Gaby Morlay

Gaby Morlay
Gaby Morlay in 1912
Born	Blanche Pauline Fumoleau 8 June 1893 Angers, Maine-et-Loire France
Died	4 July 1964 (1964-07-05) (aged 71) Nice, Alpes-Maritimes France
Nationality	French
Occupation	Film actress
Years active	1913–1964

Gaby Morlay (born Blanche Pauline Fumoleau; 8 June 1893 – 4 July 1964) was a film actress from France.^[1]

Career

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.^[2] She played Queen Victoria in the 1939 historical film Entente cordiale.^{[citation needed]}

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.^[2]

She was an art lover and was a friend and admirer of the Italian painter Beretta Dimario who lived in Nice.

Dedication of Gaby Morlay to the Italian artist Beretta Dimario

Selected filmography

• Le chevalier de Gaby (1920)
• The Agony of the Eagles (1922)
• La mendiante de Saint-Sulpice (1924)
• Montmartre (1925)
• Jim la houlette, roi des voleurs (1926)
• Les Nouveaux Messieurs (1929)
• Ariane, jeune fille russe (1930)
• Accused, Stand Up! (1930)
• When Love Is Over (1931)
• Montmartre (1931)
• Dance Hall (1931)
• Companion Wanted (1932)
• Once Upon a Time (1933)
• The Scandal (1934)
• Jeanne (1934)
• We Are Not Children (1934)
• Le Bonheur (1934)
• Samson (1936)
• The King (1936)
• Nights of Fire (1937)
• A Picnic on the Grass (1937)
• The Messenger (1937)
• Giuseppe Verdi (1938)
• Hercule (1938)
• White Nights in Saint Petersburg (1938)
• Quadrille (1938)
• Sacred Woods (1939)
• Entente cordiale (1939)
• Behind the Facade (1939)
• Paris-New York (1940)
• They Were Twelve Women (1940)
• The Black Diamond (1941)
• The Blue Veil (1942)
• Love Around the Clock (1943)
• White Wings (1943)
• Mademoiselle Béatrice (1943)
• Night Shift (1944)
• Farandole (1945)
• The Last Metro (1945)
• Her Final Role (1946)
• The Lovers of Pont Saint Jean (1947)
• The Lost Village (1947)
• Three Boys, One Girl (1948)
• Gigi (1949)
• Eve and the Serpent (1949)
• Millionaires for One Day (1949)
• Summer Storm (1949)
• Father's Dilemma (1950)
• Without Trumpet or Drum (1950)
• Anna (1951)
• Mammy (1951)
• Good Enough to Eat (1951)
• The Girl with the Whip (1952)
• Le Plaisir (1952)
• The Love of a Woman (1953)
• The Lovers of Marianne (1953)
• Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
• Papa, maman, la bonne et moi (1954)
• Papa, maman, ma femme et moi (1955)
• L'impossible Monsieur Pipelet (1955)
• Crime and Punishment (1956)
• Ramuntcho (1959)
• Quay of Illusions (1959)
• Monsieur (1964)

References

1. BFI profile, bfi.org.uk; accessed 7 July 2015.
2. Oscherwitz, Dayna; Higgins, MaryEllen (2009-09-02), The A to Z of French Cinema, Scarecrow Press, pp. 305–307, ISBN 978-0-8108-7038-3, retrieved 2016-01-02

External links

• Gaby Morlay at IMDb