Françoise Rosay
Biography
Françoise Rosay was a French opera singer and actress whose screen career spanned more than sixty years and more than a hundred films. Born in Paris, she trained as an opera singer, took a prize at the Paris Conservatoire in 1917 and sang the title role in Ernest Reyer's Salammbô at the Palais Garnier. Her earliest recorded screen appearance came in Falstaff in 1911, and from 1929 she worked in Hollywood. She appeared in several films directed by Jacques Feyder, among them Le Grand Jeu (1933), Pension Mimosas (1934) and Carnival in Flanders (1935), and later in Hollywood productions including September Affair (1950), The Seventh Sin (1956) and Me and the Colonel (1958). During World War II she worked in Switzerland and England, teaching acting in Geneva and appearing in Halfway House (1944). Her last film was The Pedestrian (1974).
82years old at death
- Born 9th arrondissement of Paris
- Died Montgeron
- Star sign: AriesLast day of the sign, on the Taurus cusp
- Françoise Gilberte Bandy de Nalèche (birth name)Also credited as Rosay
Movie Career
- Films
- 6
- Career span
- 23 years1937 to 1960
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First role
Rosay first intended to be an opera singer. In 1917 she took a prize at the Paris Conservatoire and debuted at the Palais Garnier as the title role in Ernest Reyer's Salammbo.
A change of course
Rosay stayed in Switzerland for the whole of World War II, giving acting lessons at the Conservatoire de Geneve, and in England, where she sent resistance messages over the B.B.C.
Beyond film
In 1950 Rosay took the title role in Madame Tic Tac at London's Winter Garden Theatre, but the production had only a short run.
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The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Worked with
Françoise Rosay made one film with each of them. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Joan Fontaine's page
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Claude Autant-LaraDirector, 1 film, 1951
Val GuestDirector, 1 film, 1960
All films by Val Guest
William DieterleDirector, 1 film, 1950
All films by William Dieterle
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