Françoise Fabian

Françoise Fabian
Born	(1933-05-10) 10 May 1933 Algiers, French Algeria
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1956–present

Michèle Cortes de Leone y Fabianera, better known as her stage name Françoise Fabian (French: [fabjɑ̃]; born 10 May 1933), is a French film actress. She has appeared in more than 80 films since 1956.

Life

She was born in Algiers, French Algeria to a Spanish father and a Polish mother. She have Franco-Spanish origins by her father and Russian-Polish by her mother.

Debut

She began her artistic training at the Algiers Conservatory of Music, where she learned piano and harmony. After graduation, she moved to Paris in the early 1950s, and is at the CNSAD, where she meets Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean-Pierre Marielle.

Personnal Life

She is the widow of screenwriter and director Jacques Becker and actor Marcel Bozzuffi.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
1956	Mémoires d'un flic	The Countess	Pierre Foucaud André Hunebelle	Debut film
1956	Naughty Girl	Lili Rocher-Villedieu	Michel Boisrond
1956	Le couturier de ces dames	Sophie	Jean Boyer
1956	Les Aventures de Till L'Espiègle	Esperanza	Gérard Philipe Joris Ivens
1956	Michel Strogoff	Natko	Carmine Gallone
1957	Le feu aux poudres	Lola Wassevitch	Henri Decoin
1957	Ce sacré Amédée	Elia Tarti / Cigale	Louis Félix
1957	L'aventurière des Champs-Élysées	Josette Darcanges	Roger Blanc
1957	Les Fanatiques	Mme. Lambert	Alex Joffé
1957	Les violents	Evelyne Tiercelin	Henri Calef
1958	Every Day Has Its Secret	Hélène Lezcano	Claude Boissol
1960	L'histoire dépasse la fiction	Catherine de l'Isle Bouchard	Jean Kerchbron	TV Series (1 Episode)
1960	La brune que voilà	Christine	Robert Lamoureux
1962	Una domenica d'estate		Giulio Petroni
1962	Sentimental Education		Alexandre Astruc
1962	L'inspecteur Leclerc enquête	Mme Gauthier	Claude Barma	TV Series (1 Episode)
1963	The Magnificent Adventurer	Lucrezia	Riccardo Freda
1963	Maigret voit rouge	Lily	Gilles Grangier
1964	La caméra explore le temps	Mata Hari	Guy Lessertisseur	TV Series (1 Episode)
1965	Version grecque	Maira	Jean-Paul Sassy	TV Movie
1965	Les Cinq Dernières Minutes	Évelyne Sommières	Claude Loursais	TV Series (1 Episode)
1965	Morgane ou Le prétendant	Lady Hamilton	Alain Boudet	TV Movie
1965	La jeune morte	The Stepsister	Claude Faraldo Roger Pigaut
1966	Le train bleu s'arrête 13 fois	Simone	Serge Friedman	TV Series (1 Episode)
1967	The Thief of Paris	Ida	Louis Malle
1967	Belle de jour	Charlotte	Luis Buñuel
1967	Marion Delorme	Marion Delorme	Jean Kerchbron	TV Movie
1969	My Night at Maud's	Maud	Éric Rohmer	Nominated - National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress Nominated - New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress
1969	Gli specialisti	Virginia Pollywood	Sergio Corbucci
1969	L'américain	Women agency	Marcel Bozzuffi
1970	The Cop	Hélène Dassa	Yves Boisset
1970	Die Weibchen	Astrid	Zbyněk Brynych
1971	Raphael, or The Debauched One	Aurore	Michel Deville
1971	Êtes-vous fiancée à un marin grec ou à un pilote de ligne ?	Marion Blanchard	Jean Aurel
1971	Out 1	Lucie	Jacques Rivette Suzanne Schiffman
1972	Love in the Afternoon	Dream Sequence	Éric Rohmer
1972	Black Turin	Lucia Rao	Carlo Lizzani
1973	Au rendez-vous de la mort joyeuse	Françoise	Juan Luis Buñuel
1973	Les voraces	Lara	Sergio Gobbi
1973	Sentimental Education	Marie Arnoux	Marcel Cravenne	TV Mini-Series
1973	La bonne année	Françoise	Claude Lelouch	David di Donatello - For her performance San Sebastián International Film Festival for Best Actress
1973	Projection privée	Marthe / Eva	François Leterrier
