Brigitte Fossey
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 15, 1946
- Birthplace
- Tourcoing, Nord, France
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. Source: Article "Brigitte Fossey" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Filmography
- Parade nuptiale
Parade nuptiale TBA
Actor
Second to Nun TBA
as Sister Maria Claire
Sophie Marceau, à voix haute 2026
as Self (archive footage)
Exception culturelle, la bataille qui a sauvé le cinéma français 2026
as Self - actress
Romy Schneider, face à son destin 2023
as Self
Big Kids 2023
Actor
The Neverending Party 2023
as Self - Actress
Les Rois de la comédie 2023
as Self
Mon Heroine 2022
as Jeanne
The Way to Happiness 2022
as Judith Askelevicz
Patrick Dewaere, My Hero 2022
as Self - actress
Les Grands Créateurs de Cinéma : René Clément 2022
as Self
Jean-Louis Trintignant - Mysterious and Elusive 2022
as Self
Hossein, Ronet, Trintignant : Confidences de trois acteurs inoubliables 2021
Actor
Raining Cats and Dogs 2019
as Angèle
Infidelity 2018
as Mère de Marie
Les Disparus de Valenciennes 2018
as Christiane Tortois
Don't Tell Her 2017
as Violette
Marie-France Pisier, une femme sous influence 2014
as Self
René Clément au cœur de la nouvelle vague 2013
as Self
Innocent Love Stories under Occupation 2012
as Self – Interviewee
Une femme nommée Marie 2011
as Voice of Marie (voice)
Le Mystère Joséphine 2009
as Rose Claire
Death on the Island 2008
as Jeanne Borghese
Grosse chaleur 2004
as Marie-Sophie Merceron
Passage interdit 2000
as Mathilde Auger
The Woman I'm Watching 1998
as Camille
Una bambina di troppo 1995
as Nicole
Pour l'amour de Thomas 1995
as Véronique
Das lange Gespräch mit dem Vogel 1992
as Elisabeth Halbritter
A Vampire in Paradise 1992
as Mrs. Belfond
Shipwrecked Children 1992
as Hélène
The Last Butterfly 1991
as Věra
Dial Code Santa Claus 1990
as Julie de Frémont
L'Été de la Révolution 1989
as Marie-Antoinette
Cinema Paradiso 1988
as Elena Mendola (adult)
Vivement Truffaut 1985
as Self / Geneviève (archive footage)
Un caso d'incoscienza 1985
as Elisabeth
The Future of Emily 1985
as Isabelle
A Strange Passion 1984
as Elvire
Les Fausses Confidences 1984
as Araminte
For Those I Loved 1983
as Dina Gray
Scarlet Fever 1983
as Nicole
The Bastard 1983
as Foreman's wife
Le Jeune Marié 1983
as Viviane
The Party 2 1982
as Françoise Beretton
Enigma 1982
as Karen Reinhardt
Imperative 1982
as Yvonne
Droit de Réponse 1981
as Self
Croque la vie 1981
as Catherine
Chanel Solitaire 1981
as Adrienne
The Triple Death of the Third Character 1981
as The French woman
The Party 1980
as Françoise Beretton
A Bad Son 1980
as Catherine
Mais où et donc Ornicar 1979
as Anne
Quintet 1979
as Vivia, Essex's Wife
The Glass Cell 1978
as Lisa Braun
Civil Wars in France 1978
as Andrée Léo (segment "La semaine sanglante")
The Goodbye Singing 1977
as Marguerite
- Closet Children
Closet Children 1977
as Juliette
The Man Who Loved Women 1977
as Geneviève Bigey
Blue Country 1977
as Louise Morand
The Honey Flowers 1976
as Sylvie
Femmes Fatales 1976
as Suzanne Dufour
The Good and the Bad 1976
as Dominique
The Brigade 1975
as Katia
The Irony of Chance 1974
as Ursula
Erica Minor 1974
as Anne
Going Places 1974
as Woman on the train
The Hundred Books: Alice in Wonderland 1973
as Grande Alice
The Man Who Died Twice 1973
as Denise
'M' as in Mathieu 1973
as Jeanne / Murielle
Raphael or the Debauched One 1971
as Bernardine
- Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment 1971
as Sonia
Farewell, Friend 1968
as Dominique "Waterloo" Austerlitz
The Wanderer 1967
as Yvonne de Galais
The Happy Road 1957
as Janine Duval
Forbidden Games 1952
as Paulette
Credits from TMDB.