edith Maranet
movieFaces of Children
1925 · Assistant Director, Writer
movieCrainquebille
1922 · Shoe Store Customer