Brigitte Fossey

Brigitte Florence Fossey born 15 June 1946 is a French actress The daughter of a schoolteacher Fossey was five years old when she was cast by director René Clément to star in his film Forbidden Games Fossey played the role of an innocent child orphaned by World War II The film won numerous awards worldwide including the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and Fossey was hired by American actordirector Gene Kelly for his 1957 film The Happy Road When Fossey was ten years old her parents took her out of the film business so she could receive proper schooling While completing her education Fossey studied piano and dance and then went on to work in Geneva Switzerland as an interpretertranslator In 1967 at age twenty after studying acting at Yves Furet Studio dEntrainement de lActeur in Paris Fossey was offered the female lead by director JeanGabriel Albicocco for his film Le Grand Meaulnes As an adult Fossey acted both on stage and in film working with French directors such as François Truffaut and Bertrand Blier Fluent in English Fossey has appeared in several Hollywood motion pictures including a 1979 role as the wife of Paul Newman in the Robert Altmandirected film Quintet In 1982 she was a member of the jury at the 32nd Berlin International Film Festival During the 1990s she began performing in television productions Brigitte Fossey has a daughter from her marriage to director JeanFrançois Adam whom she met while making his 1970 film M comme Mathieu Source Article Brigitte Fossey from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA