Jehanne d'Alcy
A performer at the Théâtre Robert-Houdin from 1888, when it was re-opened by Georges Méliès, Jehanne d'Alcy (also known as Fanny Manieux) later became Méliès's mistress and appeared in a number of his films, including the first of his risqué productions Après le bal - le tub (1897). Méliès's first wife Eugenie died in May 1913, and in 1925 he married d'Alcy. Her concession of a toy stall at the Gare Montparnasse, Paris, manned by Georges, provided their only income for several years. In 1932 they moved into an apartment at a home for cinema veterans. After Méliès's death, d'Alcy appeared in the poignant framing sequences of Georges Franju's short dramatisation of his life, Le Grand Méliès (1952), with Méliès's son André playing his father. Jehanne d'Alcy died on 14 October 1956 at Versailles, aged ninety-two.
Known For
Credits
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Woman (archive footage from "The Vanishing Lady")★ 7.1 -
Le Grand Méliès 1952Self★ 6.7 -
★ 6.3 -
Villager at Seaport (uncredited)★ 7.2 -
★ 5 -
A Trip to the Moon 1902Secretary / Star / Rocket Attendant (uncredited)★ 7.9 -
Bluebeard 1901Le Nouvelle Épouse de Barbe-bleue (as Jeanne d'Alcy)★ 6.2 -
Joan of Arc 1900Mère de Jeanne★ 6.9 -
★ 6.6 -
Cinderella 1899Fairy Godmother★ 6.2 -
The Pillar of Fire 1899Ayesha★ 5.9 -
Cleopatra's Tomb 1899le fantôme de Cléopâtre★ 1.7 -
Phoebe★ 6.9 -
★ 4.8 -
Seductive Woman Who Appears on the Cross (uncredited)★ 5.8 -
After the Ball 1897Woman★ 5.1 -
Faust and Marguerite 1897★ 3.9 -
A Nightmare 1896Woman in Toga★ 6 -
The Haunted Castle 1896Young woman★ 6.4 -
The Vanishing Lady 1896Woman (as Jeanne d'Alcy)★ 6.2