Brigitte Fossey
Known for: Acting
Born: June 15, 1946
Place of birth: Tourcoing, Nord, France
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.
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Filmography
79 movies · 25 TV shows, newest first
5.0
Exception culturelle, la bataille qui a sauvé le cinéma français
2026
6.4
François Truffaut: My Life, a Screenplay
2024
8.0
Romy Schneider, face à son destin
2023
7.0
Big Kids
2023
6.0
The Neverending Party
2023
6.3
Les Rois de la comédie
2023
6.2
Mon Heroine
2022
6.0
Revival
2022
5.9
The Way to Happiness
2022
8.7
Patrick Dewaere, My Hero
2022
6.0
Jean-Louis Trintignant - Mystérieux et insaisissable
2022
10.0
Les Grands Créateurs de Cinéma : René Clément
2022
NR
Un monde, un regard
2021
NR
Hossein, Ronet, Trintignant : Confidences de trois acteurs inoubliables
2021
6.6
Raining Cats and Dogs
2019
NR
Love in Vienna
2018
5.6
Infidelity
2018
6.5
Les Disparus de Valenciennes
2018
5.9
Banking District
2017
5.5
Don't Tell Her
2017
2.0
A Family Secret
2014
NR
Marie-France Pisier, une femme sous influence
2014
NR
René Clément au cœur de la nouvelle vague
2013
NR
Innocent Love Stories under Occupation
2012
NR
Une femme nommée Marie
2011
NR
Le Mystère Joséphine
2009
NR
Death on the Island
2008
6.0
Grosse chaleur
2004
7.0
Passage interdit
2000
7.0
The Woman I'm Watching
1998
3.6
Vivement dimanche
1998
NR
Un et un font six
1997
8.0
L'Enfant tombée du ciel
1995
10.0
Una bambina di troppo
1995
8.0
Pour l'amour de Thomas
1995
6.8
The Castle of Olive Trees
1993
8.0
Das lange Gespräch mit dem Vogel
1992
5.5
A Vampire in Paradise
1992
4.4
Shipwrecked Children
1992
7.0
Ferbac
1991
5.8
The Last Butterfly
1991
6.0
Dial Code Santa Claus
1990
6.7
Chillers
1990
NR
L'Été de la Révolution
1989
9.0
L'Été de la Révolution
1989
8.4
Cinema Paradiso
1988
5.7
Sacrée soirée
1987
NR
Matin Bonheur
1987
9.0
L'Affaire Caillaux
1985
7.5
Vivement Truffaut
1985
8.0
Un caso d'incoscienza
1985
6.4
The Future of Emily
1985
7.0
Au nom de tous les miens
1985
4.9
A Strange Passion
1984
5.5
Les Fausses Confidences
1984
7.0
For Those I Loved
1983
8.5
Scarlet Fever
1983
NR
The Bastard
1983
6.3
Le Jeune Marié
1983
6.4
The Party 2
1982
5.6
Enigma
1982
6.2
Imperative
1982
6.8
Champs-Elysées
1982
8.3
Droit de Réponse
1981
3.5
Croque la vie
1981
5.0
Chanel Solitaire
1981
6.0
The Triple Death of the Third Character
1981
6.6
The Party
1980
7.4
A Bad Son
1980
7.5
Mais où et donc Ornicar
1979
4.9
Quintet
1979
6.9
The Glass Cell
1978
10.0
Civil Wars in France
1978
5.0
Ciné regards
1978
4.8
The Goodbye Singing
19775.8
Closet Children
1977
7.1
The Man Who Loved Women
1977
5.8
Blue Country
1977
4.6
The Honey Flowers
1976
6.1
Femmes Fatales
1976
5.6
The Good and the Bad
1976
9.0
The Brigade
1975
9.0
Les Grands Détectives
1975
7.5
Numéro un
1975
6.0
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
9.5
Spécial cinéma
1974
5.6
The Irony of Chance
1974
6.7
Going Places
1974
4.9
Erica Minor
1974
NR
The Hundred Books: Alice in Wonderland
1973
7.0
The Man Who Died Twice
1973
4.3
'M' as in Mathieu
1973
8.0
Les Gens de Mogador
1972
8.0
Le Grand Échiquier
1972
6.1
Raphael or the Debauched One
19717.0
Crime and Punishment
19716.0
Samedi soir
1971
10.0
Les Cent Livres des Hommes
1970
6.3
Farewell, Friend
1968
5.7
The Wanderer
1967
6.1
The Happy Road
1957
7.8
Forbidden Games
1952
NR
Second to Nun
—NR
Parade nuptiale
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