Gaby Morlay

Born: 1893-06-08 in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France

Died: 1964-07-04

Known For: Acting

Biography

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.

Filmography

1964

Monsieur as Mrs. Bernadac, Edmond's Mother

1963

La bande à Bobo as Countess del Mariano
Le mari ne compte pas as La mère de Denise

1960

Fortunate as Mlle Emilienne Massillon

1959

Quai des illusions as Madame Vincent

1958

My Darned Father as Roberte
Le Tombeur !!! as Agathe de Chamillac
Sacred Youth as Zabeth Longué
Ramuntcho as Dolores

1957

The Twilight Girls as Mme Ancelin

1956

Cinépanorama as Self
Plaisir du théâtre as La mère de Denise
Crime and Punishment as madame Brunel
Les Lumières du soir as Rose Hessler
When the Child Appears as Olympe Fouquet

1955

Papa, Mama, My Wife and Me as Gabrielle Langlois, la mère
Fantaisie d'un jour as Marcelle Bénard
The Impossible Mr. Pipelet as Germaine Martin
The Ragpickers of Emmaus as Mademoiselle

1954

Reflets de Cannes as Self
Papa, Mama, the Maid and I as Gabrielle Langlois, mother

1953

Royal Affairs in Versailles as Countess de la Motte
The Love of a Woman as Germaine Leblanc
Les Amoureux de Marianne as Germaine Duboutois

1952

Le Plaisir as Denise - la femme d'Ambroise
The Girl with the Whip as Lamberta
Foyer perdu as Alice Barbentin

1951

Good Enough to Eat as Mathilde de Mergrand / Mathilde Chaperon
Anna as Mother superior
Mammy as Mrs. Pierre aka 'Mammy'

1950

Due sorelle amano as La madre
First Communion as Maria Carloni (Mme Dupont)
Without Trumpet or Drum
Born of Unknown Father as Mrs. Nogent

1949

Gigi as Tante Alicia
Ève et le serpent as Laurence Barrois
Millionaires for One Day as Hélène Berger
Summer Storm as Mrs. Arbelot

1948

Three Boys, One Girl as Hélène Dourville

1947

Hyménée as Agnès d'Aubarède
The Lost Village as Angélique Barrodet
The Lovers of the Pont Saint-Jean as Victorine Rousset, aka 'Maryse'

1946

A Lover's Return as Geneviève Gonin
Her Last Part as Hermine Wood
Lunegarde as La comtesse Armance de Lunegarde
Mensonges as Marie Leroux

1945

The Last Metro as Mathilde Bourgeot
Farandole as Actress

1944

L'Enfant de l'amour as Liane Orland
Night Shift as Suzanne

1943

Love Around the Clock as Pierrot's mother
White Wings as Sister Claire
Mademoiselle Béatrice as Béatrice
Des jeunes filles dans la nuit as Madame de Saint-André

1942

L'Arlésienne as Rose Mamaï
The Blue Veil as Louise Jarraud
Mlle. Desiree as Désirée Clary épouse Bernadotte / la Reine Desideria de Suède

1941

The Black Diamond as Mademoiselle Marthe Dubard

1940

They Were Twelve Women as Madame Marion
Paris - New-York as Gaby
La Mode rêvée

1939

Cordial Agreement as Queen Victoria
Sacred Woods as Adrienne Champmorel
Behind the Facade as Gaby Valrose, minister's lover

1938

Quadrille as Paulette Nanteuil, comédienne
Hercule as Juliette Leclerc
The Life of Giuseppe Verdi as Giuseppina Strepponi
White Nights in Saint Petersburg as Hélène Voronine

1937

A Picnic on the Grass as Manon Watteau
Nights of Fire as Lisa Andreieva
The Messenger as Marie

1936

The King as Marthe Bourdier
The Seniors as Hélène Lormier
Samson as Anne-Marie d'Andeline
The Fear as Irène Sylvain
The Terrible Lovers as Annette Fournier

1935

Le Billet de mille as The desperate one
Aux portes de Paris as 'La Madone'

1934

The Scandal as Charlotte Férioul
Jeanne as Madeleine Préolier
Le Bonheur as Clara Stuart
We Are Not Children as Roberte

1933

Once Upon a Time as Ellen / Mary
The Ironmaster as Claire de Beaulieu

1932

The Dreamy Mouth as Gaby
Companion Wanted as (uncredited)
Ariane, Russian Maid as Ariane

1931

When Love Is Over as Germaine
Faubourg Montmartre as Ginette Gentilhomme
Dance House as Estrella

1930

Accused, Stand Up! as Gaby Delange

1929

The New Gentlemen as Susanne Verrier