Fernande Françoise Raoult, known professionally as Fernande Albany (22 December 1889, Lison – 25 November 1966,

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), was a French actress in theatre and film.

Career

Albany appeared in many of the films of Georges Méliès. Her work on the Parisian stage included roles in ''L'alcôve de Marianne'' by Félix Gandera (

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, 1920), ''Les Fontaines lumineuses'' by

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and

Louis Verneuil Louis Jacques Marie Collin du Bocage (14 May 1893 – 3 November 1952), better known by the pen name Louis Verneuil, was a French playwright, screenwriter, and actor. Biography Born in Paris, Verneuil wrote approximately sixty plays and was be ...

(

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, 1935), and ''Crépuscule du théâtre'' by Henri-René Lenormand (

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, 1937). Albany was married to the French stage and film actor Charles Dechamps.

Filmography

Silent films

Source: Fernande Albany
at IMDB * 1904 : ''Voyage à travers l'impossible'' (English title: ''

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'', or ''An Impossible Voyage'' or ''Whirling the Worlds'') (dir. Georges Méliès) * 1905 : ''Le Raid Paris-Monte Carlo en deux heures'' ('' An Adventurous Automobile Trip'') (dir. Georges Méliès) * 1907 : ''Le Tunnel sous la Manche ou le Cauchemar franco-anglais'' (English title: '' Tunneling the English Channel'') (dir. Georges Méliès) * 1907 : ''Le Mariage de Victorine'' (English title: '' How Bridget's Lover Escaped'') (dir. Georges Méliès) * 1907 : ''Pauvre John ou Les aventures d'un buveur de whiskey'' (English title: '' Sightseeing Through Whisky'') (dir. Georges Méliès) * 1907 : ''Il y a un dieu pour les ivrognes'' (English title: '' The Good Luck of a "Souse"'') (dir. Georges Méliès) * 1908 : ''Le Nouveau Seigneur du village'' (English title: '' The New Lord of the Village'') (dir. Georges Méliès) * 1908 : ''Photographie électrique à distance'' (English title: '' Long Distance Wireless Photography'' (US) and ''Electrical Photographer'' (UK)) (dir. Georges Méliès) * 1908 : ''Les Patineurs'' (English title: '' The Woes of Roller Skaters'') (dir. Georges Méliès) * 1908 : ''Épreuves ou les malheurs d'un savetier'' (English title: '' Tribulations; or the Misfortunes of a Cobbler'') (dir. Georges Méliès) * 1908 : ''Pour l'étoile S.V.P.'' (English title: '' Buncoed Stage Johnnie'' (dir. Georges Méliès) * 1908 : '' Salon de coiffure (English title: '' In the Barber Shop'') (dir. Georges Méliès) * 1908 : '' No Trifling With Love'' * 1911 : ''À la conquête du pôle'' (English title: '' The Conquest of the Pole'') (dir. Georges Méliès) * 1916 : ''Trop gratter cuit'' (dir. Fernand Rivers) * 1920 : '' Les Femmes collantes'' (dir. Pierre Caron) * 1931 : '' Caught in the Act'' (dir.

Georges Tréville Georges Tréville (28 July 1875 – 30 May 1944) was a French actor and film director. Born as Georges Troly, during the silent era, he played the gentlemen thief Arsène Lupin in several short films. He also went to Britain to direct and star ...

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)

Sound films

* 1934 : '' 'N'épouse pas ta fille'' (dir. Willy Rozier) * 1936 : ''Le Mort en fuite'' (English title: ''

Death on the Run ''Death on the Run'' (Italian: ''Bersaglio mobile''), also known as ''Moving Target'', is a 1967 Italian Eurospy film directed by Sergio Corbucci. Filmed in Athens,''Films and Filming'', Volume 14, Hansom Books, 1968. it was referred as a film ...

'') * 1961 : ''

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'' (telefilm) * 1965 : '' Le Naïf amoureux''

References

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* 1889 births 1966 deaths French stage actresses French film actresses French silent film actresses 20th-century French actresses French actresses People from Calvados (department) {{France-actor-stub