Gabrielle Fontan

Personal Info

Birthday

April 16, 1873

Day of Death

1959-09-08

(86 years old)

Place of Birth

Bordeaux, Gironde, France

Also Known As

Fontan

Gabrielle Marie Joséphine Pène-Castel

Габриель Фонтан

Габриэль Фонтан

Gabrielle Fontan

Biography

Gabrielle Fontan (16 April 1873 – 8 September 1959) was a French film actress. She appeared in more than 120 films between 1927 and 1959. Source: Article "Gabrielle Fontan" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

Known For

Les Misérables

Love Is My Profession

Daybreak

A Day in the Country

Manon

The Grand Manoeuvre

Carnival of Sinners

Be Beautiful and Shut Up

Filmography

1959
Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case
as Marie Tatin
The Lovers of Tomorrow
as la vieille
Julie la rousse
as Mme Michon, la concierge
1958
The Magic of the Kite
as the concierge
Love Is My Profession
as Mme Langlois
My Darned Father
as Estelle
Be Beautiful and Shut Up
as La grand-mère de Jean
A Certain Mr. Jo
as Mme. Michel
Premier mai
as Mme Lurde
Les Misérables
as Mother superior of the convent
1957
Lovers of Paris
as Mrs. Pilou, cleaning lady (uncredited)
The Gates of Paris
as Mme Sabatier, Juju and Nénette's mother
Love Is at Stake
as Emilie
Hi Doc
as Madeleine Blaise
1956
Crime and Punishment
as madame Horvais
Bold Adventure
as The grandmother
Deadlier Than the Male
as Mme Jules
L'homme au parapluie
as Ellen
1955
The Grand Manoeuvre
as Melanie, Duverger's servant
Papa, Mama, My Wife and Me
as La directrice de Saint-Beuve, collège pour filles
Black Dossier
as Mme Micoulin, la logeuse
1954
Men Think Only of That
as Old lady on the stairs
Flesh and the Woman
as Religious (uncredited)
La Belle au bois dormant
as La fée Carabosse
1952
Desperate Decision
as Sister Patricia
1951
Two Pennies Worth of Violets
as La concierge
Life in a Song
as The aunt
Juliette, or Key of Dreams
as Boss of the confectionery
1950
The Strollers
as Old lady
Julie de Carneilhan
as Concierge
Marie of the Port
as Gossip
1949
La Bataille du feu
as Old woman
Manon
as Mme. Agnès
Such a Pretty Little Beach
as The Old Woman in the Bus
1948
Le Dessous des cartes
as Florence's mother
Rapide de nuit
as Mother with cats
After Love
as The old Catou
Vertigine d'amore
as Olivero's mother
1947
Torrents
as Maria
Monsieur Vincent
as La vieille sourde du presbytère de Châtillon
Vertiges
as Patient
The House Under the Sea
as Gossip at the washhouse
Anger of the Gods
as The Grand-Mother
1946
Destiny
as The patience player (uncredited)
Gates of the Night
as la vieille
Pétrus
as Mrs. Brisson, newsagent (uncredited)
Strange Fate
as Madame Durtain
A Day in the Country
as La Grand' Mère
Messieurs Ludovic
as Thibauts' concierge
Behind These Walls
as Madame Michaud
Sylvia and the Ghost
as Marielle
The Last Penny
as Mme Durban
1945
Angel and Sinner
as Madame Follenvie
François Villon
as La Villonne
Majestic Hotel Cellars
as Rosalie, la bonne de Fualdès
1944
The White Blackbird
as Landlady
Night Shift
as Maria
The Ménard Collection
as Concierge
The Traveler Without Luggage
as 'La mère Lampion'
1943
Secrets of a Ballerina
as Rosalie, elderly
Douce
as Estelle
Ceux du rivage
as Arquebuse's sister
Valley of Hell
as Mother Bienvenu
L'Escalier sans fin
as Madame Bizet
The Roquevillards
as Pierrette La Fauchois
Mademoiselle Béatrice
as Angèle
Madame et le mort
as Le Noir's concierge
Le Voyageur de la Toussaint
as La vieille aubergiste (uncredited)
À la Belle Frégate
as Madame Blanche, fortune teller
Carnival of Sinners
as The chiromancer (uncredited)
Picpus
as La soeur de Le Cloaguen
1942
Eight Men in a Castle
as Innkeeper
Twisted Mistress
as Madame Carbonnel
Strangers in the House
as Fine
Le moussaillon
as Louise
1941
Sins of Youth
as The dresser (uncredited)
Premier bal
as Marie
The Duel
as Housekeeper (uncredited)
1940
The Musicians of the Sky
as (uncredited)
1939
Daybreak
as La vieille dame dans l'escalier
Cordial Agreement
as Lady of the Court
The Fatted Calf
as Mrs. Vachon
The End of the Day
as Madame Jambage
1938
The Curtain Rises
as Une mère provincviale (uncredited)
The Little Thing
as Mrs. Lalouette
Ramuntcho
as Pilar Doyamboru
The Time of the Cherries
as Antoinette
1937
The Ladies in the Green Hats
as Rosalie
Life Dances On
as Rose, la bonne de Mme Audié (uncredited)
1936
Life Is Ours
as Madame Lecocq
The Fleeing Dead
as Concierge
1934
L'Or dans la rue
as Pierre's mother, owner of a bistro
1933
Toto
as La logeuse
1932
Dainah the Mixed
as Berthe
For One Cent's Worth of Love
as (uncredited)
1931
Coquecigrole
as Mrs. Bien
My Friend Victor
as Aunt Ursule
1929
Ces dames aux chapeaux verts
as Rosalie
The Lighthouse Keepers
as Mother of Marie
1928
Misdeal
as (uncredited)