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Gaby Morlay
Actor, Producer
Born June 7, 1893Died July 4, 1964 (71 years)
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.
Source: Article "Gaby Morlay" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Source: Article "Gaby Morlay" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known For
Filmography
| 1964 | Monsieur · as Mme Bernadac, Mère D'edmond |
| 1963 | Le mari ne compte pas · as La Mère De Denise |
| 1960 | Fortunate · as Mlle Emilienne Massillon |
| 1959 | Ramuntcho · as Dolores |
| 1957 | The Twilight Girls · as Mme Ancelin |
| 1956 | Mitsou · as Madame Clairault |
| 1956 | Crime and Punishment · as Madame Brunel |
| 1955 | The Impossible Mr. Pipelet · as Germaine Martin |
| 1955 | Father, Mother, My Wife and I · as Gabrielle Langlois, La Mère |
| 1955 | Les chiffonniers d'Emmaüs · as Mademoiselle |
| 1954 | Father, Mother, the Maid and I · as Gabrielle Langlois, La Mère |
| 1954 | Royal Affairs in Versailles · as Comtesse De La Motte |
| 1953 | The Love of a Woman · as Germaine Leblanc |
| 1952 | Le Plaisir · as Denise - La Femme D'ambroise |
| 1951 | Anna · as Mother Superior |
| 1950 | First Communion · as Maria Carloni (mme Dupont) |
| 1949 | Millionaires for One Day · as Hélène Berger |
| 1949 | Gigi · as Tante Alicia |
| 1947 | Les amants du pont Saint-Jean · as Maryse |
| 1947 | Le village perdu · as Angélique Barrodet |
| 1946 | Un revenant · as Geneviève Gonin |
| 1944 | Service de nuit · as Suzanne |
| 1943 | Love Around the Clock · as La Mère De Pierrot |
| 1942 | The Blue Veil · as Louise Jarraud |
| 1942 | Mlle. Desiree · as Désirée Clary Épouse Bernadotte / La Reine Desideria De Suède |
| 1942 | L'arlésienne · as Rose Mamaï |
| 1941 | The Black Diamond · as Mademoiselle Marthe Dubard |
| 1940 | They Were Twelve Women · as Madame Marion |
| 1940 | Paris New-York · as Gaby |
| 1939 | Sacred Woods · as Adrienne Champmorel |
| 1939 | Entente cordiale · as Queen Victoria |
| 1939 | Derrière la façade · as Gaby Valrose, L'amante Du Ministre |
| 1938 | The Life of Giuseppe Verdi · as Giuseppina Strepponi |
| 1938 | Kreutzer Sonata · as Hélène Voronine |
| 1938 | Hercule · as Juliette Leclerc |
| 1938 | Quadrille · as Paulette Nanteuil |
| 1937 | The Messenger · as Marie |
| 1937 | The Living Corpse · as Lisa Andreieva |
| 1936 | La peur · as Irène Sylvain |
| 1936 | Samson · as Anne-Marie D'andeline |
| 1934 | Jeanne · as Madeleine Préolier |
| 1934 | Le bonheur · as Clara Stuart |
| 1932 | Ariane, jeune fille russe · as Ariane |
| 1932 | Companion Wanted · as (uncredited) |
| 1931 | Faubourg Montmartre · as Ginette Gentilhomme |
| 1930 | Accused, Stand Up! · as Gaby Delange |
| 1929 | The New Gentlemen · as Susanne Verrier |
| 1922 | The Death Agony of the Eagles · as Lise Charmoy |