People
Jehanne d'Alcy
- Name: Jehanne d'Alcy
- Birthday: 1865-03-20
- Also known as: Jeanne d'Alcy,Fanny Manieux
- Place of birth: Vaujours, Seine-et-Oise [now Seine-Saint-Denis], France
- Popularity: 0.043
Biography:
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... Read More
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Movies:
| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| A Collection of Silent Films, Given Sound as The Queen | 2025-12-28 |
| Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese as Woman (archive footage from "The Vanishing Lady") | 2019-06-11 |
| Le Grand Méliès as Self | 1952-11-12 |
| Le Grand Méliès as Commentaire | 1952-11-12 |
| Tunneling the English Channel | 1907-06-30 |
| The Impossible Voyage as Villager at Seaport (uncredited) | 1904-11-10 |
| Alcofribas, The Master Magician | 1903-10-03 |
| A Trip to the Moon as Secretary / Star / Rocket Attendant (uncredited) | 1902-06-15 |
| Bluebeard as Le Nouvelle Épouse de Barbe-bleue (as Jeanne d'Alcy) | 1901-07-25 |
| Joan of Arc as Mère de Jeanne | 1900-08-06 |
| The Fat and Lean Wrestling Match | 1900-01-01 |
| Cinderella as Fairy Godmother | 1899-10-01 |
| The Pillar of Fire as Ayesha | 1899-01-01 |
| Cleopatra's Tomb as le fantôme de Cléopâtre | 1899-01-01 |
| The Astronomer's Dream as Phoebe | 1898-01-01 |
| Pygmalion and Galatea | 1898-01-01 |
| The Temptation of St. Anthony as Seductive Woman Who Appears on the Cross (uncredited) | 1898-01-01 |
| After the Ball as Woman | 1897-01-01 |
| Faust and Marguerite | 1897-01-01 |
| A Nightmare as Woman in Toga | 1896-12-25 |
| The Haunted Castle as Young woman | 1896-12-24 |
| The Vanishing Lady as Woman (as Jeanne d'Alcy) | 1896-01-01 |
