Georgette Anys

Georgette Anys (born July 15, 1909 in Bagneux , † March 4, 1993 in Les Mureaux ) was a French film and theater actress .

Life

Georgette Anys became active as an operetta and cabaret performer after finishing school. After she had already played a small film role in 1930, she was regularly seen in supporting roles in numerous French entertainment films from 1950, and she also played theater. Her best-known roles include the faithful housekeeper of Cary Grant in Alfred Hitchcock's classic film Above the Rooftops of Nice (1955) and the mother of the title character in Fanny (1961), played by Leslie Caron . By the mid-1980s, Anys worked on over 110 film and television productions. She died of cancer at the age of 83.

Filmography (selection)

• 1930: The King of the Nassau (Le roi des resquilleurs)
• 1951: Without giving the address (… Sans laisser d'address)
• 1951: Under the sky of Paris (Sous le Ciel de Paris coule la Seine)
• 1952: Fanfan, the Hussar (Fanfan la Tulipe)
• 1953: Innocents in Paris
• 1955: Above the roofs of Nice (To Catch a Thief)
• 1956: Two men, a pig and the night of Paris (La traversée de Paris)
• 1957: Spies at work (Les espions)
• 1958: The day and the night (Le miroir à deux faces)
• 1959: The night of the hunted (La nuit des traqués)
• 1961: Fanny
• 1961: Jessica
• 1962: 40 million are looking for a man (Love is a Ball)
• 1962: Champagne in Paris (Bon Voyage!)
• 1966: The Shot (Moment to Moment)
• 1975: Zig Zig (Zig-Zig)
• 1978: When Hitler stole the pink rabbit (TV movie)
• 1980: Fantômas (four-part, one episode)
• 1984: Cheech & Chong - Far and wide no smoke in sight (Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers)

Web links

• Georgette Anys in the Internet Movie Database (English)