Françoise Prévost (actress)

Françoise Prévost (13 January 1930 – 30 November 1997) was a French actress, journalist and author. She was the daughter of writer Marcelle Auclair. She appeared in more than 70 films between 1949 and 1985.

Françoise Prévost
Prévost in 1973
Born(1930-01-13)13 January 1930
Paris, France
Died30 November 1997(1997-11-30) (aged 67)
Paris, France
OccupationActress
Years active1949–1985

Life and career

Prévost was born and died in Paris, France. She made her film debut at 18, in Jean de la Lune.[1][2] After several minor roles she emerged with the Nouvelle Vague, with roles of weight in films by Pierre Kast, Jean-Gabriel Albicocco and Jacques Rivette.[1][2] Starting from 1960s she was also pretty active in the Italian cinema, starring in leading roles in dramas, comedies and genre films.[2] In 1975 Prévost gained critical appreciation and commercial success as an author, with an autobiographical book about her struggle against an incurable disease, Ma vie en plus.[1]

Selected filmography
  • Jean de la Lune (1949) - (uncredited)
  • Les miracles n'ont lieu qu'une fois (1951) - (uncredited)
  • Clara de Montargis (1951)
  • Leathernose (1952) - Une jeune invitée
  • The Three Musketeers (1953) - Ketty
  • Virgile (1953) - Mimi la Rouquine (uncredited)
  • Cette nuit là... (1958) - La secrétaire
  • Le bel âge (1960) - Françoise
  • The Enemy General (1960) - Nicole
  • Comment qu'elle est? (1960) - Isabelle
  • Payroll (1961) - Katie Pearson
  • Time Out for Love (1961) - Gladys
  • Love Play (1961) - Anne de Limeuil
  • La Morte-Saison des amours (1961) - Françoise
  • La fille aux yeux d'or (1961) - Eléonore San Real
  • Par-dessus le mur (1961) - Une mère
  • The Game of Truth (1961) - Guylaine de Fleury
  • Paris Belongs to Us (1961) - Terry Yordan
  • Roaring Years (1962) - Figlia del medico (uncredited)
  • Le Signe du lion (1962) - Hélène (uncredited)
  • Bon Voyage! (1962) - The Girl
  • The Condemned of Altona (1962) - Leni von Gerlach
  • Il mare (1962)
  • Bekenntnisse eines möblierten Herrn (1963) - Lilli
  • The Verona Trial (1963) - Frau Beetz
  • A Sentimental Attempt (1963) - Carla
  • Portuguese Vacation (1963) - Françoise
  • Thank You, Natercia (1963) - Françoise
  • Ein Mann im schönsten Alter (1964) - Lucy
  • The Glass Cage (1965)
  • Galia (1966) - Nicole
  • The Murder Clinic (1966) - Gisèle de Brantome
  • Via Macau (1966) - Colette
  • Maigret und sein größter Fall (1966) - Simone Lefèbvre
  • L'une et l'autre (1967) - Simone
  • Pronto... c'è una certa Giuliana per te (1967) - Paolo's Mother
  • Italian Secret Service (1968) - Elvira Spallanzani
  • Johnny Hamlet (1968) - Gertry Hamilton
  • Spirits of the Dead (1968) - Friend of Countess (segment "Metzengerstein")
  • A Woman on Fire (1969) - Clara Frisotti
  • Run, Rabbit, Run (1969) - Francine
  • Quarta parete (1969) - Cristiana
  • Les vieilles lunes (1969)
  • Sirokkó (1969)
  • I ragazzi del massacro (1969)
  • La donna a una dimensione (1969) - Paola
  • Un caso di coscienza (1970) - Sandra Solfi
  • A Suitcase for a Corpse (1970) - Diana Ardington
  • Mont-Dragon (1970) - La comtesse Germaine de Boismenil
  • La prima notte del dottor Danieli, industriale, col complesso del... giocattolo (1970) - Virginia
  • The Hideout (1971) - Charlotte
  • La saignée (1971) - Mother
  • Le inibizioni del dottor Gaudenzi, vedovo, col complesso della buonanima (1971) - Laura Gaudenzi
  • Le belve (1971) - Clara Borsetti (segment "La voce del sangue")
  • Quando l'amore è sensualità (1973) - Giulia Sanfelice
  • Les anges (1973) - Anne
  • The Sinful Nuns of Saint Valentine (1974) - The Abbess
  • La prova d'amore (1974) - Angela Mother
  • Mais où sont passées les jeunes filles en fleurs (1975) - Mme de Saintange
  • Un urlo dalle tenebre (1975) - Barbara, Piero's mother
  • Le téléphone rose (1975) - Françoise Castejac
  • L'amour en herbe (1977) - La mère de Martine
  • Mala, amore e morte (1977) - Adalgisa Belli
  • Le soleil en face (1980) - Jeanne
  • Merry-Go-Round (1981) - Renée Novick
  • La côte d'amour (1982) - Jacqueline

References
  1. Gianni Canova. Enciclopedia del cinema. Garzanti, 2009. ISBN 881150516-X.
  2. Enrico Lancia, Fabio Melelli. Le straniere del nostro cinema. Gremese Editore, 2005. ISBN 8884403502.
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