Jehanne d'Alcy
Born: 1865-03-20 in Vaujours - Seine-Saint-Denis - France
Died: 1956-10-14
Known For: Acting
Biography
A performer at the Théâtre Robert-Houdin from 1888, when it was re-opened by Georges Méliès, Jehanne d'Alcy (also known as Fanny Manieux) later became Méliès's mistress and appeared in a number of his films, including the first of his risqué productions Après le bal - le tub (1897). Méliès's first wife Eugenie died in May 1913, and in 1925 he married d'Alcy. Her concession of a toy stall at the Gare Montparnasse, Paris, manned by Georges, provided their only income for several years. In 1932 they moved into an apartment at a home for cinema veterans. After Méliès's death, d'Alcy appeared in the poignant framing sequences of Georges Franju's short dramatisation of his life, Le Grand Méliès (1952), with Méliès's son André playing his father. Jehanne d'Alcy died on 14 October 1956 at Versailles, aged ninety-two.
Filmography
1952
- Le Grand Méliès as Self
1904
- The Impossible Voyage as Villager at seaport (uncredited)
- Faust and Marguerite
1902
- A Trip to the Moon as La Secrétaire / Une Étoile / Agent de Bord de la Fusée
1901
- Bluebeard as Le Nouvelle Épouse de Barbe-bleue (as Jeanne d'Alcy)
1900
- Joan of Arc as Mère de Jeanne
- The Fat and Lean Wrestling Match
- The Astronomer's Dream as Phoebe
1899
- Cinderella as La Reine Mère
- The Pillar of Fire as Ayesha
- Cleopatra's Tomb as le fantôme de Cléopâtre
1898
- Pygmalion and Galatea
- The Temptation of St. Anthony as La tentatrice / l'ange.
1897
- Le château hanté as Young woman
- After the Ball as La femme qui prend son bain
- Faust and Marguerite as Marguerite
1896
- Le manoir du diable as Young Woman
- A Nightmare as Woman in Toga
- The Vanishing Lady as La femme