Jeanne d'Alcy
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Jeanne d'Alcy (20 March 1865 – 14 October 1956) was the earliest French film actress. She was the wife of French cinema pioneer Georges Méliès from 1926 until his death in 1938.
She was born Charlotte Lucie Marie Adèle Stephanie Adrienne Faës in Vaujours, Seine-Saint-Denis. She appeared in Le Manoir du diable (1896), Jeanne d'Arc (1899) and Le Voyage dans la lune (1902). She died in Versailles at age 91.
She was played by actress Helen McCrory in Martin Scorsese's 2011 film Hugo.
[edit] Filmography
- Le Manoir du diable (1896)
- Escamotage d'une dame au théâtre Robert Houdin (1896) - Woman
- Faust et Marguerite (1897)
- Après le bal (1897) - Woman
- Pygmalion et Galathée (1898)
- Jeanne d'Arc (1899) - Jeanne d'Arc
- La Colonne de feu (1899) - Ayesha
- Cendrillon (1899) - Fairy Godmother
- Cléopâtre (1899) - Cleopatre
- Nouvelles luttes extravagantes (1900)
- Barbe-bleue (1901) - Le nouvelle épouse de Barbe-bleue
- Le Voyage dans la lune (1902) (uncredited)
- L'Enchanteur Alcofrisbas (1903)
- Le Grand Méliès (1952) - herself
[edit] Bibliography
- Herbert, Stephen. "Jehanne d'Alcy". Who's Who of Victorian Cinema. http://www.victorian-cinema.net/dalcy.htm. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
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