Cast & creator
Brigitte Fossey
Best known for Sacrée soirée, Vivement dimanche, Champs-Elysées
Brigitte Florence Fossey (born 15 June 1946) is a French actress. The daughter of a schoolteacher, Fossey was five years old when she was cast by director René Clément to star in his film, Forbidden Games. Fossey played the role of an innocent child orphaned by World War II. The film won numerous awards worldwide, including the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and Fossey was hired by American actor/director Gene Kelly for his 1957 film, The Happy Road. When Fossey was ten years old her parents took her out of the film business so she could receive proper schooling. While completing her education, Fossey studied piano and dance and then went on to work in Geneva, Switzerland as an interpreter/translator. In 1967, at age twenty, after studying acting at Yves Furet "Studio d'Entrainement de l'Acteur" in Paris, Fossey was offered the female lead by director Jean-Gabriel Albicocco for his film Le Grand Meaulnes. As an adult Fossey acted both on stage and in film, working with French directors such as François Truffaut and Bertrand Blier. Fluent in English, Fossey has appeared in several Hollywood motion pictures, including a 1979 role as the wife of Paul Newman in the Robert Altman-directed film, Quintet. In 1982, she was a member of the jury at the 32nd Berlin International Film Festival. During the 1990s, she began performing in television productions. Brigitte Fossey has a daughter from her marriage to director Jean-François Adam, whom she met while making his 1970 film M comme Mathieu. Source: Article "Brigitte Fossey" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Also known as: Brigitte Florence Fossey
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film credits
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television credits
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1952–2026 · acting roles
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (106)
Showing 106 of 106 credits
Sacrée soirée
Self
1987
Vivement dimanche
Self
1998
Champs-Elysées
Self
1982
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
1975
Spécial cinéma
Self
1974
Le Grand Échiquier
Self
1972
Numéro un
Self
1975Samedi soir
Self
1971
Ciné regards
Self
1978
Cinema Paradiso
Elena Mendola (adult)
1988
Chillers
Sylvia
1990
Matin Bonheur
Self
1987
Les Cent Livres des Hommes
Clélia
1970Les Cent Livres des Hommes
Grande Alice
1970
Un monde, un regard
2021
Going Places
Woman on the train
1974
The Castle of Olive Trees
Estelle Laborie
1993
The Party
Françoise Beretton
1980
Forbidden Games
Paulette
1952
Les Gens de Mogador
Dominique Vernet (adulte)
1972
Revival
Françoise
2022
The Party 2
Françoise Beretton
1982
Love in Vienna
Monique
2018
Au nom de tous les miens
Dina
1985
Ferbac
Martine
1991
Femmes Fatales
Suzanne Dufour
1976
Sophie Marceau, à voix haute
Self (archive footage)
2026
The Man Who Loved Women
Geneviève Bigey
1977
Farewell, Friend
Dominique "Waterloo" Austerlitz
1968
Les Grands Détectives
Julia
1975
Dial Code Santa Claus
Julie de Frémont
1990Parade nuptiale
Infidelity
Mère de Marie
2018
The Brigade
Katia
1975
Banking District
Blanche Grangier
2017
A Family Secret
Hélène
2014
L'Été de la Révolution
Marie-Antoinette
1989
Jean-Louis Trintignant - Mystérieux et insaisissable
Self
2022
The Last Butterfly
Věra
1991
Exception culturelle, la bataille qui a sauvé le cinéma français
Self - actress
2026
L'Affaire Caillaux
Henriette
1985
For Those I Loved
Dina Gray
1983
Les Disparus de Valenciennes
Christiane Tortois
2018
Enigma
Karen Reinhardt
1982
Un et un font six
Laurence Poirier
1997
Les Grands Créateurs de Cinéma : René Clément
Self
2022
Don't Tell Her
Violette
2017
Big Kids
2023
Les Rois de la comédie
Self
2023
The Hundred Books: Alice in Wonderland
Grande Alice
1973
Civil Wars in France
Andrée Léo (segment "La semaine sanglante")
1978
Das lange Gespräch mit dem Vogel
Elisabeth Halbritter
1992
The Good and the Bad
Dominique
1976
The Neverending Party
Self - Actress
2023
A Bad Son
Catherine
1980
The Woman I'm Watching
Camille
1998
Shipwrecked Children
Hélène
1992
The Irony of Chance
Ursula
1974
Patrick Dewaere, My Hero
Self - actress
2022
Quintet
Vivia, Essex's Wife
1979
François Truffaut: My Life, a Screenplay
Self
2024
The Goodbye Singing
Marguerite
1977
L'Enfant tombée du ciel
Nicole
1995
Hossein, Ronet, Trintignant : Confidences de trois acteurs inoubliables
2021
Raphael or the Debauched One
Bernardine
1971
The Man Who Died Twice
Denise
1973
The Way to Happiness
Judith Askelevicz
2022
Mais où et donc Ornicar
Anne
1979
Chanel Solitaire
Adrienne
1981
Erica Minor
Anne
1974
The Glass Cell
Lisa Braun
1978
Death on the Island
Jeanne Borghese
2008Closet Children
Juliette
1977
Romy Schneider, face à son destin
Self
2023
Droit de Réponse
Self
1981
A Vampire in Paradise
Mrs. Belfond
1992
Un caso d'incoscienza
Elisabeth
1985
The Happy Road
Janine Duval
1957
Una bambina di troppo
Nicole
1995
Mon Heroine
Jeanne
2022
Les Fausses Confidences
Araminte
1984
A Strange Passion
Elvire
1984
Une femme nommée Marie
Voice of Marie (voice)
2011
The Wanderer
Yvonne de Galais
1967
Pour l'amour de Thomas
Véronique
1995
Marie-France Pisier, une femme sous influence
Self
2014Crime and Punishment
Sonia
1971
L'Été de la Révolution
Marie-Antoinette
1989
René Clément au cœur de la nouvelle vague
Self
2013
Raining Cats and Dogs
Angèle
2019
Le Mystère Joséphine
Rose Claire
2009
Second to Nun
Sister Maria Claire
The Triple Death of the Third Character
The French woman
1981
Vivement Truffaut
Self / Geneviève (archive footage)
1985
The Bastard
Foreman's wife
1983
Le Jeune Marié
Viviane
1983
Innocent Love Stories under Occupation
Self – Interviewee
2012
The Honey Flowers
Sylvie
1976
Croque la vie
Catherine
1981
The Future of Emily
Isabelle
1985
Grosse chaleur
Marie-Sophie Merceron
2004
Scarlet Fever
Nicole
1983
'M' as in Mathieu
Jeanne / Murielle
1973
Blue Country
Louise Morand
1977
Imperative
Yvonne
1982
Passage interdit
Mathilde Auger
2000