Françoise Prévost (actress)
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Françoise Prévost | |
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.png) Prévost in When Love Is Lust (1973) | |
| Born | 13 January 1930 Paris, France |
| Died | 30 November 1997 (aged 67) Paris, France |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1949–1985 |
Françoise Prévost (13 January 1930 – 30 November 1997) was a French actress, journalist and author. She was the daughter of writer Marcelle Auclair. She appeared in more than 70 films between 1949 and 1985.
Life and career
[edit]Prévost was born and died in Paris, France. She made her film debut at 18, in Jean de la Lune.[1][2] After several minor roles she emerged with the Nouvelle Vague, with roles of weight in films by Pierre Kast, Jean-Gabriel Albicocco and Jacques Rivette.[1][2] Starting from 1960s she was also pretty active in the Italian cinema, starring in leading roles in dramas, comedies and genre films.[2] In 1975 Prévost gained critical appreciation and commercial success as an author, with an autobiographical book about her struggle against an incurable disease, Ma vie en plus.[1]
Selected filmography
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- Jean de la Lune (1949) - (uncredited)
- Les miracles n'ont lieu qu'une fois (1951) - (uncredited)
- Clara de Montargis (1951)
- Leathernose (1952) - Une jeune invitée
- The Three Musketeers (1953) - Ketty
- Virgile (1953) - Mimi la Rouquine (uncredited)
- That Night (1958) - La secrétaire
- Le bel âge (1960) - Françoise
- The Enemy General (1960) - Nicole
- Women Are Like That (1960) - Isabelle
- Payroll (1961) - Katie Pearson
- Time Out for Love (1961) - Gladys
- Love Play (1961) - Anne de Limeuil
- La Morte-Saison des amours (1961) - Françoise
- La fille aux yeux d'or (1961) - Eléonore San Real
- Par-dessus le mur (1961) - Une mère
- The Game of Truth (1961) - Guylaine de Fleury
- Paris Belongs to Us (1961) - Terry Yordan
- Roaring Years (1962) - Figlia del medico (uncredited)
- Le Signe du lion (1962) - Hélène (uncredited)
- Bon Voyage! (1962) - The Girl
- The Condemned of Altona (1962) - Leni von Gerlach
- Il mare (1962)
- Bekenntnisse eines möblierten Herrn (1963) - Lilli
- The Verona Trial (1963) - Frau Beetz
- A Sentimental Attempt (1963) - Carla
- Portuguese Vacation (1963) - Françoise
- Thank You, Natercia (1963) - Françoise
- A Man in His Prime (1964) - Lucy
- The Glass Cage (1965)
- Galia (1966) - Nicole
- The Murder Clinic (1966) - Gisèle de Brantome
- Via Macau (1966) - Colette
- Maigret and His Greatest Case (1966) - Simone Lefèbvre
- L'une et l'autre (1967) - Simone
- Pronto... c'è una certa Giuliana per te (1967) - Paolo's Mother
- Italian Secret Service (1968) - Elvira Spallanzani
- Johnny Hamlet (1968) - Gertry Hamilton
- Spirits of the Dead (1968) - Friend of Countess (segment "Metzengerstein")
- A Woman on Fire (1969) - Clara Frisotti
- Run, Rabbit, Run (1969) - Francine
- Quarta parete (1969) - Cristiana
- Les vieilles lunes (1969)
- Sirokkó (1969)
- I ragazzi del massacro (1969)
- La donna a una dimensione (1969) - Paola
- Un caso di coscienza (1970) - Sandra Solfi
- A Suitcase for a Corpse (1970) - Diana Ardington
- Mont-Dragon (1970) - La comtesse Germaine de Boismenil
- La prima notte del dottor Danieli, industriale, col complesso del... giocattolo (1970) - Virginia
- The Hideout (1971) - Charlotte
- La saignée (1971) - Mother
- Le inibizioni del dottor Gaudenzi, vedovo, col complesso della buonanima (1971) - Laura Gaudenzi
- Le belve (1971) - Clara Borsetti (segment "La voce del sangue")
- When Love Is Lust (1973) - Giulia Sanfelice
- Les anges (1973) - Anne
- The Sinful Nuns of Saint Valentine (1974) - The Abbess
- La prova d'amore (1974) - Angela Mother
- Mais où sont passées les jeunes filles en fleurs (1975) - Mme de Saintange
- Un urlo dalle tenebre (1975) - Barbara, Piero's mother
- Le téléphone rose (1975) - Françoise Castejac
- L'amour en herbe (1977) - La mère de Martine
- Mala, amore e morte (1977) - Adalgisa Belli
- Le soleil en face (1980) - Jeanne
- Merry-Go-Round (1981) - Renée Novick
- La côte d'amour (1982) - Jacqueline
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Gianni Canova (2009). Enciclopedia del cinema. Garzanti. ISBN 881150516-X.
- ^ a b c Enrico Lancia, Fabio Melelli (2005). Le straniere del nostro cinema. Gremese Editore, 2005. ISBN 8884403502.
External links
[edit]- Françoise Prévost at IMDb
- ‹The template AllMovie name is being considered for deletion.› Françoise Prévost at AllMovie
