Françoise Rosay
Acting
Born April 17, 1891 · Paris, France
Biography
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…
Known For · 40 titles
Midi trente
Aujourd'hui Madame
Marchand d'amour
Maternité
They Were Twelve Women
The Counterfeiters of Paris
La Pouponnière
The 25th Hour
The Robber Symphony
Cloportes
The Red Inn
Carnival in Flanders
Crainquebille
Gribiche
Queen Margot
3000 Million Without an Elevator
The Stream
Not Dumb, the Bird
The Seven Deadly Sins
Lovers Woods
Luck
The Gambler
Ramuntcho
He Who Is Without Sin...
Madame Récamier
Saraband for Dead Lovers
Bizarre, Bizarre
The Chess Player
Le bateau de verre
Let Us Be Gay
Wanda the Sinner
Two Timid Souls
Casanova Against His Will
Back Streets of Paris
Ruy Blas
Armchair 47
The Sound and the Fury
Me and the Colonel
Riff Raff Girls
The Seventh Sin