Gaby Morlay

1893-1964

Biography: life and films

Gaby Morlay was a French actress whose birth name was Blanche Pauline Fumoleau. She was born in Angers, France on 8th June 1893 and died in Nice, France on 4th July 1964, aged 71.

Her best films as an actor include Marcel L'Herbier's Le Bonheur (1934), Viktor Tourjansky's La Peur (1936), Georges Lacombe's Derrière la façade (1939), Christian-Jaque's Un revenant (1946) and Max Ophüls's Le Plaisir (1952).

Gaby Morlay appeared in 109 films.

She has most frequently worked with the following directors: Charles Burguet (8 films), Jean Stelli (6), Marcel L'Herbier (5), Sacha Guitry (3), Maurice Tourneur (3), Marc Allégret (3), Jean-Paul Le Chanois (3), Jacqueline Audry (3), Georges Monca (3), Georges Lacombe (3), Pierre Colombier (2), Paul Czinner (2), Max Linder (2), Léonce Perret (2), Jean Dréville (2), André Hunebelle (2) and Émile Couzinet (2).

Her most frequent genres include: drama (52 films), comedy-drama (27), comedy (26), romance (10), history (3) and comedy-romance (2).

Our average rating for Gaby Morlay over all films is: 2.3

Filmography

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La Sandale rouge (1913) [a]

Le 2 août 1914 (1914) [a]

Les Épaves de l'amour (1917) [a]

Pour épouser Gaby (1917) [a]

Prête-moi ton habit (1917) [a]

Au paradis des enfants (1918) [a]

Un ours (1919) [a]

L'Essor (1920) [a]

Le Chevalier de Gaby (1920) [a]

L'Agonie des aigles (1922) [a]

Le Fils du flibustier (1922) [a]

La Mendiante de Saint-Sulpice (1923) [a]

Faubourg Montmartre (1924) [a]

Jim la houlette, roi des voleurs (1926) [a]

Les Nouveaux messieurs (1929) [a]

Accusée, levez-vous! (1930) [a]

Après l'amour (1931) [a]

Faubourg Montmartre (1931) [a]

Maison de danses (1931) [a]

Ariane, jeune fille russe (1932) [a]

Mélo (1932) [a]

Paris-Méditerranée (1932) [a]

Il était une fois (1933) [a]

Le Maître de forges (1933) [a]

Aux portes de Paris (1934) [a]

Jeanne (1934) [a]

Le Billet de mille (1934) [a]

Le Bonheur (1934) [a]

Le Scandale (1934) [a]

Nous ne sommes plus des enfants (1934) [a]

La Peur (1936) [a]

Le Roi (1936) [a]

Les Amants terribles (1936) [a]

Les Grands (1936) [a]

Samson (1936) [a]

Hercule (1937) [a]

Le Messager (1937) [a]

Nuits de feu (1937) [a]

Un déjeuner de soleil (1937) [a]

Giuseppe Verdi (1938) [a]

Les Nuits blanches de Saint-Pétersbourg (1938) [a]

Quadrille (1938) [a]

Derrière la façade (1939) [a]

Entente cordiale (1939) [a]

Le Bois sacré (1939) [a]

Elles étaient douze femmes (1940) [a]

Paris-New York (1940) [a]

Le Diamant noir (1941) [a]

L'Arlésienne (1942) [a]

Le Destin fabuleux de Désirée Clary (1942) [a]

Le Voile bleu (1942) [a]

Des jeunes filles dans la nuit (1943) [a]

La Cavalcade des heures (1943) [a]

Les Ailes blanches (1943) [a]

Mademoiselle Béatrice (1943) [a]

L'Enfant de l'amour (1944) [a]

Service de nuit (1944) [a]

Dernier métro (1945) [a]

Farandole (1945) [a]

Lunegarde (1946) [a]

Mensonges (1946) [a]

Son dernier rôle (1946) [a]

Un revenant (1946) [a]

Hymenée (1947) [a]

Le Village perdu (1947) [a]

Les Amants du pont Saint-Jean (1947) [a]

Trois garçons, une fille (1948) [a]

Ève et le serpent (1949) [a]

Gigi (1949) [a]

Millionnaires d'un jour (1949) [a]

Orage d'été (1949) [a]

Sans tambour ni trompette (1949) [a]

Due sorelle amano (1950) [a]

Né de père inconnu (1950) [a]

Prima comunione (1950) [a]

Anna (1951) [a]

Mammy (1951) [a]

Une fille à croquer (1951) [a]

Foyer perdu (1952) [a]

La Fille au fouet (1952) [a]

Le Plaisir (1952) [a]

Les Amoureux de Marianne (1953) [a]

Amoureux de Marianne (1954) [a]

L'Amour d'une femme (1954) [a]

Papa, maman, la bonne et moi... (1954) [a]

Si Versailles m'était conté (1954) [a]

Fantaisie d'un jour (1955) [a]

Les Chiffonniers d'Emmaüs (1955) [a]

Crime et châtiment (1956) [a]

Les Lumières du soir (1956) [a]

Lorsque l'enfant paraît (1956) [a]

Mistou ou Comment l'esprit vient aux filles... (1956) [a]

Mitsou (1956) [a]

Papa, maman, ma femme et moi... (1956) [a]

Les Collégiennes (1957) [a]

Le Tombeur (1958) [a]

Mon coquin de père (1958) [a]

Sacrée jeunesse (1958) [a]

Quai des illusions (1959) [a]

Ramuntcho (1959) [a]

Fortunat (1960) [a]

Monsieur (1964) [a]



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