Françoise Christophe (1923–2012) was a French film and

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.Goble p.201

Partial filmography

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Premier rendez-vous ''Premier rendez-vous'' (US title: ''Her First Affair'') is a 1941 French comedy film starring Danielle Darrieux. It was directed by Henri Decoin, who co-wrote the screenplay with Michel Duran. During the German occupation, the film was made by ...

'' (1941) - Une pensionnaire de l'orphelinat (uncredited) * ''Mariage d'amour'' (1942) - La secrétaire * '' Fantômas'' (1947) - La princesse Daniloff * ''Une jeune fille savait'' (1948) - Jacqueline * ''Carrefour du crime'' (1948) - Nelly * '' Scandal on the Champs-Élysées'' (1949) - Françoise * ''Mademoiselle de La Ferté'' (1949) - Galswinthe * ''

The Beautiful Image ''The Beautiful Image'' (French: ''La belle image'') is a 1951 French drama film directed by Claude Heymann and starring Frank Villard, Françoise Christophe and Pierre Larquey.Frey p.78 The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert H ...

'' (1951) - Renée Cérusier * '' Victor'' (1951) - Françoise Pélicier * ''

Leathernose ''Leathernose'' (French: ''Nez de cuir'', Italian: ''Naso di cuoio'') is a 1952 French-Italian historical drama film directed by Yves Allégret and starring Jean Marais, Françoise Christophe and Mariella Lotti.Hayward p.68 It is an adaptation of ...

'' (1952) - Judith de Rieusses * ''Jouons le jeu'' (1952) - L'actrice (segment 'La fidélité') * ''Les amours finissent à l'aube'' (1953) - Alberte Guéret * '' A Free Woman'' (1954) - Liana Franci * ''La rue des bouches peintes'' (1955) - Lady Blanche Wilburn / Lydia * ''

Walk Into Paradise ''Walk Into Paradise'' (also known as ''Walk Into Hell'') is a 1956 French-Australian international co-production adventure film directed by Lee Robinson and Marcello Pagliero and starring Chips Rafferty and Françoise Christophe. It was s ...

'' (1956) - Dr. Louise Dumarcet * ''

The Possessors ''The Possessors'' () is a 1958 French drama film directed by Denys de La Patellière, starring Jean Gabin, Pierre Brasseur, Bernard Blier, Jean Desailly, Françoise Christophe and Annie Ducaux. It tells the story of a forceful tycoon wholly dev ...

'' (1958) - Jacqueline Schoudler * ''

Testament of Orpheus ''Testament of Orpheus'' (french: Le testament d'Orphée) is a 1960 black-and-white film with a few seconds of color film spliced in. Directed by and starring Jean Cocteau, who plays himself as an 18th-century poet, the film includes cameo appearan ...

'' (1960) - L'infirmière / The Nurse (uncredited) * ''

Three Faces of Sin ''Three Faces of Sin'' (french: Le Puits aux trois vérités) is a 1961 French language motion picture comedy directed by François Villiers, based on novel by Jean-Jaques Gauthier. The music score is by Maurice Jarre. The film stars Michèle Mor ...

'' (1961) - Une invitée au vernissage * ''

The Three Musketeers ''The Three Musketeers'' (french: Les Trois Mousquetaires, links=no, ) is a French historical adventure novel written in 1844 by French author Alexandre Dumas. It is in the swashbuckler genre, which has heroic, chivalrous swordsmen who fight f ...

'' (1961) - Anne d'Autriche * ''

Erik the Conqueror ''Erik the Conqueror'' ( it, Gli invasori, lit. "The invaders") is a 1961 Italian-French epic swashbuckling film directed by Mario Bava and starring George Ardisson and Cameron Mitchell as long-lost Viking brothers in the 9th century, one of w ...

'' (1961) - Regina Alice * ''

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'' (1966) - La Duchesse * ''

Fantômas contre Scotland Yard ''Fantômas contre Scotland Yard'' (, "Fantomas Against Scotland Yard") is the final installment of a trilogy of films starring Jean Marais as the arch villain Fantômas name opposite Louis de Funès as the earnest but outclassed commissaire Ju ...

'' (1967) - Lady Dorothy MacRashley * '' Darling Caroline'' (1968) - Madame Chabanne * ''

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'' (1970) - Simone Escarguel * ''Aussi loin que l'amour'' (1971) - La cliente * '' Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eye'' (1973) - Lady Mary MacGrieff * ''

The Wings of the Dove ''The Wings of the Dove'' is a 1902 novel by Henry James. It tells the story of Milly Theale, an American heiress stricken with a serious disease, and her effect on the people around her. Some of these people befriend Milly with honourable ...

'' (1981) - La mère de Marc * ''Les pyramides bleues'' (1988) - Mother Superior * ''Try This One for Size'' (1989) - Jenny * '' Les amies de ma femme'' (1992) -La mère d'Edmée / Edmée's mother * ''Fiesta'' (1965) - La douairière * '' The Best Job in the World'' (1996) - Mme Davant, la mère d'Hélène * ''Charmant garçon'' (2001) - Old lady in the park * '' Hello Goodbye'' (2008) - La mère d'Alain (final film role)

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

* 1923 births 2012 deaths French film actresses Actresses from Paris {{France-screen-actor-stub