Gaby Morlay
Actor
- Born
- June 8, 1893 · Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France
- Died
- July 4, 1964 (age 71)
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.
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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
February 29, 1952
Royal Affairs in Versailles
December 15, 1953
Fortunate
November 16, 1960
Anna
December 20, 1951
Papa, Mama, the Maid and I
November 26, 1954
Monsieur
April 22, 1964
Quadrille
January 29, 1938
A Lover's Return
October 18, 1946
First Communion
September 29, 1950
Le Bonheur
September 15, 1934
Papa, Mama, My Wife and Me
October 18, 1955
The Love of a Woman
December 13, 1953
Acting93
- 1964Monsieur as Mrs. Bernadac, Edmond's Mother
- 1963La bande à Bobo as Countess del Mariano
- 1963Le mari ne compte pas as La mère de Denise
- 1960Fortunate as Mlle Emilienne Massillon
- 1959Quai des illusions as Madame Vincent
- 1958Ramuntcho as Dolores
- 1958Sacred Youth as Zabeth Longué
- 1958Le Tombeur !!! as Agathe de Chamillac
- 1958My Darned Father as Roberte
- 1957The Twilight Girls