Brigitte Fossey Wiki Biography
This lovely, docile, sensitive-appearing blonde French leading lady started impressively in films at age 6, making a most notable debut in René Clément’s Forbidden Games (1952). She abandoned acting a few years later for schooling and a normal upbringing. After a brief career as an interpreter and translator, she returned to the cinema as a young …
| Full Name | Brigitte Fossey |
| Net Worth | $10 Million |
| Date Of Birth | June 15, 1946 |
| Place Of Birth | Tourcoing, Nord, France |
| Profession | Actress |
| Nationality | French |
| Spouse | Jean-François Adam |
| Children | Marie Adam |
| IMDB | http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0287637 |
| Nominations | César Award for Best Actress, César Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| Movies | Forbidden Games, Going Places, La Boum, La Boum 2, Cinema Paradiso, The Man Who Loved Women, Calmos, Adieu l’ami, Quintet, For Those I Loved, The Last Butterfly, The Happy Road, The Good and the Bad, Raphael, or The Debauched One, The Glass Cell, Enigma, Les Enfants du naufrageur, Mais ou et donc Or… |
| Fact | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Member of the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1982 |
| 2 | Former wife of French director Jean-François Adam and mother of French actress Marie Adam. |
Actress
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farewell, Friend | 1968 | Dominique ‘Waterloo’ Austerlitz | |
| The Wanderer | 1967 | Yvonne de Galais | |
| The Happy Road | 1957 | Janine Duval | |
| La corda d’acciaio | 1954 | Marcella | |
| Forbidden Games | 1952 | Paulette | |
| Absinthe | 2016 | Short post-production | Grandma |
| Faut pas lui dire | 2016 | ||
| Joséphine, ange gardien | 2016 | TV Series | Gabrielle Chamant |
| Commissaire Magellan | 2015 | TV Series | Marne Gurievsky |
| Jusqu’au dernier | 2014 | TV Mini-Series | Hélène |
| Une femme nommée Marie | 2013 | TV Movie | Récitante / Narrator (voice) |
| Le mystère Joséphine | 2009 | TV Movie | Rose Claire |
| La mort dans l’île | 2008 | TV Movie | Jeanne Borghese |
| Grosse chaleur | 2006 | TV Movie | Marie-Sophie |
| L’homme en question | 2004 | TV Movie | Elle |
| Toujours tout droit | 2003/II | Short | La femme |
| Un et un font six | 1997-2000 | TV Series | Laurence |
| Passage interdit | 2000 | TV Movie | Mathilde Auger |
| Une femme à suivre | 1998 | TV Movie | Camille |
| Una bambina di troppo | 1995 | TV Movie | |
| Femme de passions | 1995 | TV Movie | Gabrielle |
| Pour l’amour de Thomas | 1995 | TV Movie | Véronique |
| Le château des oliviers | 1993 | TV Mini-Series | Estelle Laborie |
| Das lange Gespräch mit dem Vogel | 1992 | TV Movie | Elisabeth Halbritter |
| Un vampire au paradis | 1992 | Mme Belfond | |
| Ferbac | 1992 | TV Series | Martine |
| Les enfants du naufrageur | 1992 | Hélène | |
| The Last Butterfly | 1991 | Vera | |
| Chillers | 1990 | TV Series | Sylvia |
| L’été de la révolution | 1989 | TV Movie | Marie-Antoinette |
| 3615 code Père Noël | 1989 | Julie | |
| Cinema Paradiso | 1988 | Elena Mendola – Adult | |
| Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam | 1987 | TV Movie documentary | Récitante / Narrator (French version, voice) |
| L’affaire Caillaux | 1985 | TV Movie | Henriette |
| Au nom de tous les miens | 1985 | TV Mini-Series | Dina |
| Un caso d’incoscienza | 1984 | TV Movie | Elisabeth |
| Flügel und Fesseln | 1984 | Isabelle | |
| Les fausses confidences | 1984 | Araminte | |
| Un amour interdit | 1984 | Elvire | |
| Au nom de tous les miens | 1983 | Dina Gray | |
| La scarlatine | 1983 | Nicole Palazzi | |
| Le bâtard | 1983 | La femme du contremaître | |
| Le jeune marié | 1983 | Viviane | |
| Xueiv | 1982 | ||
| La boum 2 | 1982 | Françoise Beretton | |
| Enigma | 1982 | Karen Reinhardt | |
| Imperative | 1982 | Yvonne | |
| Miras Haus | 1982 | TV Movie | |
| Croque la vie | 1981 | Catherine | |
| Chanel Solitaire | 1981 | Adrienne | |
| La triple muerte del tercer personaje | 1981 | La Française | |
| The Party | 1980 | Françoise Beretton | |
| Un mauvais fils | 1980 | Catherine | |
| L’été indien | 1980 | TV Movie | Françoise |
| Le mouton noir | 1979 | Béatrice, la femme de Vincent | |
| Mais où et donc Ornicar | 1979 | Anne | |
| Quintet | 1979 | Vivia | |
| L’affaire Suisse | 1978 | Mireille Wabre | |
| Die gläserne Zelle | 1978 | Lisa Braun | |
