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

Royal Affairs in Versailles
Royal Affairs in Versailles

1953

as Countess de la Motte

Le Plaisir
Le Plaisir

1952

as Denise - la femme d'Ambroise

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

Monsieur
Monsieur

1964

as Mrs. Bernadac, Edmond's Mother

Farandole
Farandole

1945

as Actress

Anna
Anna

1951

as Mother superior

Gigi
Gigi

1949

as Tante Alicia

Le Bonheur
Le Bonheur

1934

as Clara Stuart

Le Billet de mille
Le Billet de mille

1935

as The desperate one

A Lover's Return
A Lover's Return

1946

as Geneviève Gonin

The Twilight Girls
The Twilight Girls

1957

as Mme Ancelin

My Darned Father
My Darned Father

1958

as Roberte

The King
The King

1936

as Marthe Bourdier

First Communion
First Communion

1950

as Maria Carloni (Mme Dupont)

Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment

1956

as madame Brunel

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

1954

as Gabrielle Langlois, mother

The Black Diamond
The Black Diamond

1941

as Mademoiselle Marthe Dubard

Three Boys, One Girl
Three Boys, One Girl

1948

as Hélène Dourville

The Love of a Woman
The Love of a Woman

1953

as Germaine Leblanc