Gaby Morlay
Actor
Biography
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.
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Filmography
Royal Affairs in Versailles
as Countess de la Motte 1954
Fortunate
as Mlle Emilienne Massillon 1960
Anna
as Mother superior 1951
Papa, Mama, the Maid and I
as Gabrielle Langlois, mother 1954
Monsieur
as Mrs. Bernadac, Edmond's Mother 1964
Quadrille
as Paulette Nanteuil 1938
Le Bonheur
as Clara Stuart 1934
Un revenant
as Geneviève Gonin 1946
First Communion
as Maria Carloni (Mme Dupont) 1950
Papa, Mama, My Wife and Me
as Gabrielle Langlois, la mère 1955
Max's Vacation
1914
The Love of a Woman
as Germaine Leblanc 1953
Gigi
as Tante Alicia 1949
Mlle. Desiree
as Désirée Clary épouse Bernadotte / la Reine Desideria de Suède 1941
Crime and Punishment
as madame Brunel 1956
The New Gentlemen
as Susanne Verrier 1929