Brigitte Fossey
Encyclopedia
Brigitte Fossey, born June 15, 1946 (age 65) in Tourcoing
, Nord, is a French actress.
. 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
.
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.
, whom she met while making his 1970 film M comme Mathieu.
Tourcoing
Tourcoing is a city in northern France. It is designated municipally as a commune within the département of Nord.Tourcoing is situated near the cities of Lille and Roubaix and the Belgian border.-Main sights:...
, Nord, is a French actress.
Early years
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 IIWorld War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. The film won numerous awards worldwide including the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
and Fossey was hired by American actor/director Gene Kelly
Gene Kelly
Eugene Curran "Gene" Kelly was an American dancer, actor, singer, film director and producer, and choreographer...
for his 1957 film, The Happy Road
The Happy Road
The Happy Road is a 1957 French-American comedy film starring Gene Kelly, Barbara Laage, Michael Redgrave and Bobby Clark. Two students escape from their Swiss private school and make for Paris....
. 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
Geneva
Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...
, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
as an interpreter
Interpreting
Language interpretation is the facilitating of oral or sign-language communication, either simultaneously or consecutively, between users of different languages...
/translator
Translation
Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. Whereas interpreting undoubtedly antedates writing, translation began only after the appearance of written literature; there exist partial translations of the Sumerian Epic of...
.
Career
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 AlbicoccoJean-Gabriel Albicocco
Jean-Gabriel Albicocco was a French film director.In 1960 he married French actress and singer Marie Laforêt...
for his film Le Grand Meaulnes
Le Grand Meaulnes
Le Grand Meaulnes is the only novel by French author Alain-Fournier. Fifteen-year-old François Seurel narrates the story of his relationship with seventeen-year-old Augustin Meaulnes as Meaulnes searches for his lost love. Impulsive, reckless and heroic, Meaulnes embodies the romantic ideal, the...
. As an adult Fossey acted both on stage and in film, working with French directors such as François Truffaut
François Truffaut
François Roland Truffaut was an influential film critic and filmmaker and one of the founders of the French New Wave. In a film career lasting over a quarter of a century, he remains an icon of the French film industry. He was also a screenwriter, producer, and actor working on over twenty-five...
and Bertrand Blier
Bertrand Blier
Bertrand Blier is a French screenwriter and film director.Born in Boulogne-Billancourt, France. He is the son of Bernard Blier....
. Fluent in English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, Fossey has appeared in several Hollywood motion pictures, including a 1979 role as the wife of Paul Newman
Paul Newman
Paul Leonard Newman was an American actor, film director, entrepreneur, humanitarian, professional racing driver and auto racing enthusiast...
in the Robert Altman
Robert Altman
Robert Bernard Altman was an American film director and screenwriter known for making films that are highly naturalistic, but with a stylized perspective. In 2006, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recognized his body of work with an Academy Honorary Award.His films MASH , McCabe and...
-directed film, Quintet
Quintet (film)
Quintet is a post-apocalyptic science fiction film by Robert Altman produced in 1979. It features among others Paul Newman, Brigitte Fossey, Bibi Andersson, Fernando Rey, Vittorio Gassman and Nina Van Pallandt....
. In 1982, she was a member of the jury at the 32nd Berlin International Film Festival
32nd Berlin International Film Festival
The 32nd annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 12 to February 23, 1982.-Jury:* Joan Fontaine * Vladimir Baskakov* Brigitte Fossey* Joe Hembus* László Lugossy* Gian Luigi Rondi* Helma Sanders-Brahms...
. During the 1990s, she began performing in television productions.
Personal life
Brigitte Fossey has a daughter from her marriage to director Jean-François AdamJean-François Adam
Jean-François Adam was a French actor and director mostly famous for his mysterious death.-Career:Adams lived with Brigitte Fossey. Their daughter is the actress Marie Adam. He was an assistant of François Truffaut and Jean-Pierre Melville...
, whom she met while making his 1970 film M comme Mathieu.
Awards and recognition
- 1977: Nominated for a César Award for Best Actress in a Supporting RoleCésar Award for Best Actress in a Supporting RoleList of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Supporting Actress .-Winners:Adapted from the article , from Wikinfo, licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License....
for Le Bon et les méchants - 1978: Nominated for a César Award for Best ActressCésar Award for Best ActressList of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Actress .-Winners and nominees:...
for Les Enfants du placard
Filmography
- Jeux interdits (Forbidden Games) (1951)
- La Corda d'acciaioLa corda d'acciaioLa corda d'acciaio is a 1953 film directed by Carlo Borghesio and starring Brigitte Fossey and Virna Lisi....
