Brigitte Fossey

About Brigitte Fossey

Who is it?: Actress
Birth Day: June 15, 1946
Birth Place:  Tourcoing, Nord, France, France
Birth Sign: Cancer
Occupation: Actress
Years active: 1952–present
Spouse(s): Jean-François Adam (m. 1966–1980, his death)
Children: Marie Adam

Brigitte Fossey Net Worth

Brigitte Fossey was born on June 15, 1946 in  Tourcoing, Nord, France, France, is Actress. This lovely, docile, sensitive-appearing blonde French leading lady started impressively in films at age 6, making a most notable debut in René Clément's Jeux interdits (1952). She abandoned acting a few years later for schooling and a normal upbringing. After a brief career as an interpreter and translator, she returned to the cinema as a young adult and met with great award-worthy success in mostly European movies, including François Truffaut's L'homme qui aimait les femmes (1977), Chanel Solitaire (1981), etc.
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💰 Net worth: Under Review

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Biography/Timeline

1957

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 actor/director 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 interpreter/translator.

1967

In 1967, at age twenty, after studying acting at Yves Furet "Studio d'Entrainement de l'Acteur" in Paris, Fossey was offered the female lead by Director Jean-Gabriel 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 Altman-directed 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.

1970

Brigitte Fossey has a daughter from her marriage to Director Jean-François Adam, whom she met while making his 1970 film M comme Mathieu.