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Gaby Morlay

Jun 08, 1893 - Jul 04, 1964 (71 years old) in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France

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

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. She played Queen Victoria in the 1939 historical film Entente cordiale.

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.

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

Source: Article "Gaby Morlay" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For

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Plaisir du théâtre
La mère de Denise
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Reflets de Cannes
Self
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Le Plaisir
Denise - la femme d'Ambroise
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Anna
Mother superior
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Crime and Punishment
madame Brunel
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Royal Affairs in Versailles
Countess de la Motte
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Papa, Mama, the Maid and I
Gabrielle Langlois, mother
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Un revenant
Geneviève Gonin
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First Communion
Maria Carloni (Mme Dupont)
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Gigi
Tante Alicia

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