Françoise Rosay

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Postcard with Françoise Rosay in the 1930s

Françoise Rosay , born Françoise Bandy de Nalèche (born April 19, 1891 in Paris , † March 28, 1974 ibid), was a French actress .

Life

Rosay was born at 46 Rue La Bruyère in Paris. She was the illegitimate daughter of Marie-Thérèse Chauvin, an actress known by her stage name Sylviac ; her father, Count François Louis Bandy de Nalèche (son of the MP Louis Bandy de Nalèche) did not recognize her until 1938.

At the Paris Conservatory, Rosay trained as an actor with Paul Mounet . In 1908 she made her debut at the Théâtre-Libre and then played on other stages. Rosay had her first film role in a film adaptation of Falstaff in 1911. In the following years she only appeared sporadically in films. After she married the director Jacques Feyder in 1917 , however, she began an intensive film acting career; from 1921 to 1941 she starred in all of her husband's important films. 1929/1930 Rosay stayed in Hollywood, where she took part in some smaller film projects.

In the 1930s she was often active in Germany. Her comedic role as mayor's wife in Feyder's La Kermesse héroïque (1935), which she also played in the German version Die klugen Frauen , made Rosay internationally known. During the German occupation in France, Rosay went to Switzerland with her husband and worked there as a spokeswoman for an anti-fascist radio station. After the war she shot in Great Britain and the USA until 1950.

Her comeback in France was in 1951 by Claude Autant-Lara's film The Red Hostel . Until her death, she then worked in numerous smaller roles in French, Italian, English and American productions and was considered one of the great women of French film .

Françoise Rosay received the Étoile de Cristal as best actress in recognition of her complete work in 1969 . She was active in the French peace movement. Her memoirs La traversée d'une vie ( Eng .: “The crossing of a life” ) appeared in 1974.

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SURNAME Rosay, Françoise
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bandy de Nalèche, Françoise (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION french actress
DATE OF BIRTH April 19, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris , France
DATE OF DEATH March 28, 1974
Place of death Paris , France