(1953) - The Happy RoadThe Happy RoadThe Happy Road is a 1957 French-American comedy film starring Gene Kelly, Barbara Laage, Michael Redgrave and Bobby Clark. Two students escape from their Swiss private school and make for Paris....
(1957) - Le Grand MeaulnesLe Grand MeaulnesLe Grand Meaulnes is the only novel by French author Alain-Fournier. Fifteen-year-old François Seurel narrates the story of his relationship with seventeen-year-old Augustin Meaulnes as Meaulnes searches for his lost love. Impulsive, reckless and heroic, Meaulnes embodies the romantic ideal, the...
(1966) - Adieu l'amiAdieu l'amiAdieu l’ami is a 1968 French-Italian film directed by Jean Herman; producer Serge Silberman, screenplay by Sebastien Japrisot.-Plot summary:...
(1968) - M comme Mathieu (1970)
- Raphaël ou le débauché (1971)
- Les ValseusesLes ValseusesGoing Places is a 1974 French comedy-drama film directed by Bertrand Blier, adapted from a novel by Blier, and starring Miou-Miou, Gerard Depardieu and Patrick Dewaere. The French title translates into English as "The Waltzers", a French vulgar term for the testicles. The film had a total of...
(1973) - CalmosCalmosCalmos is a 1976 French film directed by Bertrand Blier.-Plot:Two men, fortyish, worn out by their wives, abandon everything to go and live in the back of beyond. There they meet a truculent priest, a boozer, Émile who recalls them to life's simple pleasures. Calm, that's what they want...
(1975) - L'Homme qui aimait les femmes (The Man Who Loved Women) (1976)
- Le Bon et les méchants (The Good Guys and the Bad Guys) (1976)
- Les Enfants du placard (Closet Children) (1977)
- The Glass CellThe Glass CellThe Glass Cell is a 1978 West German film directed by Hans W. Geißendörfer. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.- Cast :* Helmut Griem: Phillip Braun* Brigitte Fossey: Lisa Braun* Dieter Laser: David Reinelt...
(1978) - Mais où et donc OrnicarMais où et donc OrnicarMais où et donc Ornicar is a 1979 French drama film directed by Bertrand Van Effenterre. The film stars Geraldine Chaplin and Brigitte Fossey. It was released in France on 28 February, 1979.-Plot:...
(1979) - QuintetQuintet (film)Quintet is a post-apocalyptic science fiction film by Robert Altman produced in 1979. It features among others Paul Newman, Brigitte Fossey, Bibi Andersson, Fernando Rey, Vittorio Gassman and Nina Van Pallandt....
(1979) - La BoumLa boumLa boum is a 1980 French language motion picture comedy directed by Claude Pinoteau, and starring Claude Brasseur, Brigitte Fossey, and Sophie Marceau appearing in her film début. The movie was an international box-office hit. The music was written by Vladimir Cosma, with Richard Sanderson singing...
(1980) - Chanel SolitaireChanel SolitaireChanel Solitaite is a 1981 British-French historical drama film directed by George Kaczender and starring Marie-France Pisier, Timothy Dalton, Rutger Hauer, Brigitte Fossey, Karen Black. The film's subject was Coco Chanel. Its budget was around $7 million....
(1981) - EnigmaEnigma (1983 film)Enigma is a 1983 motion picture directed by Jeannot Szwarc, and starring Martin Sheen, Sam Neill, Brigitte Fossey and Kevin McNally.-Plot:...
(1983) - For those I lovedFor those I lovedFor Those I Loved is a drama film from 1983 with Michael York, about a Polish Jewish Holocaust survivor who emigrated to the USA in 1946.- Plot :...
(1983) - Cinema Paradiso (1988)
- Les Enfants du naufrageurLes Enfants du naufrageurLes Enfants du naufrageur is a French adventure film from 1992. It was directed by Jérôme Foulon written by François Celier, starring Jean Marais and Brigitte Fossey...
(1992) - Le Château des oliviers (French-Italien series) (1993)
- La mort dans l'île (French-Swiss thriller) (2008)