1973	Hail the Artist	Peggy	Yves Robert
1974	Out 1: Spectre	Lucie	Jacques Rivette
1974	City Under Siege	Cristina Cournier	Romolo Guerrieri
1974	To Love Ophelia	Federica	Flavio Mogherini
1975	How to Kill a Judge	Antonia Traini	Damiano Damiani
1975	Down the Ancient Staircase	Anna Bersani	Mauro Bolognini
1976	Al piacere di rivederla	Viviana Bonfigli	Marco Leto
1976	Natale in casa d'appuntamento	Nira	Armando Nannuzzi
1976	Chi dice donna, dice donna	Bella / Lulù	Tonino Cervi
1977	The French Woman	Madame Claude	Just Jaeckin
1977	Les fougères bleues	Monika Berthier	Françoise Sagan
1979	Cinéma 16	Hélène	Nina Companeez	TV Series (1 Episode)
1979	Les dames de la côte	Clara Decourt	Nina Companeez	TV Movie
1980	Le mandarin	Sylvie Chaput	Patrick Jamain	TV Movie
1981	Tovaritch	Tatiana Ouratief	Jeannette Hubert	TV Movie
1982	Un fait d'hiver	Lisa	Jean Chapot	TV Movie
1982	Deux heures moins le quart avant Jésus-Christ	Laetitia	Jean Yanne
1983	Archipel des amours	The Friend	Jean-Claude Guiguet
1983	La veuve rouge	Marie Reinart	Édouard Molinaro	TV Movie
1983	Bon anniversaire Juliette	Elsa	Marcel Bozzuffi	TV Movie
1983	Le cercle des passions	Renata Strauss	Claude d'Anna
1983	Benvenuta	Jeanne	André Delvaux
1983	L'ami de Vincent	Dominique	Pierre Granier-Deferre
1985	Quo Vadis ?	Pomponia	Franco Rossi	TV Mini-Series
1985	Partir, revenir	Sarah Lerner	Claude Lelouch
1986	Faubourg St Martin	The Marquise	Jean-Claude Guiguet
1988	Les clients	Marie-France	Yannick Andréi	TV Movie
1988	Trois places pour le 26	Mylene de Lambert	Jacques Demy	Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actress
1989	Haute tension	The Black	Jacques Ertaud	TV Series (1 Episode)
1989	Reunion	Countess von Lohenburg	Jerry Schatzberg
1989	Disperatamente Giulia		Enrico Maria Salerno	TV Movie
1989	Renseignements généraux	Monette	Claude Barma	TV Series (1 Episode)
1991	Plaisir d'amour	Do	Nelly Kaplan
1991	Reflections in a Dark Sky	Valeria	Salvatore Maira
1992	Pour une fille en rouge	Rose	Marianne Lamour
1993	Un commissario a Roma	Renata Amidei	Luca Manfredi Ignazio Agosta Roberto Giannarelli	TV Series (10 Episodes)
1993	Donne in un giorno di festa	Francesca	Salvatore Maira
1996	Un chantage en or	Florence Valette	Hugues de Laugardière	TV Movie
1996	La comète	Agathe	Claude Santelli	TV Movie
1998	Top Secret	Geneviève	Jacques Rivette
1999	The Letter	Mme de Chartres	Manoel de Oliveira
1999	Season's Beatings	Yvette	Danièle Thompson
2002	La chanson du maçon	Elena	Nina Companeez	TV Movie
2003	Le nouveau testament	Lucie Marcelin	Yves Di Tullio Bernard Murat	TV Movie
2004	5x2	Monique	François Ozon
2005	La femme coquelicot	Marthe	Jérôme Foulon	TV Movie
2006	Mademoiselle Gigi	Aunt Alicia	Caroline Huppert	TV Movie
2008	Made in Italy	Rosa	Stéphane Giusti
2008	LOL (Laughing Out Loud)	Anne's mother	Lisa Azuelos
2009	A Man and His Dog	Achab's wife	Francis Huster
2009	Rapt	Marjorie	Lucas Belvaux
2010	L'Arbre et la forêt	Marianne Muller	Olivier Ducastel Jacques Martineau
2010	Comme les cinq doigts de la main	Suzie Hayoun	Alexandre Arcady
2010	Je n'ai rien oublié	Elvira Senn	Bruno Chiche
2011	Le grand restaurant II	The mother of the heterosexual	Gérard Pullicino	TV Movie
2012	What's in a Name?	Françoise	Alexandre de La Patellière Matthieu Delaporte
2013	Me, Myself and Mum	Babou	Guillaume Gallienne	Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actress
2013	Les Petits Meurtres d'Agatha Christie	Alexina Laurence	Marc Angelo	TV Series (1 Episode)
2014	Post partum	Carmen	Delphine Noels
2015	Dix pour cent	Herself	Antoine Garceau	TV Series (1 Episode)

External links

• Françoise Fabian at the Internet Movie Database
• Françoise Fabian at AllMovie