Rosy Varte
Born: 1923-11-22 in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
Died: 2012-01-13
Known For: Acting
Biography
Rosy Varte (22 November 1923 – 14 January 2012) was a French actress of Armenian descent. She made almost 100 film and television appearances since 1949. She starred in the 1972 film The Bar at the Crossing, which was entered into the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival. She was a voice actress in the cartoon Western movies, Daisy Town (1971, as "Lulu Carabine") and La Ballade des Dalton (1978, as "Miss Worthlesspenny"). Born Nevarte Manouelian in Istanbul, Turkey, she emigrated to France at an early age. She appeared in comedies. From 1985 to 1993, she had the title role (Maguy Boissier) in 333 episodes of the hit TV series Maguy. In 2007, she won the 7 d'Or award for Best Actress for playing Maguy Boissier. She died 14 January 2012 at the American Hospital in Neuilly-sur-Seine, aged 88, following a battle with bronchitis, which degenerated into a lung infection, according to her widower, director Pierre Badel. Source: Article "Rosy Varte" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Filmography
2007
- Hubert et le chien as Éléonore
2005
- Rosalie Hits the Road as Solange
1998
- Bonnes vacances as Blanche Dumont-Farel
1989
1987
- Sacrée Soirée as Self
- Matin Bonheur as Self
1985
- Maguy as Maguy Boissier (Née Bernardini)
1984
- Happy Easter as Marlène Chataigneau, la mère de Julie
1983
- Lucky Luke: Daltons on the Loose as Miss Worthlesspenny (voice)
- Waiter! as Gloria, Alex's ex-wife
- Rock and Torah as Esther Stern
- Le Braconnier de Dieu as La première musicienne en voiture
- Elle voulait faire du cinéma as Madame Guy
1982
- Champs-Elysées as Self
- Le Bourgeois gentilhomme as Madame Jourdain
1981
- Les Bons Bourgeois as Dorothée, the mother
1980
- T'inquiète pas, ça se soigne as Infirmière Rose Carlin
1979
- Love on the Run as La Mère de Colette
- La Grâce as Thérèse Dupérier
- Nina as Nina
1976
- Le Gentleman des Antipodes as Mme Vigerie
1975
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
- The Night Caller as Germaine Doizon
- Système 2 as Self
1974
- The Funny Guys in a Crazy World as La vicomtesse
1973
- Big Deal as Therese
1972
- Midi trente as Self
- The Annuity as Elvire Galipeau
- The Bar at the Crossing as Maria
1971
- Daisy Town as Lulu Carabine (voice)
- Samedi soir as Self
1970
- The Man with Connections as The Mother
1969
- My Uncle Benjamin as Bettine, soeur de Benjamin
- La Honte de la famille as Perrine Hadol
1968
- Would-Be Gentleman as Mme Jourdain
- Salut Berthe ! as Berthe
1966
- The Sultans as Girl in the club
- Father's Trip as Barmaid of the bistro 'La Patrie'
- Three Disordered Children as Mme Gisèle Duchemin
1965
- Ubu Roi as Mother Ubu
- Thomas the Impostor as Mme Valiche
1964
- Male Companion as Isabelle's Mother
- La Mégère apprivoisée as Catarina
1962
- Love at Twenty as La mère de Colette (segment "Antoine et Colette")
- The Vendetta as Mrs. Lauriston
- Antoine and Colette as Colette's Mother
1961
- The Busybody as The boss
1960
- The Gigolo as Marilyn
- Fortunate as Rosette Falk
1958
- The Little Professor as Mrs. Léa
- A Legitimate Defense as Rita la Gitane, une prostituée
1956
- Forgive Our Trespasses
- Les Assassins du dimanche as Marie Simonet
1955
- The Hussars as Juliette
- French Cancan as Habituée du café (uncredited)
- Pleasures and Vices as Mathilde
- Casse-cou, mademoiselle! as Colleague
1954
- Men Think Only of That as Dolorès, victim of the womanizer
1953
- Lettre ouverte as Madame Pépin, the concierge
- Virgile as La grande Léa
- Midnight... Quai de Bercy as Mme Boulay, l'épicière
1952
- Three Women as Paméla (segment "Coralie")
- Les Bonnes Manières