Actor
Françoise Rosay
April 17, 1891 · Paris, France
Françoise Rosay born Françoise Bandy de Nalèche, (19 April 1891 – 28 March 1974) was a French opera singer, diseuse, and actress who enjoyed a film career of over sixty years and who became a legendary figure in French cinema. She went on to appear in over 100 movies in her career.
Rosay was born Françoise Bandy de Nalèche in Paris, the illegitimate daughter of Marie-Thérèse Chauvin, an actress known as Sylviac. She originally planned to become an opera singer, and in 1917, won a prize at the Paris Conservatoire and made her debut at the Palais Garnier in the title role of Salammbô by Ernest Reyer. She also sang in Castor et Pollux by Rameau and Thaïs by Massenet.
Often works with
Grégoire Aslan
3 titles together
The Red Inn, The Red Inn, The 25th Hour
Louis Jouvet
3 titles together
Bizarre, Bizarre, Carnival in Flanders, Life Dances On
René Génin
3 titles together
Bizarre, Bizarre, Life Dances On, Jenny
Bernard Blier
2 titles together
The Counterfeiters of Paris, Don't Take God's Children for Wild Geese
Maurice Biraud
2 titles together
The Counterfeiters of Paris, Cloportes
Frank Villard
2 titles together
The Counterfeiters of Paris, The Seven Deadly Sins
Full filmography · 102
The Pedestrian
as Frau Dechamps
1973
Not Dumb, the Bird
as Mrs. Morelli-Johnson
1972
3000 Million Without an Elevator
as Madame Dubreuil
1972
Un merveilleux parfum d'oseille
as Louise de Kerfuntel
1969
Don't Take God's Children for Wild Geese
as Léontine Palpicart aka 'La Gâteuse'
19685.9
The 25th Hour
as Mme Nagy (uncredited)
19677.6
L'Âge heureux
as Mme Aubry
1966
Cloportes
as Gertrude, supplies specialist in the mafia
19656.3
Up from the Beach
as Lili's Grandmother
1965
Ruy Blas
as La duchesse d'Albuquerque
1965
Full Hearts and Empty Pockets
as Borgia
1964
Frau Cheneys Ende
as Mrs. Webley
1962