Brigitte Florence Fossey (; born 15 June 1946) is a French actress.
Early years
The daughter of a schoolteacher, Fossey was five years old when she was cast by director René Clément to star in his film, Forbidden Games. Fossey played the role of an innocent child orphaned by World War II. The film won numerous awards worldwide, including the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and Fossey was hired by American actor/director Gene Kelly for his 1957 film, The Happy Road. When Fossey was ten years old her parents took her out of the film business so she could receive proper schooling. During the 1990s, she began performing in television productions.
Personal life
Brigitte Fossey has a daughter from her marriage to director Jean-François Adam, whom she met while making his 1970 film M comme Mathieu.
Awards and recognition
- 1977: Nominated for a César Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Le bon et les méchants
- 1978: Nominated for a César Award for Best Actress for Les Enfants du placard
Selected filmography
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! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
|1952
|Forbidden Games
|Paulette
|Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
|-
|1953
|The Steel Rope
|Marcella
|
|-
|1956
|The Happy Road
|Jeanine
|
|-
|1968
|Adieu l'ami
|Dominique 'Waterloo' Austerlitz
|
|-
|1970
|Raphael, or The Debauched One
|Bernardine
|
|-
|1973
|Going Places
|the woman in the train
|
|-
|1974
| The Irony of Chance
|Ursula
|
|-
|1975
|Calmos
|Suzanne Dufour
|
|-
|1976
|The Good and the Bad
|Dominique Blanchot
|
|-
|1976
|The Man Who Loved Women
|Geneviève Bigey
|
|-
|1977
|Closet Children
|Juliette
|
|-
|1977
|'
|Louise Morand
|
|-
|1978
|The Glass Cell
|Lisa Braun
|Nominated - Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
|-
|rowspan=2|1979
|Mais où et donc Ornicar
|Anne
|
|-
|Quintet
|Vivia
|
|-
|rowspan=2|1980
|La Boum
|Françoise Beretton
|
|-
|Chanel Solitaire
|Adrienne
|
|-
|1982
|La Boum 2
|Françoise Beretton
|
|-
|1982
|Enigma
|Karen Reinhardt
|
|-
|1983
|For Those I Loved
|Dina Gray
|
|-
|1988
|Cinema Paradiso (extended Italian version only)
|Elena Mendola (as adult)
|Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
|-
|1989
|Deadly Games
|Julie de Frémont
|
|-
|1990
|The Last Butterfly
|Vera
|
|-
|1991
|Les enfants du naufrageur
|Hélène
|
|-
|1992
|'
|Elisabeth Halbritter
|
|-
|2016
|Josephine, Guardian Angel
|Gabrielle Chamant
|TV series (1 episode)
|-
|2017
|Don't Tell Her
|
|
|}