Françoise Vatel (born Françoise Watel, 28 November 1937 – 24 October 2005) was a French actress. Vatel was born in

Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine Clichy ( , ; sometimes unofficially Clichy-la-Garenne ) is a Communes of France, commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located on the Seine, from the Kilometre zero, centre of Paris. Located in Clichy are the headquarters ...

. She began her film career at the age of 16 in Jean Gourguet's ''Les Premiers outrages'', and she worked with the director again in ''Les promesses dangeureuses'', ''La Putain sentimentale'' and ''Les frangines''. She worked then in the theatre, playing for several years in Claude Magnier's ''Oscar''. She appeared also in films of the

Nouvelle Vague The New Wave (, ), also called the French New Wave, is a French art film movement that emerged in the late 1950s. The movement was characterized by its rejection of traditional filmmaking conventions in favor of experimentation and a spirit of i ...

, in Luc Moullet's '' Brigitte et Brigitte'' and '' Les Contrebandières'' and

Claude Chabrol Claude Henri Jean Chabrol (; 24 June 1930 – 12 September 2010) was a French film director and a member of the French New Wave (''nouvelle vague'') group of filmmakers who first came to prominence at the end of the 1950s. Like his colleagues an ...

's '' Les Cousins'' among others. She died in

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, aged 67.

Selected filmography

Film

* 1955 : '' Les Premiers Outrages'' by Jean Gourguet : ''Brigitte Lambert, known as Bichette'' * 1956 : '' Les Promesses dangereuses'' by Jean Gourguet : ''Marie-Titi'' * 1958 : '' Un jour comme les autres'' by Paul Bordry * 1958 : '' Quelqu'un frappe à la porte'' by Alexandre Szombati : ''Elisabeth'' * 1958 : '' Young Sinners (Les Tricheurs)'' by

Marcel Carné Marcel Albert Carné (; 18 August 1906 – 31 October 1996) was a French film director. A key figure in the poetic realism movement, Carné's best known films include ''Port of Shadows'' (1938), ''Le Jour Se Lève'' (1939), ''Les Visiteurs du Soi ...

with Christian Azzopardi * 1958 : '' La Putain sentimentale'' by Jean Gourguet with Maria Vincent * 1959 : '' Les Cousins'' by

: ''Martine'' with Gerard Blain * 1959 : '' Bal de nuit'' by

Maurice Cloche Maurice Cloche (17 June 1907, in Commercy, Meuse (department), Meuse – 20 March 1990, in Bordeaux, France) was a French people, French film director, screenwriter, photographer and film producer. Best known for his Oscar-winning film ''Monsieur V ...

* 1959 : '' Les Amants de demain'' by Marcel Blistène with

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* 1960 : '' Un steack trop cuit'' by Luc Moullet - short film * 1960 : '' Les Frangines'' by Jean Gourguet : ''Nadine'' * 1960 : '' Le Pain des Jules'' by Jacques Séverac : ''Zize'' * 1961 : '' Terres noires'' by Luc Moullet - short film, narration only * 1961 : '' Dans la gueule du loup'' by Jean-Charles Dudrumet, : ''Odette'' * 1962 : '' Les Ballets roses'' (''Dossier 1413'') d' Alfred Rode : ''Caroline'' * 1962 : '' Capito?'' by Luc Moullet - short film * 1962 : '' La fille de Paname et le gars de Padoue'' by Luc Moullet - short film * 1965 : '' Les Bons Vivants'' by

Gilles Grangier Gilles Grangier (5 May 1911 – 27 April 1996) was a French film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 50 films and several TV series between 1943 and 1985. His film ''Archimède le clochard'' was entered into the 9th Berlin Inter ...

: ''Une pensionnaire (segment "La Fermeture")'' * 1966 : '' Brigitte et Brigitte'' by Luc Moullet : ''Brigitte'' * 1967 : '' Les Contrebandières'' by Luc Moullet : ''Brigitte'' * 1967 : '' Jeudi on chantera comme dimanche'' by Louis by Heusch : ''Francine'' * 1972 : '' Le gang des otages'' by Edouard Molinaro * 1976 : '' Mon cœur est rouge'' by Michèle Rosier : ''La charcutière'' * 1978 : '' L'Exercice du pouvoir'' by Philippe Galland : ''Mimi'' * 1985 : '' Une soirée perdue'' by Cécile Decugis * 1986 : '' Les interdits du monde'' by Chantal Lasbats - documentary, narration only * 1987 : '' La Comédie du travail'' by Luc Moullet : ''Une amie by Françoise'' * 1988 : '' De bruit et de fureur'' by

Jean-Claude Brisseau Jean-Claude Brisseau (; 17 July 1944 – 11 May 2019) was a French filmmaker best known for his 2002 film ''Secret Things'' ("Choses Secrètes") and his 2006 film ''Les Anges Exterminateurs, The Exterminating Angels'' ("Les Anges exterminateurs"). ...

: ''Mère Jean-Roger'' * 2002 : '' Les Naufragés by la D17'' by Luc Moullet : ''la femme by la cabine'' * 2005 : ''

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'' by Pascale Bodet

Television

* 1959 : '' La Nuit de Tom Brown'' (TV) : ''Daisy'' * 1960 : ''Au fil by l'histoire'' ( Les Cinq Dernières Minutes) (TV series) : ''Georgette'' * 1961 : ''Epreuves à l'appui'' ( Les Cinq Dernières Minutes, episode 21), by Claude Loursais : ''Janine'' * 1962 : '' Quatre-vingt-treize'' by Alain Boudet, (TV) * 1966 : '' Cécilia, médecin de campagne'' (TV series) : ''Marie-Rose'' * 1966 : '' Les Cinq Dernières Minutes'' by Claude Loursais, episode '' Pigeon vole'' * 1966 : '' Les Cinq Dernières Minutes'' by Jean-Pierre Marchand '' La Rose by fer'' * 1967 : '' Au théâtre ce soir'' : ''Le Système Fabrizzi'' by Albert Husson, story Sacha Pitoëff, director Pierre Sabbagh,

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* 1969 : '' La Veuve rusée'' (by

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), telefilm by Jean Bertho : ''Marinette'' * 1972 : '' L'Image'' (TV) : ''Le script'' * 1973 : '' L'Enfant de l'automne'' (feuilleton TV) : ''La fille'' * 1974 : '' Entre toutes les femmes'' by Maurice Cazeneuve : ''Margot'' * 1978 : '' Claudine en ménage'' by

Édouard Molinaro Édouard Molinaro (13 May 1928 – 7 December 2013) was a French film director and screenwriter. Biography He was born in Bordeaux, Gironde. He is best known for his comedies with Louis de Funès (''Oscar (1967 film), Oscar'', ''Hibernatus''), ...

* 1980 : '' Papa Poule'' by Roger Kahane, (TV series) : ''L'employée by l'ANPE (1980)'' * 1982 : '' Le sage de Sauvenat'' (TV) * 1984 : '' Rue Carnot'' (TV series) : ''Suzanne'' * 1989 : '' Je retourne chez maman'' ('' Intrigues'') by Emmanuel Fonlladosa {{DEFAULTSORT:Vatel, Francoise 1937 births 2005 deaths People from Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine Actresses from Île-de-France French television actresses French film actresses French stage actresses 20th-century French women