Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1893-06-08
Day of Death
1964-07-04
Place of Birth
Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France
Gaby Morlay
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. Source: Article "Gaby Morlay" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Filmography (92)
Monsieur
1964La bande à Bobo
1963
Le mari ne compte pas
1963
Fortunate
1960
Quai des illusions
1959
Ramuntcho
1958
Sacred Youth
1958
Le Tombeur !!!
1958
My Darned Father
1958
The Twilight Girls
1957
Crime and Punishment
1956
Les Lumières du soir
1956
When the Child Appears
1956
Papa, Mama, My Wife and Me
1955