| Guerres civiles en France | 1978 | Andrée Léo (segment “La semaine sanglante”) | |
| Les enfants du placard | 1977 | Juliette | |
| La fille d’Amérique | 1977 | Béatrice | |
| The Man Who Loved Women | 1977 | Geneviève Bigey | |
| Le pays bleu | 1977 | Louise Morand – une informière | |
| Les fleurs du miel | 1976 | La femme | |
| Femmes Fatales | 1976 | Suzanne Dufour | |
| The Good and the Bad | 1976 | Dominique | |
| La semaine sanglante | 1976 | ||
| Le chant du départ | 1975 | Marguerite | |
| Les Mohicans de Paris | 1975 | TV Series | Olympe de Rieul |
| Christophe Colomb | 1975 | TV Movie | La reine Isabelle |
| La brigade | 1975 | Katia | |
| Esprits de famille | 1975 | TV Movie | Ernestine Bichois |
| La croisée | 1975 | TV Movie | Viviane |
| Erica Minor | 1974 | Anne | |
| L’ironie du sort | 1974 | Ursula | |
| Les grands détectives | 1974 | TV Series | Julia |
| Going Places | 1974 | Woman in the train | |
| Les cent livres des hommes | 1971-1973 | TV Series | Grande Alice / Clélia |
| The Man Who Died Twice | 1973 | TV Movie | Denise |
| M comme Mathieu | 1973 | Jeanne / Murielle | |
| Les gens de Mogador | 1972 | TV Series | Dominique Vernet Adulte |
| Au théâtre ce soir | 1972 | TV Series | Lucie |
| Raphaël ou le débauché | 1971 | Bernardine | |
| Crime et châtiment | 1971 | TV Movie | Sonia |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brigitte Fossey, à coeur ouvert | 2016 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| La grande librairie | 2012 | TV Series | Herself |
| C à vous | 2012 | TV Series | Herself |
| Ce soir (ou jamais!) | 2010 | TV Series | Herself |
| Vie privée, vie publique | 2009 | TV Series | Herself |
| Années 70: La France se déshabille | 2009 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Cannes, 60 ans d’histoires | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| On a tout essayé | 2006 | TV Series | Herself |
| Vivement dimanche | 2000-2006 | TV Series | Herself |
| Le plus grand cabaret du monde | 2005 | TV Series | Herself |
| Vivement dimanche prochain | 2005 | TV Series | Herself – Main Guest |
| Les 40 ans de la 2 | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Herself (Bougie n°31) |
| 20h10 pétantes | 2004 | TV Series | Herself |
| Tout le monde en parle | 2004 | TV Series | Herself |
| On ne peut pas plaire à tout le monde | 2004 | TV Series | Herself |
| Arrêt spectacles | 2004 | TV Series | Herself |
| Le fabuleux destin de… | 2004 | TV Series documentary | Herself – Main guest |
| Histoires de fiction | 2003 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Les enfants de la télé | 2000-2002 | TV Series | Herself |
| Ombre et lumière | 2002 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| La nuit des Molières | 1995-2000 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Thé ou café | 1996-2000 | TV Series | Herself |
| Comme au cinéma | 1999-2000 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Stars’N Co | 1998 | TV Series | Herself |
| Droit d’auteurs | 1996 | TV Series | Herself |
| Bouillon de culture | 1991 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Champs-Elysées | 1987 | TV Series | Herself |
| Mardi cinéma | 1982-1984 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| La nuit des Césars | 1976-1984 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Stars | 1981 | TV Series | Herself |
| Jeudi cinéma | 1980-1981 | TV Series | Herself |
| Ciné regards | 1981 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Numéro 1 | 1976-1981 | TV Series | Herself |
| Les nouveaux rendez-vous | 1980 | TV Series | Herself |
| Les rendez-vous du dimanche | 1977-1979 | TV Series | Herself |
| Monsieur Cinéma | 1979 | TV Series | Herself |
| Le grand échiquier | 1972-1973 | TV Series | Herself |
| Yôsei no uta | 1972 | Documentary | Herself |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| René Clément, témoin et poète | 2013 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Vivement Truffaut | 1985 | TV Movie documentary | Herself / Geneviève |
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 7 d’Or | 7 d’Or Night | Best Actress (Meilleure comédienne) | Le château des oliviers (1993) |
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | César | César Awards, France | Best Actress (Meilleure actrice) | Les enfants du placard (1977) |
| 1977 | César | César Awards, France | Best Supporting Actress (Meilleure actrice dans un second rôle) | Le bon et les méchants (1976) |