© Copyright Harutyunyan 2024

sunfilm-logo
Home/Françoise Rosay
Françoise Rosay‌

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1891-04-17

Popularity

star2.6

Françoise Rosay

Paris, France

Françoise Rosay

Paris, France

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1891-04-17

Popularity

star2.6

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 Reyer. She also sang in Castor et Pollux by Rameau and Thaïs by Massenet. Her first recorded film was Falstaff in 1911, and she began to work in Hollywood from 1929 onwards. In 1917, she married the director Jacques Feyder, with whom she remained until his death in 1948, having three sons. She appeared in several films under her husband's direction, including Le Grand Jeu (1933), Pension Mimosas (1934), La Kermesse héroïque (Carnival in Flanders) (1935) and Les Gens du voyage (1937). Rosay spent the duration of World War II in England and Switzerland, where she taught acting classes at the Conservatoire de Genève. She still appeared in films during this time, notably the British Halfway House (1944) as the refugee French wife of a British sea captain. During her career, she appeared with all the great stars of French cinema, including Jean Gabin, Michèle Morgan, Raimu, Jeanne Moreau, Danielle Darrieux, Micheline Presle, Paul Meurisse, Gérard Philipe, Louis Jouvet, Michel Simon, Simone Signoret, Fernandel and Jean-Louis Barrault. In Hollywood, she co-starred with Charles Boyer, Maurice Chevalier and Buster Keaton and worked with directors such as William Dieterle (September Affair, 1949), Martin Ritt (The Sound and the Fury, 1958), Ronald Neame (The Seventh Sin, 1956) and Peter Glenville (Me and the Colonel, 1957) with Danny Kaye. In England she appeared in The Alien Corn, a segment of the W. Somerset Maugham anthology film Quartet. A highly accomplished pianist herself in real life, she played the role of a famous piano virtuoso who gives aspiring pianist Dirk Bogarde a compassionate but honest and devastating critical appraisal of his likelihood of becoming a great musician – which results in his suicide. She performs in the film Schubert's Impromptu in E flat. In 1950 she appeared on stage at London's Winter Garden Theatre, playing the title role in 'Madame Tic Tac' but it had only a short run. It was not until 1938 that her biological father, Count François Louis Bandy de Nalèche, acknowledged her as his daughter. Her final appearance on film was in the Maximilian Schell-directed Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winner for Best Foreign-Language Foreign Film of 1974, Der Fußgänger (English title: The Pedestrian). She died in Montgeron, Île-de-France, near Paris. Her grave is located in Sorel-Moussel, Île-de-France, where she is buried with her husband, movie director Jacques Feyder. There are streets named after Françoise Rosay in Limoges, Montpellier, Chevry-Cossigny, Launaguet and Martigues. Source: Article "Françoise Rosay" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Movie Credits

