Brigitte Fossey
Known for Acting · 102 credits
- Born
- 1946-06-15 (age 79)
- Place of birth
- Tourcoing, Nord, France
- Also known as
- Brigitte Florence 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.
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Known For
TV Shows (24)
Champs-Elysées
1982
as Self
Vivement dimanche
1998
as Self
Sacrée soirée
1987
as Self
Spécial cinéma
1974
as Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self
Numéro un
1975
as Self
Le Grand Échiquier
1972
as Self
Samedi soir
1971
as Self
Chillers
1990
as Sylvia
Matin Bonheur
1987
as Self
Un monde, un regard
2021
Les Cent Livres des Hommes
1970
as Clélia / Grande Alice
The Castle of Olive Trees
1993
as Estelle Laborie
Love in Vienna
2018
as Monique
Les Gens de Mogador
1972
as Dominique Vernet (adulte)
A Family Secret
2014
as Hélène
Les Grands Détectives
1975
as Julia
Banking District
2017
as Blanche Grangier
Revival
2022
as Françoise
Au nom de tous les miens
1985
as Dina
Ferbac
1991
as Martine
L'Affaire Caillaux
1985
as Henriette
Un et un font six
1997
as Laurence Poirier
L'Été de la Révolution
1989
as Marie-Antoinette
Movies (78)
Femmes Fatales
1976
as Suzanne Dufour
The Party
1980
as Françoise Beretton
Going Places
1974
as Woman on the train
The Party 2
1982
as Françoise Beretton
Enigma
1982
as Karen Reinhardt
Farewell, Friend
1968
as Dominique "Waterloo" Austerlitz
Chanel Solitaire
1981
as Adrienne
'M' as in Mathieu
1973
as Jeanne / Murielle
Forbidden Games
1952
as Paulette
The Last Butterfly
1991
as Věra
The Man Who Loved Women
1977
as Geneviève Bigey
Dial Code Santa Claus
1990
as Julie de Frémont
For Those I Loved
1983
as Dina Gray
Quintet
1979
as Vivia, Essex's Wife
François Truffaut: My Life, a Screenplay
2024
as Self
The Happy Road
1957
as Janine Duval
Raphael or the Debauched One
1971
as Bernardine
The Neverending Party
2023
as Self - Actress
Raining Cats and Dogs
2019
as Angèle
Patrick Dewaere, My Hero
2022
as Self - actress
The Good and the Bad
1976
as Dominique
Croque la vie
1981
as Catherine
Droit de Réponse
1981
as Self
A Bad Son
1980
as Catherine
Mon Heroine
2022
as Jeanne
Infidelity
2018
as Mère de Marie
The Wanderer
1967
as Yvonne de Galais
Big Kids
2023
Imperative
1982
as Yvonne
The Man Who Died Twice
1973
as Denise
Civil Wars in France
1978
as Andrée Léo (segment "La semaine sanglante")
Scarlet Fever
1983
as Nicole
Don't Tell Her
2017
as Violette
Second to Nun
as Sister Maria Claire
The Glass Cell
1978
as Lisa Braun
The Triple Death of the Third Character
1981
as The French woman
The Goodbye Singing
1977
as Marguerite
The Bastard
1983
as Foreman's wife
Les Disparus de Valenciennes
2018
as Christiane Tortois
Les Rois de la comédie
2023
as Self
Vivement Truffaut
1985
as Self / Geneviève (archive footage)
Erica Minor
1974
as Anne
The Honey Flowers
1976
as Sylvie
Shipwrecked Children
1992
as Hélène
Crime and Punishment
1971
as Sonia
Jean-Louis Trintignant - Mystérieux et insaisissable
2022
as Self
Le Jeune Marié
1983
as Viviane
Les Fausses Confidences
1984
as Araminte
Un caso d'incoscienza
1985
as Elisabeth
Blue Country
1977
as Louise Morand
The Future of Emily
1985
as Isabelle
Marie-France Pisier, une femme sous influence
2014
as Self
The Way to Happiness
2022
as Judith Askelevicz
A Strange Passion
1984
as Elvire
Closet Children
1977
as Juliette
Exception culturelle, la bataille qui a sauvé le cinéma français
2026
as Self - actress
The Irony of Chance
1974
as Ursula
The Brigade
1975
as Katia
The Woman I'm Watching
1998
as Camille
Grosse chaleur
2004
as Marie-Sophie Merceron
Das lange Gespräch mit dem Vogel
1992
as Elisabeth Halbritter
Une femme nommée Marie
2011
as Voice of Marie (voice)
Mais où et donc Ornicar
1979
as Anne
Hossein, Ronet, Trintignant : Confidences de trois acteurs inoubliables
2021
Una bambina di troppo
1995
as Nicole
Passage interdit
2000
as Mathilde Auger
Death on the Island
2008
as Jeanne Borghese
Romy Schneider, face à son destin
2023
as Self
A Vampire in Paradise
1992
as Mrs. Belfond
Pour l'amour de Thomas
1995
as Véronique
René Clément au cœur de la nouvelle vague
2013
as Self
Parade nuptiale
L'Enfant tombée du ciel
1995
as Nicole
L'Été de la Révolution
1989
as Marie-Antoinette
Innocent Love Stories under Occupation
2012
as Self – Interviewee
Le Mystère Joséphine
2009
as Rose Claire
Les Grands Créateurs de Cinéma : René Clément
2022
as Self
The Hundred Books: Alice in Wonderland
1973
as Grande Alice
About Brigitte Fossey
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… With 102 credits spanning from 1952 to 2026, Brigitte Fossey has appeared in 78 films and 24 TV shows.
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- Femmes Fatales (1976) — as Suzanne Dufour
- The Party (1980) — as Françoise Beretton
- Going Places (1974) — as Woman on the train
- The Party 2 (1982) — as Françoise Beretton
- Enigma (1982) — as Karen Reinhardt
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