
Gaby Morlay
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 8, 1893
- Died
- July 4, 1964 (aged 71)
- Birthplace
- Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France
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. Source: Article "Gaby Morlay" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Filmography

Monsieur
Movie · as Mrs. Bernadac, Edmond's Mother

Le mari ne compte pas
Movie · as La mère de Denise
La bande à Bobo
Movie · as Countess del Mariano

Fortunate
Movie · as Mlle Emilienne Massillon

Quai des illusions
Movie · as Madame Vincent

Ramuntcho
Movie · as Dolores

Le Tombeur !!!
Movie · as Agathe de Chamillac

My Darned Father
Movie · as Roberte

Sacred Youth
Movie · as Zabeth Longué

The Twilight Girls
Movie · as Mme Ancelin

When the Child Appears
Movie · as Olympe Fouquet

Les Lumières du soir
Movie · as Rose Hessler

Crime and Punishment
Movie · as madame Brunel

Plaisir du théâtre
TV · as La mère de Denise · 1 ep

Cinépanorama
TV · as Self · 1 ep

The Impossible Mr. Pipelet
Movie · as Germaine Martin

Papa, Mama, My Wife and Me
Movie · as Gabrielle Langlois, la mère

The Ragpickers of Emmaus
Movie · as Mademoiselle

Fantaisie d'un jour
Movie · as Marcelle Bénard

Papa, Mama, the Maid and I
Movie · as Gabrielle Langlois, mother

Reflets de Cannes
TV · as Self · 1 ep

The Love of a Woman
Movie · as Germaine Leblanc

Royal Affairs in Versailles
Movie · as Countess de la Motte

Les Amoureux de Marianne
Movie · as Germaine Duboutois

Le Plaisir
Movie · as Denise - la femme d'Ambroise

Foyer perdu
Movie · as Alice Barbentin

The Girl with the Whip
Movie · as Lamberta

Mammy
Movie · as Mrs. Pierre aka 'Mammy'

Good Enough to Eat
Movie · as Mathilde de Mergrand / Mathilde Chaperon

Anna
Movie · as Mother superior

Without Trumpet or Drum
Movie

Born of Unknown Father
Movie · as Mrs. Nogent

First Communion
Movie · as Maria Carloni (Mme Dupont)

Due sorelle amano
Movie · as La madre

Millionaires for One Day
Movie · as Hélène Berger

Ève et le serpent
Movie · as Laurence Barrois

Summer Storm
Movie · as Mrs. Arbelot

Gigi
Movie · as Tante Alicia

Three Boys, One Girl
Movie · as Hélène Dourville

The Lost Village
Movie · as Angélique Barrodet

Hyménée
Movie · as Agnès d'Aubarède

The Lovers of the Pont Saint-Jean
Movie · as Victorine Rousset, aka 'Maryse'

A Lover's Return
Movie · as Geneviève Gonin

Her Last Part
Movie · as Hermine Wood

Mensonges
Movie · as Marie Leroux

Lunegarde
Movie · as La comtesse Armance de Lunegarde

The Last Metro
Movie · as Mathilde Bourgeot

Farandole
Movie · as Actress

L'Enfant de l'amour
Movie · as Liane Orland

Night Shift
Movie · as Suzanne

White Wings
Movie · as Sister Claire

Des jeunes filles dans la nuit
Movie · as Madame de Saint-André

Mademoiselle Béatrice
Movie · as Béatrice

Love Around the Clock
Movie · as Pierrot's mother

Mlle. Desiree
Movie · as Désirée Clary épouse Bernadotte / la Reine Desideria de Suède

L'Arlésienne
Movie · as Rose Mamaï

The Blue Veil
Movie · as Louise Jarraud

The Black Diamond
Movie · as Mademoiselle Marthe Dubard

Paris - New-York
Movie · as Gaby

La Mode rêvée
Movie

They Were Twelve Women
Movie · as Madame Marion

Behind the Facade
Movie · as Gaby Valrose, minister's lover

Sacred Woods
Movie · as Adrienne Champmorel

Cordial Agreement
Movie · as Queen Victoria

Quadrille
Movie · as Paulette Nanteuil, comédienne

White Nights in Saint Petersburg
Movie · as Hélène Voronine

Hercule
Movie · as Juliette Leclerc

The Life of Giuseppe Verdi
Movie · as Giuseppina Strepponi

The Messenger
Movie · as Marie

A Picnic on the Grass
Movie · as Manon Watteau
Nights of Fire
Movie · as Lisa Andreieva

Samson
Movie · as Anne-Marie d'Andeline

The Seniors
Movie · as Hélène Lormier

The King
Movie · as Marthe Bourdier
The Terrible Lovers
Movie · as Annette Fournier

The Fear
Movie · as Irène Sylvain

Aux portes de Paris
Movie · as 'La Madone'

Le Billet de mille
Movie · as The desperate one

We Are Not Children
Movie · as Roberte

Jeanne
Movie · as Madeleine Préolier

Le Bonheur
Movie · as Clara Stuart

The Scandal
Movie · as Charlotte Férioul

Once Upon a Time
Movie · as Ellen / Mary

The Ironmaster
Movie · as Claire de Beaulieu

Companion Wanted
Movie · as (uncredited)

Ariane, Russian Maid
Movie · as Ariane

The Dreamy Mouth
Movie · as Gaby

Faubourg Montmartre
Movie · as Ginette Gentilhomme

Dance House
Movie · as Estrella

When Love Is Over
Movie · as Germaine

Accused, Stand Up!
Movie · as Gaby Delange

The New Gentlemen
Movie · as Susanne Verrier

Jim the Cracksman, the King of Thieves
Movie · as Pauline Bretonneau

The Death Agony of the Eagles
Movie · as Lise Charmoy
Le chevalier de Gaby
Movie · as Gaby

Max's Vacation
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