Marie des angoisses

Marie des angoisses‌
star0.0
calendar 1935

Carnival in Flanders

Carnival in Flanders‌
star7.3
calendar 1935

Ramuntcho

Ramuntcho‌
star0.0
calendar 1938

The Red Inn

The Red Inn‌
star6.9
calendar 1951

Tambour battant

Tambour battant‌
star0.0
calendar 1934

Jenny Lind

Jenny Lind‌
star0.0
calendar 1931

Whirlpool

Whirlpool‌
star5.8
calendar 1935

The 13th Letter

The 13th Letter‌
star5.6
calendar 1951

Two Timid Souls

Two Timid Souls‌
star6.0
calendar 1928

The 25th Hour

The 25th Hour‌
star7.8
calendar 1967

He

He‌
star5.9
calendar 1932

Saraband for Dead Lovers

Saraband for Dead Lovers‌
star5.9
calendar 1948

The Woman Dressed As a Man

The Woman Dressed As a Man‌
star0.0
calendar 1932

Johnny Frenchman

Johnny Frenchman‌
star6.0
calendar 1945

My Son the Minister

My Son the Minister‌
star6.1
calendar 1937

La Pouponnière

La Pouponnière‌
star0.0
calendar 1933

The Seventh Sin

The Seventh Sin‌
star5.3
calendar 1957

The Trial of Mary Dugan

The Trial of Mary Dugan‌
star0.0
calendar 1931

All for Nothing

All for Nothing‌
star0.0
calendar 1933

Vers l'abîme

Vers l'abîme‌
star0.0
calendar 1934

Coralie and Company

Coralie and Company‌
star0.0
calendar 1934

Le Billet de mille

Le Billet de mille‌
star0.0
calendar 1935

Maternité

Maternité‌
star0.0
calendar 1935

Gangster malgré lui

Gangster malgré lui‌
star0.0
calendar 1935

Marchand d'amour

Marchand d'amour‌
star0.0
calendar 1935

The Secret of Polichinelle

The Secret of Polichinelle‌
star0.0
calendar 1936

Cloportes

Cloportes‌
star6.2
calendar 1965

Don't Take God's Children for Wild Geese

Don't Take God's Children for Wild Geese‌
star6.0
calendar 1968

September Affair

September Affair‌
star6.0
calendar 1950

Life Dances On

Life Dances On‌
star7.0
calendar 1937

Jenny

Jenny‌
star5.9
calendar 1936

Nobody's Children

Nobody's Children‌
star7.3
calendar 1951

La Dame de Haut-le-Bois

La Dame de Haut-le-Bois‌
star0.0
calendar 1947

The Counterfeiters of Paris

The Counterfeiters of Paris‌
star7.0
calendar 1961

Les vagabonds du rêve

Les vagabonds du rêve‌
star0.0
calendar 1949

Bizarre, Bizarre

Bizarre, Bizarre‌
star6.9
calendar 1937

Back Streets of Paris

Back Streets of Paris‌
star6.1
calendar 1946

The Full Treatment

The Full Treatment‌
star6.3
calendar 1960

Me and the Colonel

Me and the Colonel‌
star6.2
calendar 1958

The Stream

The Stream‌
star7.5
calendar 1938

That Lady

That Lady‌
star5.3
calendar 1955

The One Woman Idea

The One Woman Idea‌
star1.0
calendar 1929

Interlude

Interlude‌
star5.5
calendar 1957

Riff Raff Girls

Riff Raff Girls‌
star5.8
calendar 1959

The Naked Heart

The Naked Heart‌
star0.0
calendar 1950

The Robber Symphony

The Robber Symphony‌
star5.8
calendar 1937

The Magnificent Lie

The Magnificent Lie‌
star0.0
calendar 1931

The Chess Player

The Chess Player‌
star4.7
calendar 1938

Carnival in Flanders

Carnival in Flanders‌
star0.0
calendar 1936

Fahrendes Volk

Fahrendes Volk‌
star4.0
calendar 1938

Frau Cheneys Ende

Frau Cheneys Ende‌
star0.0
calendar 1962

Girls of Today

Girls of Today‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

Pension Mimosas

Pension Mimosas‌
star6.9
calendar 1935

Madame Récamier

Madame Récamier‌
star0.0
calendar 1928

The Little Cafe

The Little Cafe‌
star0.0
calendar 1931

K – Das Haus des Schweigens

K – Das Haus des Schweigens‌
star0.0
calendar 1951

Full Hearts and Empty Pockets

Full Hearts and Empty Pockets‌
star5.0
calendar 1964

Armchair 47

Armchair 47‌
star6.1
calendar 1937

Lovers Woods

Lovers Woods‌
star4.6
calendar 1960

The Great Game

The Great Game‌
star7.1
calendar 1934

L'Âge heureux

L'Âge heureux‌
star7.0
calendar 1966

He Who Is Without Sin...

He Who Is Without Sin...‌
star6.4
calendar 1952

They Were Twelve Women

They Were Twelve Women‌
star5.3
calendar 1940

Eyes of Love

Eyes of Love‌
star4.9
calendar 1959

The Seven Deadly Sins

The Seven Deadly Sins‌
star6.0
calendar 1952

Die Insel

Die Insel‌
star5.0
calendar 1934

Peace on the Rhine

Peace on the Rhine‌
star7.0
calendar 1938

Portrait of a Woman

Portrait of a Woman‌
star0.0
calendar 1944

Without Trumpet or Drum

Without Trumpet or Drum‌
star0.0
calendar 1959

Stefanie in Rio

Stefanie in Rio‌
star0.0
calendar 1960

One Only Loves Once

One Only Loves Once‌
star0.0
calendar 1950

Queen Margot

Queen Margot‌
star6.8
calendar 1954

The Halfway House

The Halfway House‌
star6.5
calendar 1944

Not Dumb, the Bird

Not Dumb, the Bird‌
star6.0
calendar 1972

Abbot Constantine

Abbot Constantine‌
star5.0
calendar 1933

Wanda the Sinner

Wanda the Sinner‌
star5.0
calendar 1952

Women Without Names

Women Without Names‌
star6.3
calendar 1950

People Who Travel

People Who Travel‌
star7.0
calendar 1938

Smuggler's Ball

Smuggler's Ball‌
star4.8
calendar 1952

Quartet

Quartet‌
star6.0
calendar 1948

Gribiche

Gribiche‌
star6.1
calendar 1926

Crainquebille

Crainquebille‌
star7.2
calendar 1922

Sul ponte dei sospiri

Sul ponte dei sospiri‌
star5.0
calendar 1953

The Sound and the Fury

The Sound and the Fury‌
star6.6
calendar 1959

Un merveilleux parfum d'oseille

Un merveilleux parfum d'oseille‌
star3.0
calendar 1969

The Pedestrian

The Pedestrian‌
star6.4
calendar 1973

Non sono più guaglione

Non sono più guaglione‌
star0.0
calendar 1957

A Father Without Knowing It

A Father Without Knowing It‌
star0.0
calendar 1932

Les éloquents

Les éloquents‌
star0.0
calendar 1954

Le bateau de verre

Le bateau de verre‌
star0.0
calendar 1927

Serge Panine

Serge Panine‌
star6.0
calendar 1939

The Barton Mystery

The Barton Mystery‌
star0.0
calendar 1949

The Gambler

The Gambler‌
star6.3
calendar 1958

Casanova wider Willen

Casanova wider Willen‌
star0.0
calendar 1931

Let Us Be Gay

Let Us Be Gay‌
star0.0
calendar 1931

Up from the Beach

Up from the Beach‌
star8.0
calendar 1965

Luck

Luck‌
star0.0
calendar 1931

3000 Million Without an Elevator

3000 Million Without an Elevator‌
star4.9
calendar 1972

Tv Credits

Midi trente

Midi trente‌
star6.0
calendar 1972