Gaby Morlay
Known for Acting · 96 credits
- Born
- 1893-06-08
- Died
- 1964-07-04
- Place of birth
- Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France
- Also known as
- Габи Морлей · Габи Морле · Blanche Pauline Fumoleau
Biography
Gaby Morlay (born Blanche Pauline Fumoleau; 8 June 1893 – 4 July 1964) was a film actress from France.
Morlay began acting in the era of silent films, and became known as co-star with Max Linder in his "Max" series. She starred in a series of "Gaby" films such as Gaby en auto (1917) and more than 20 other silent films. She moved easily into talking films in the early 1930s. She played Queen Victoria in the 1939 historical film Entente cordiale.
She had an affair with the government minister Max Bonnafous (1900–75) during World War II, and as a result, she was investigated for collaboration with the Nazis after the liberation of France. Later she married Bonnafous. Morlay continued to play important roles in the 1940s and 1950s.
She was an art lover and was a friend and admirer of the Italian painter Beretta Dimario who lived in Nice.
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Known For
TV Shows (3)
Movies (93)
Cordial Agreement
1939
as Queen Victoria
Papa, Mama, the Maid and I
1954
as Gabrielle Langlois, mother
Samson
1936
as Anne-Marie d'Andeline
Royal Affairs in Versailles
1953
as Countess de la Motte
Anna
1951
as Mother superior
Le Billet de mille
1935
as The desperate one
The Twilight Girls
1957
as Mme Ancelin
Papa, Mama, My Wife and Me
1955
as Gabrielle Langlois, la mère
Le Plaisir
1952
as Denise - la femme d'Ambroise
Le Scandale
1934
as Charlotte Férioul
Gigi
1949
as Tante Alicia
Mlle. Desiree
1942
as Désirée Clary épouse Bernadotte / la Reine Desideria de Suède
Night Shift
1944
as Suzanne
Fortunate
1960
as Mlle Emilienne Massillon
Monsieur
1964
as Mrs. Bernadac, Edmond's Mother
Quadrille
1938
as Paulette Nanteuil, comédienne
La Mode rêvée
1940
Le Bonheur
1934
as Clara Stuart
Faubourg Montmartre
1931
as Ginette Gentilhomme
Crime and Punishment
1956
as madame Brunel
Paris - New-York
1940
as Gaby
Lunegarde
1946
as La comtesse Armance de Lunegarde
Behind the Facade
1939
as Gaby Valrose, minister's lover
Des jeunes filles dans la nuit
1943
as Madame de Saint-André
L'Arlésienne
1942
as Rose Mamaï
Three Boys, One Girl
1948
as Hélène Dourville
First Communion
1950
as Maria Carloni (Mme Dupont)
Love Around the Clock
1943
as Pierrot's mother
Jeanne
1934
as Madeleine Préolier
The Impossible Mr. Pipelet
1955
as Germaine Martin
Le mari ne compte pas
1963
as La mère de Denise
My Darned Father
1958
as Roberte
La bande à Bobo
1963
as Countess del Mariano
Un revenant
1946
as Geneviève Gonin
Sacred Youth
1958
as Zabeth Longué
The Ragpickers of Emmaus
1955
as Mademoiselle
The Love of a Woman
1953
as Germaine Leblanc
Mensonges
1946
as Marie Leroux
The New Gentlemen
1929
as Susanne Verrier
The Blue Veil
1942
as Louise Jarraud
Le Tombeur !!!
1958
as Agathe de Chamillac
The Messenger
1937
as Marie
Les Amoureux de Marianne
1953
as Germaine Duboutois
Nights of Fire
1937
as Lisa Andreieva
The King
1936
as Marthe Bourdier
The Dreamy Mouth
1932
as Gaby
L'Enfant de l'amour
1944
as Liane Orland
The Lovers of the Pont Saint-Jean
1947
as Victorine Rousset, aka 'Maryse'
Fantaisie d'un jour
1955
as Marcelle Bénard
Dance House
1931
as Estrella
The Lost Village
1947
as Angélique Barrodet
White Nights in Saint Petersburg
1938
as Hélène Voronine
The Last Metro
1945
as Mathilde Bourgeot
We Are Not Children
1934
as Roberte
Sacred Woods
1939
as Adrienne Champmorel
Hercule
1938
as Juliette Leclerc
The Life of Giuseppe Verdi
1938
as Giuseppina Strepponi
Quai des illusions
1959
as Madame Vincent
Hyménée
1947
as Agnès d'Aubarède
When the Child Appears
1956
as Olympe Fouquet
Companion Wanted
1932
as (uncredited)
The Black Diamond
1941
as Mademoiselle Marthe Dubard
The Girl with the Whip
1952
as Lamberta
The Fear
1936
as Irène Sylvain
The Terrible Lovers
1936
as Annette Fournier
Aux portes de Paris
1935
as 'La Madone'
Her Last Part
1946
as Hermine Wood
Les Lumières du soir
1956
as Rose Hessler
Mammy
1951
as Mrs. Pierre aka 'Mammy'
The Ironmaster
1933
as Claire de Beaulieu
Summer Storm
1949
as Mrs. Arbelot
White Wings
1943
as Sister Claire
Mademoiselle Béatrice
1943
as Béatrice
Foyer perdu
1952
as Alice Barbentin
Ramuntcho
1958
as Dolores
The Death Agony of the Eagles
1922
as Lise Charmoy
They Were Twelve Women
1940
as Madame Marion
Millionaires for One Day
1949
as Hélène Berger
Born of Unknown Father
1950
as Mrs. Nogent
Without Trumpet or Drum
1950
Good Enough to Eat
1951
as Mathilde de Mergrand / Mathilde Chaperon
Accused, Stand Up!
1930
as Gaby Delange
Max's Vacation
1914
Farandole
1945
as Actress
The Seniors
1936
as Hélène Lormier
A Picnic on the Grass
1937
as Manon Watteau
Jim the Cracksman, the King of Thieves
1926
as Pauline Bretonneau
Ariane, Russian Maid
1932
as Ariane
When Love Is Over
1931
as Germaine
Due sorelle amano
1950
as La madre
Le chevalier de Gaby
1920
as Gaby
Ève et le serpent
1949
as Laurence Barrois
Once Upon a Time
1933
as Ellen / Mary
About Gaby Morlay
Gaby Morlay (born Blanche Pauline Fumoleau; 8 June 1893 – 4 July 1964) was a film actress from France. Morlay began acting in the era of silent films, and became known as co-star with Max Linder in his "Max" series. She starred in a series of "Gaby" films such as Gaby en auto (1917) and more than 20 other silent films. She moved easily into talking films in the early 1930s. She played Queen Victoria in the 1939 historical film Entente cordiale. She had an affair with the government minister Max Bonnafous (1900–75) during World War II, and as a… With 96 credits spanning from 1914 to 1964, Gaby Morlay has appeared in 93 films and 3 TV shows.
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- Cordial Agreement (1939) — as Queen Victoria
- Papa, Mama, the Maid and I (1954) — as Gabrielle Langlois, mother
- Samson (1936) — as Anne-Marie d'Andeline
- Royal Affairs in Versailles (1953) — as Countess de la Motte
- Anna (1951) — as Mother superior
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