Cinema Paradiso1988
As Elena Mendola (adult)
TMDb 8.4 / 10
Brigitte Fossey
Born
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.
Filmography (80)
Going Places1974
As Woman on the train
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Party1980
As Françoise Beretton
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Femmes Fatales1976
As Suzanne Dufour
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Forbidden Games1952
As Paulette
TMDb 7.8 / 10
The Party 21982
As Françoise Beretton
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Brigade1975
As Katia
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Farewell, Friend1968
As Dominique "Waterloo" Austerlitz
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Parade nuptiale
Parade nuptialeRelease date TBA
Infidelity2018
As Mère de Marie
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Enigma1982
As Karen Reinhardt
TMDb 5.6 / 10
The Man Who Loved Women1977
As Geneviève Bigey
TMDb 7.1 / 10
The Last Butterfly1991
As Věra
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Quintet1979
As Vivia, Essex's Wife
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Big Kids2023
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Dial Code Santa Claus1990
As Julie de Frémont
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Don't Tell Her2017
As Violette
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Sophie Marceau, à voix haute2026
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Jean-Louis Trintignant - Mystérieux et insaisissable2022
As Self
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Wanderer1967
As Yvonne de Galais
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Le Jeune Marié1983
As Viviane
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Mon Heroine2022
As Jeanne
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Les Disparus de Valenciennes2018
As Christiane Tortois
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Raphael or the Debauched One1971
As Bernardine
TMDb 6.1 / 10
For Those I Loved1983
As Dina Gray
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Shipwrecked Children1992
As Hélène
TMDb 4.4 / 10
A Bad Son1980
As Catherine
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Vivement Truffaut1985
As Self / Geneviève (archive footage)
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Raining Cats and Dogs2019
As Angèle
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Good and the Bad1976
As Dominique
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Erica Minor1974
As Anne
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Civil Wars in France1978
As Andrée Léo (segment "La semaine sanglante")
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Chanel Solitaire1981
As Adrienne
TMDb 5.0 / 10
The Hundred Books: Alice in Wonderland1973
As Grande Alice
The Irony of Chance1974
As Ursula
TMDb 5.6 / 10
A Vampire in Paradise1992
As Mrs. Belfond
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Una bambina di troppo1995
As Nicole
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Goodbye Singing1977
As Marguerite
TMDb 4.8 / 10
The Happy Road1957
As Janine Duval
TMDb 6.1 / 10
The Glass Cell1978
As Lisa Braun
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Croque la vie1981
As Catherine
TMDb 3.5 / 10
Les Grands Créateurs de Cinéma : René Clément2022
As Self
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Romy Schneider, face à son destin2023
As Self
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Exception culturelle, la bataille qui a sauvé le cinéma français2026
As Self - actress
TMDb 5.0 / 10
The Woman I'm Watching1998
As Camille
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Patrick Dewaere, My Hero2022
As Self - actress
TMDb 8.7 / 10
François Truffaut: My Life, a Screenplay2024
As Self
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Droit de Réponse1981
As Self
TMDb 8.3 / 10
Grosse chaleur2004
As Marie-Sophie Merceron
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Les Fausses Confidences1984
As Araminte
TMDb 5.5 / 10
A Strange Passion1984
As Elvire
TMDb 4.9 / 10
The Man Who Died Twice1973
As Denise
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Une femme nommée Marie2011
As Voice of Marie (voice)
Blue Country1977
As Louise Morand
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Way to Happiness2022
As Judith Askelevicz
TMDb 5.9 / 10
The Bastard1983
As Foreman's wife
Les Rois de la comédie2023
As Self
TMDb 6.3 / 10
L'Enfant tombée du ciel1995
As Nicole
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment1971
As Sonia
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Le Mystère Joséphine2009
As Rose Claire
Mais où et donc Ornicar1979
As Anne
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Death on the Island2008
As Jeanne Borghese
Pour l'amour de Thomas1995
As Véronique
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Closet Children
Closet Children1977
As Juliette
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Hossein, Ronet, Trintignant : Confidences de trois acteurs inoubliables2021
The Future of Emily1985
As Isabelle
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Neverending Party2023
As Self - Actress
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Honey Flowers1976
As Sylvie
TMDb 4.6 / 10
Second to NunRelease date TBA
As Sister Maria Claire
Un caso d'incoscienza1985
As Elisabeth
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Passage interdit2000
As Mathilde Auger
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Imperative1982
As Yvonne
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Marie-France Pisier, une femme sous influence2014
As Self
Das lange Gespräch mit dem Vogel1992
As Elisabeth Halbritter
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Scarlet Fever1983
As Nicole
TMDb 8.5 / 10
'M' as in Mathieu1973
As Jeanne / Murielle
TMDb 4.3 / 10
René Clément au cœur de la nouvelle vague2013
As Self
L'Été de la Révolution1989
As Marie-Antoinette
Innocent Love Stories under Occupation2012
As Self – Interviewee
The Triple Death of the Third Character1981
As The French woman
TMDb 6.0 / 10
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