Brigitte Fossey
Biography
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.
Movies (75)
Exception culturelle, la bataille qui a sauvé le cinéma français
2026
François Truffaut: My Life, a Screenplay
2024
Romy Schneider, face à son destin
2023
Big Kids
2023
The Neverending Party
2023
Les Rois de la comédie
2023
Mon Heroine
2022
The Way to Happiness
2022
Patrick Dewaere, My Hero
2022
Jean-Louis Trintignant - Mystérieux et insaisissable
2022
Les Grands Créateurs de Cinéma : René Clément
2022
Hossein, Ronet, Trintignant : Confidences de trois acteurs inoubliables
2021
Raining Cats and Dogs
2019
Infidelity
2018
Les Disparus de Valenciennes
2018
Don't Tell Her
2017
Marie-France Pisier, une femme sous influence
2014
René Clément au cœur de la nouvelle vague
2013
Innocent Love Stories under Occupation
2012
Une femme nommée Marie
2011
Le Mystère Joséphine
2009
Death on the Island
2008
Grosse chaleur
2004
Passage interdit
2000
The Woman I'm Watching
1998
L'Enfant tombée du ciel
1995
Una bambina di troppo
1995
Pour l'amour de Thomas
1995
Das lange Gespräch mit dem Vogel
1992
A Vampire in Paradise
1992
Shipwrecked Children
1992
The Last Butterfly
1991
Dial Code Santa Claus
1990
L'Été de la Révolution
1989
Vivement Truffaut
1985
Un caso d'incoscienza
1985
The Future of Emily
1985
A Strange Passion
1984
Les Fausses Confidences
1984
For Those I Loved
1983
Scarlet Fever
1983
The Bastard
1983
Le Jeune Marié
1983
The Party 2
1982
Enigma
1982
Imperative
1982
Droit de Réponse
1981
Croque la vie
1981
Chanel Solitaire
1981
The Triple Death of the Third Character
1981
The Party
1980
A Bad Son
1980
Mais où et donc Ornicar
1979
Quintet
1979
The Glass Cell
1978
Civil Wars in France
1978
The Goodbye Singing
1977
The Man Who Loved Women
1977
Blue Country
1977
The Honey Flowers
1976
Femmes Fatales
1976
The Good and the Bad
1976
The Brigade
1975
The Irony of Chance
1974
Going Places
1974
Erica Minor
1974
The Hundred Books: Alice in Wonderland
1973
The Man Who Died Twice
1973
'M' as in Mathieu
1973
Raphael or the Debauched One
1971
Farewell, Friend
1968
The Wanderer
1967
The Happy Road
1957
Forbidden Games
1952
Second to Nun
TV Shows (23)
Revival
2022
Un monde, un regard
2021
Love in Vienna
2018
Banking District
2017
A Family Secret
2014
Vivement dimanche
1998
Un et un font six
1997
The Castle of Olive Trees
1993
Ferbac
1991
Chillers
1990
L'Été de la Révolution
1989
Sacrée Soirée
1987
L'Affaire Caillaux
1985
Au nom de tous les miens
1985
Champs-Elysées
1982
Les Grands Détectives
1975
Numéro un
1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
Spécial cinéma
1974
Les Gens de Mogador
1972
Le Grand Échiquier
1972
Les Cent Livres des Hommes
1970
Les Cent Livres des Hommes
1970