Jeanne d'Alcy

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Jeanne d'Alcy

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.^[1]

She was portrayed by actress Helen McCrory in Martin Scorsese's 2011 film Hugo.

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

Portrayals in other media

Helen McCrory portrayed Jeanne d'Alcy in the 2011 film Hugo directed by Martin Scorsese

Bibliography

Herbert, Stephen. "Jehanne d'Alcy". Who's Who of Victorian Cinema. Retrieved 2009-07-24.

References

↑ http://www.victorian-cinema.net/dalcy.htm

External links

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Jeanne d'Alcy at the Internet Movie Database

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Persondata
Name	Alcy, Jeanne
Alternative names
Short description	Film actress
Date of birth	20 March 1865
Place of birth	Vaujours
Date of death	14 October 1956
Place of death

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