Fernande Françoise Raoult, known professionally as Fernande Albany (22 December 1889,
Lison – 25 November 1966,
Paris
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), was a French actress in theatre and film.
Career
Albany appeared in many of the films of
Georges Méliès
Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès ( , ; 8 December 1861 – 21 January 1938) was a French magic (illusion), magician, toymaker, actor, and filmmaker. He led many technical and narrative developments in the early days of film, cinema, primarily in th ...
.
Her work on the Parisian stage included roles in ''L'alcôve de Marianne'' by
Félix Gandera (
Théâtre de l'Athénée
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, 1920), ''Les Fontaines lumineuses'' by
Georges Berr and
Louis Verneuil (
Théâtre des Variétés
The Théâtre des Variétés () is a theatre and "salle de spectacles" at 7–8, boulevard Montmartre, 2nd arrondissement, in Paris. It was declared a monument historique in 1974.
History
The theatre owed its creation to Mademoiselle Montans ...
, 1935), and ''Crépuscule du théâtre'' by
Henri-René Lenormand (
Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier
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, 1937).
Albany was married to the French stage and film actor
Charles Dechamps
Charles Dechamps (13 September 1882 – 25 September 1959) was a French stage and film actor. He married the comedian Fernande Albany on 19 November 1925. He died in 1959, and was buried at cimetière du Père-Lachaise.
Filmography
* 1909: ...
.
Filmography
Silent films
Source:
at IMDB
* 1904 : ''Voyage à travers l'impossible'' (English title: ''The Impossible Voyage
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'', or ''An Impossible Voyage'' or ''Whirling the Worlds'') (dir. Georges Méliès)
* 1905 : ''Le Raid Paris-Monte Carlo en deux heures'' ('' An Adventurous Automobile Trip'') (dir. Georges Méliès)
* 1907 : ''Le Tunnel sous la Manche ou le Cauchemar franco-anglais'' (English title: '' Tunneling the English Channel'') (dir. Georges Méliès)
* 1907 : ''Le Mariage de Victorine'' (English title: '' How Bridget's Lover Escaped'') (dir. Georges Méliès)
* 1907 : ''Pauvre John ou Les aventures d'un buveur de whiskey'' (English title: '' Sightseeing Through Whisky'') (dir. Georges Méliès)
* 1907 : ''Il y a un dieu pour les ivrognes'' (English title: '' The Good Luck of a "Souse"'') (dir. Georges Méliès)
* 1908 : ''Le Nouveau Seigneur du village'' (English title: '' The New Lord of the Village'') (dir. Georges Méliès)
* 1908 : ''Photographie électrique à distance'' (English title: '' Long Distance Wireless Photography'' (US) and ''Electrical Photographer'' (UK)) (dir. Georges Méliès)
* 1908 : ''Les Patineurs'' (English title: '' The Woes of Roller Skaters'') (dir. Georges Méliès)
* 1908 : ''Épreuves ou les malheurs d'un savetier'' (English title: '' Tribulations; or the Misfortunes of a Cobbler'') (dir. Georges Méliès)
* 1908 : ''Pour l'étoile S.V.P.'' (English title: '' Buncoed Stage Johnnie'' (dir. Georges Méliès)
* 1908 : '' Salon de coiffure'' (English title: '' In the Barber Shop'') (dir. Georges Méliès)
* 1908 : '' No Trifling With Love''
* 1911 : ''À la conquête du pôle'' (English title: '' The Conquest of the Pole'') (dir. Georges Méliès)
* 1916 : ''Trop gratter cuit'' (dir. Fernand Rivers
Fernand Rivers (born François Large, 6 September 1879, Saint-Lager - 12 September 1960) was a French actor, screenwriter, film producer and director. He was the brother of the actor Rivers Cadet.
Partial filmography Director
* ''The Ironmaster ...
)
* 1920 : '' Les Femmes collantes'' (dir. Pierre Caron)
* 1931 : '' Caught in the Act'' (dir. Georges Tréville and Hanns Schwarz
Hanns Schwarz (11 February 1888 – 27 October 1945) was an Austrian film director. He was born in Vienna on 11 February 1888.
Biography
He directed twenty four films between 1924 and 1937 in both English and German. During the late silent a ...
)
Sound films
* 1934 : '' 'N'épouse pas ta fille'' (dir. Willy Rozier)
* 1936 : ''Le Mort en fuite'' (English title: '' Death on the Run'')
* 1961 : '' Le Nain'' (telefilm)
* 1965 : '' Le Naïf amoureux''
References
External links
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1889 births
1966 deaths
French stage actresses
French film actresses
French silent film actresses
20th-century French actresses
French actresses
People from Calvados (department)
Actresses from Normandy
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