Maud Molyneux (27 March 1948 – 16 September 2008) was a transgender French actress, journalist and costume designer.

Career

Maud Molyneux started out as an activist in the Front homosexuel d'action révolutionnaire (FHAR), and then founded the Gazolines movement with Patrick Bertaux and Paquita Paquin. In the 1970s and 80s, she became widely known for her interviews in ''

Façade A façade () (also written facade) is generally the front part or exterior of a building. It is a Loanword, loan word from the French language, French (), which means 'frontage' or 'face'. In architecture, the façade of a building is often t ...

'' magazine and her columns in the ''

Libération ''Libération'' (), popularly known as ''Libé'' (), is a daily newspaper in France, founded in Paris by Jean-Paul Sartre and Serge July in 1973 in the wake of the protest movements of May 1968. Initially positioned on the far-left of France's ...

'' (also known as ''Libé'') daily French newspaper, in which she wrote about television and fashion (as herself), literature (under the pseudonym of Dora Forbes), and cinema (under the pseudonym of Louella Intérim).

Filmography

Acting

*1974: ''Les Intrigues de Sylvia Couski'' by Adolfo Arrieta *1976: ''Tam Tam'' by Adolfo Arrieta * 1976: ''Mélodrame'' by Jean-Louis Jorge (as Anna) * 1981: ''

Cinématon ''Cinématon'' is a 207-hour-long experimental film by French director Gérard Courant. It was the longest film ever released until 2011. Composed over 30 years from 1978 until 2009, it consists of a series of over 3,111 silent vignettes (c ...

'' by Gérard Courant (as herself) * 1985: ''

La Nuit porte-jarretelles ''La Nuit porte-jarretelles'' (English title: ''The Night Wears Suspenders'') is a 1985 French film directed by Virginie Thévenet. The film stars Jezabel Carpi, Ariel Genet and Arielle Dombasle. Synopsis A young woman leads a timid and innocen ...

'' by

Virginie Thévenet Virginie Thévenet (born 12 January 1957, in Paris) is a French actress, director and screenwriter. Films with Virginie Thévenet as actress * 1970 : '' Les Stances de Sophie'', by Moshé Mizrahi * 1972 : ''Faustine et le Bel Été'' * 1972 : ' ...

* 1987: ''Jeux d'artifices'' by

(as Mrs Duval)

Costume Design

* 1999: '' The Dilettante'' by Pascal Thomas * 2001: '' Day Off'' by Pascal Thomas * 2004: ''Quand je serai star'' by Patrick Mimouni * 2005: '' Mon petit doigt m'a dit...'' by Pascal Thomas * 2006: ''Le Grand Appartement'' by Pascal Thomas * 2008: ''Je vous hais petites filles (short film)'' by Yann Gonzalez

References

External links

Maud Molyneux
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