Personal Info
Francoise Rosay
Françoise Bandy de Nalèche
Frances Rosay
Françoise Rosay
Acting
Biography
Françoise Rosay born Françoise Bandy de Nalèche, (19 April 1891 – 28 March 1974) was a French opera singer, diseuse, and actress who enjoyed a film career of over sixty years and who became a legendary figure in French cinema. She went on to appear in over 100 movies in her career.
Rosay was born Françoise Bandy de Nalèche in Paris, the illegitimate daughter of Marie-Thérèse Chauvin, an actress known as Sylviac. She originally planned to become an opera singer, and in 1917, won a prize at the Paris Conservatoire and made her debut at the Palais Garnier in the title role of Salammbô by Ernest …
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
as Self (archive footage)
The Pedestrian
as Frau Dechamps
Not Dumb, the Bird
as Mrs. Morelli-Johnson
3000 Million Without an Elevator
as Madame Dubreuil
Un merveilleux parfum d'oseille
as Louise de Kerfuntel
Don't Take God's Children for Wild Geese
as Léontine Palpicart aka 'La Gâteuse'
The 25th Hour
as Mme Nagy (uncredited)
L'Âge heureux
as Mme Aubry
Cloportes
as Gertrude, supplies specialist in the mafia
Up from the Beach
as Lili's Grandmother
