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Françoise Rosay(1891-1974)

  • Actress
  • Writer
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Françoise Rosay
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Stop Me Before I Kill! (1960)
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Françoise Rosay was born on 19 April 1891 in Paris, France. She was an actress and writer, known for Carnival in Flanders (1935), The Halfway House (1944) and Le petit café (1931). She was previously married to Jacques Feyder. She died on 28 March 1974 in Montgeron, Essonne, France.
BornApril 19, 1891
DiedMarch 28, 1974(82)
BornApril 19, 1891
DiedMarch 28, 1974(82)
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Photos18

Françoise Rosay in Pension Mimosas (1935)
Françoise Rosay in Interlude (1957)
Peggy Ashcroft, Elisabeth Bergner, Lil Dagover, Johanna Hofer, and Françoise Rosay in The Pedestrian (1973)
Ralph Bellamy, Tyler Brooke, Ruth Chatterton, Sam Hardy, and Françoise Rosay in The Magnificent Lie (1931)
June Allyson, Rossano Brazzi, and Françoise Rosay in Interlude (1957)
Françoise Rosay and Tom Walls in Johnny Frenchman (1945)
Françoise Rosay and Tom Walls in Johnny Frenchman (1945)
Françoise Rosay in Le procès de Mary Dugan (1931)
Françoise Rosay in The Sound and the Fury (1959)
Rossano Brazzi, Marianne Koch, and Françoise Rosay in Interlude (1957)
Françoise Rosay in Si l'empereur savait ça (1930)
Françoise Rosay

Known for

Carnival in Flanders (1935)
Carnival in Flanders
7.4
  • Cornelia de Witte, Madame la Bourgmestre
  • Madame Burgomaster
  • 1935
The Halfway House (1944)
The Halfway House
6.6
  • Alice Meadows(as Francoise Rosay)
  • 1944
Le petit café (1931)
Le petit café
6.6
  • Mademoiselle Edwige
  • 1931
Patricia Roc, Françoise Rosay, and Tom Walls in Johnny Frenchman (1945)
Johnny Frenchman
6.2
  • Lanec Florrie(as Francoise Rosay)
  • 1945

Credits

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Actress

  • The Pedestrian (1973)
    The Pedestrian
    • Frau Dechamps
    • 1973
  • Pas folle la guêpe (1972)
    Pas folle la guêpe
    • Mme Morelli-Johnson
    • 1972
  • Trois milliards sans ascenseur (1972)
    Trois milliards sans ascenseur
    • Madame Dubreuil
    • 1972
  • Un merveilleux parfum d'oseille (1969)
    Un merveilleux parfum d'oseille
    • Louise de Kerfuntel
    • 1969
  • Faut pas prendre les enfants du bon Dieu pour des canards sauvages (1968)
    Faut pas prendre les enfants du bon Dieu pour des canards sauvages
    • Leontine
    • 1968
  • Le fil rouge
    • La mère de Freud Amalie
    • TV Movie
    • 1968
  • Le voleur d'enfants
    • Misia Cayetana
    • TV Movie
    • 1967
  • Anthony Quinn and Virna Lisi in The 25th Hour (1967)
    The 25th Hour
    • Madame Nagy
    • 1967
  • L'âge heureux (1966)
    L'âge heureux
    • Mme Aubry
    • TV Series
    • 1966
  • Cloportes (1965)
    Cloportes
    • Gertrude
    • 1965
  • Up from the Beach (1965)
    Up from the Beach
    • Lili's Grandmother
    • 1965
  • Ruy Blas
    • La duchesse d'Albuquerque
    • TV Movie
    • 1965
  • Full Hearts and Empty Pockets (1964)
    Full Hearts and Empty Pockets
    • Borgia
    • 1964
  • La charrue et les étoiles
    • Bessie Burgess
    • TV Movie
    • 1963
  • Rien que la vérité
    • Miss Knot
    • TV Movie
    • 1962

Writer

  • Rachel Devirys and Jean Forest in Mother (1925)
    Mother
    • Writer
    • 1925

Second Unit or Assistant Director

  • Rachel Devirys and Jean Forest in Mother (1925)
    Mother
    • assistant director
    • 1925

Videos3

Bande-annonce [OV]
Trailer 3:34
Bande-annonce [OV]
Bande-annonce [OV]
Trailer 0:52
Bande-annonce [OV]
Stop Me Before I Kill!
Trailer 1:57
Stop Me Before I Kill!

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Frances Rosay
  • Height
    • 5′ 10½″ (1.79 m)
  • Born
    • April 19, 1891
    • Paris, France
  • Died
    • March 28, 1974
    • Montgeron, Essonne, France(undisclosed)
  • Spouse
    • Jacques Feyder1917 - May 24, 1948 (his death, 3 children)
  • Publicity listings
    • 2 Print Biographies
    • 6 Articles
    • 1 Magazine Cover Photo

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  • Trivia
    Studied acting and singing at the Paris Conservatoire in 1913.
  • Trademarks
      Often played stern, authoritarian family matriarchs who adopted extreme measures for her family's sake, usually to nefarious consequences

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