Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
June 8, 1893
Place of Birth:
Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France
Social Media
Gaby Morlay
Biography
Gaby Morlay (born Blanche Pauline Fumoleau; 8 June 1893 – 4 July 1964) was a film actress from France.
Morlay began acting in the era of silent films, and became known as co-star with Max Linder in his "Max" series. She starred in a series of "Gaby" films such as Gaby en auto (1917) and more than 20 other silent films. She moved easily into talking films in the early 1930s. She played Queen Victoria in the 1939 historical film Entente cordiale.
She had an affair with the government minister Max Bonnafous (1900–75) during World War II, and as a result, she was investigated for collaboration with the Nazis after the liberation of France. Later she married Bonnafous. Morlay continued to play important roles in the 1940s and 1950s.
She was an art lover and was a friend and admirer of the Italian painter Beretta Dimario who lived in Nice.
Source: Article "Gaby Morlay" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Monsieur | Mrs. Bernadac, Edmond's mother |
| 1963 | Le mari ne compte pas | La mère de Denise |
| 1963 | La bande à Bobo | Countess del Mariano |
| 1960 | Fortunate | Mlle Emilienne Massillon |
| 1959 | Quai des illusions | Madame Vincent |
| 1958 | Ramuntcho | Dolores |
| 1958 | Le Tombeur !!! | Agathe de Chamillac |
| 1958 | My Darned Father | Roberte |
| 1958 | Sacred Youth | Zabeth Longué |
| 1957 | The Twilight Girls | Mme Ancelin |
| 1956 | When the Child Appears | Annie Fouquet |
| 1956 | Les Lumières du soir | Rose Hessler |
| 1956 | Crime and Punishment | madame Brunel |
| 1955 | The Impossible Mr. Pipelet | Germaine Martin |
| 1955 | Papa, Mama, My Wife and Me | Gabrielle Langlois, la mère |
| 1955 | The Ragpickers of Emmaus | Mademoiselle |
| 1955 | Fantaisie d'un jour | |
| 1954 | Royal Affairs in Versailles | Countess de la Motte |
| 1954 | Papa, Mama, the Maid and I | Gabrielle Langlois, mother |
| 1953 | The Love of a Woman | Germaine Leblanc |
| 1953 | Les amoureux de Marianne | Germaine Duboutois |
| 1952 | Le Plaisir | Denise - la femme d'Ambroise |
| 1952 | Foyer perdu | Alice Barbentin |
| 1952 | The Girl with the Whip | Lamberta |
| 1951 | Mammy | Mrs. Pierre aka 'Mammy' |
| 1951 | Good Enough to Eat | Mathilde de Mergrand / Mathilde Chaperon |
| 1951 | Anna | Mother superior |
| 1950 | Without Trumpet or Drum | |
| 1950 | Born of Unknown Father | Mrs. Nogent |
| 1950 | First Communion | Maria Carloni (Mme Dupont) |
| 1949 | Millionaires for One Day | Hélène Berger |
| 1949 | Ève et le serpent | Laurence Barrois |
| 1949 | Summer Storm | Mrs. Arbelot |
| 1949 | Gigi | Tante Alicia |
| 1948 | Three Boys, One Girl | Hélène Dourville |
| 1947 | The Lost Village | Angélique Barrodet |
| 1947 | Hyménée | Agnès d'Aubarède |
| 1947 | The Lovers of the Pont Saint-Jean | Victorine Rousset, aka 'Maryse' |
| 1946 | Un revenant | Geneviève Gonin |
| 1946 | Her Last Part | Hermine Wood |
| 1946 | Mensonges | Marie Leroux |
| 1946 | Lunegarde | La comtesse Armance de Lunegarde |
| 1945 | The Last Metro | Mathilde Bourgeot |
| 1945 | Farandole | Actress |
| 1944 | L'Enfant de l'amour | Liane Orland |
| 1944 | Night Shift | Suzanne |
| 1943 | White Wings | Sister Claire |
| 1943 | Des jeunes filles dans la nuit | Madame de Saint-André |
| 1943 | Mademoiselle Béatrice | Béatrice |
| 1943 | Love Around the Clock | Pierrot's mother |
| 1942 | L'Arlésienne | Rose Mamaï |
| 1942 | The Blue Veil | Louise Jarraud |
| 1941 | The Black Diamond | Mademoiselle Marthe Dubard |
| 1941 | Mlle. Desiree | Désirée Clary épouse Bernadotte / la Reine Desideria de Suède |
| 1940 | Paris - New-York | Gaby |
| 1940 | La Mode rêvée | |
| 1940 | They Were Twelve Women | Madame Marion |
| 1939 | Behind the Facade | Gaby Valrose, minister's lover |
| 1939 | Sacred Woods | Adrienne Champmorel |
| 1939 | Cordial Agreement | Queen Victoria |
| 1938 | Quadrille | Paulette Nanteuil |
| 1938 | White Nights in Saint Petersburg | Hélène Voronine |
| 1938 | Hercule | Juliette Leclerc |
| 1938 | The Life of Giuseppe Verdi | Giuseppina Strepponi |
| 1937 | The Messenger | Marie |
| 1937 | A Picnic on the Grass | Manon Watteau |
| 1937 | Nights of Fire | Lisa Andreieva |
| 1936 | Samson | Anne-Marie d'Andeline |
| 1936 | The Seniors | Hélène Lormier |
| 1936 | The King | Marthe Bourdier |
| 1936 | The Terrible Lovers | Annette Fournier |
| 1936 | The Fear | Irène Sylvain |
| 1935 | Aux portes de Paris | 'La Madone' |
| 1935 | Le Billet de mille | The desperate one |
| 1934 | We Are Not Children | Roberte |
| 1934 | Jeanne | Madeleine Préolier |
| 1934 | Le Bonheur | Clara Stuart |
| 1934 | Le Scandale | Charlotte Férioul |
| 1933 | Once Upon a Time | Ellen / Mary |
| 1933 | The Ironmaster | Claire de Beaulieu |
| 1932 | Companion Wanted | (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Ariane, Russian Maid | Ariane |
| 1932 | The Dreamy Mouth | Gaby |
| 1931 | Faubourg Montmartre | Ginette Gentilhomme |
| 1931 | Dance House | Estrella |
| 1931 | When Love Is Over | Germaine |
| 1930 | Accused, Stand Up! | Gaby Delange |
| 1929 | The New Gentlemen | Susanne Verrier |
| 1926 | Jim the Cracksman, the King of Thieves | Pauline Bretonneau |
| 1922 | The Death Agony of the Eagles | Lise Charmoy |
| 1920 | Le chevalier de Gaby | Gaby |
| 1914 | Max's Vacation |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1956 | Plaisir du théâtre | La mère de Denise |
| 1956 | Cinépanorama | Self |
| 1954 | Reflets de Cannes | Self |