Gaby Morlay

Gaby Morlay

1893-06-08 – 1964-07-04 (age 71) Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France
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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.

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Known For

Le Plaisir
Le Plaisir

1952

as Denise - la femme d'Ambroise

Royal Affairs in Versailles
Royal Affairs in Versailles

1953

as Countess de la Motte

The Love of a Woman
The Love of a Woman

1953

as Germaine Leblanc

The Seniors
The Seniors

1936

as Hélène Lormier

A Lover's Return
A Lover's Return

1946

as Geneviève Gonin

Fortunate
Fortunate

1960

as Mlle Emilienne Massillon

Papa, Mama, My Wife and Me
Papa, Mama, My Wife and Me

1955

as Gabrielle Langlois, la mère

The Dreamy Mouth
The Dreamy Mouth

1932

as Gaby

Papa, Mama, the Maid and I
Papa, Mama, the Maid and I

1954

as Gabrielle Langlois, mother

Good Enough to Eat
Good Enough to Eat

1951

as Mathilde de Mergrand / Mathilde Chaperon

Gigi
Gigi

1949

as Tante Alicia

Samson
Samson

1936

as Anne-Marie d'Andeline

They Were Twelve Women
They Were Twelve Women

1940

as Madame Marion

Quadrille
Quadrille

1938

as Paulette Nanteuil, comédienne

Le Tombeur !!!
Le Tombeur !!!

1958

as Agathe de Chamillac

Jeanne
Jeanne

1934

as Madeleine Préolier

A Picnic on the Grass
A Picnic on the Grass

1937

as Manon Watteau

Anna
Anna

1951

as Mother superior

Mammy
Mammy

1951

as Mrs. Pierre aka 'Mammy'

Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment

1956

as madame Brunel