Jehanne d'Alcy
Known For
Acting
Born
1865-03-20 in Vaujours - Seine-Saint-Denis - France
Died
1956-10-14
Biography
A performer at the Théâtre Robert-Houdin from 1888, when it was re-opened by Georges Méliès, Jehanne d'Alcy (also known as Fanny Manieux) later became Méliès's mistress and appeared in a number of his films, including the first of his risqué productions Après le bal - le tub (1897). Méliès's first wife Eugenie died in May 1913, and in 1925 he married d'Alcy. Her concession of a toy stall at the Gare Montparnasse, Paris, manned by Georges, provided their only income for several years. In 1932 they moved into an apartment at a home for cinema veterans. After Méliès's death, d'Alcy appeared in the poignant framing sequences of Georges Franju's short dramatisation of his life, Le Grand Méliès (1952), with Méliès's son André playing his father. Jehanne d'Alcy died on 14 October 1956 at Versailles, aged ninety-two.
Most Known For
A Trip to the Moon
as La Secrétaire / Une Étoile / Agent de Bord de la Fusée
Bluebeard
as Le Nouvelle Épouse de Barbe-bleue (as Jeanne d'Alcy)
Cinderella
as La Reine Mère
The Impossible Voyage
as Villager at seaport (uncredited)
A Nightmare
as Woman in Toga
Cleopatra's Tomb
as le fantôme de Cléopâtre
Le château hanté
as Young woman
The Astronomer's Dream
as Phoebe
Le manoir du diable
as Young Woman
The Vanishing Lady
as La femme
Joan of Arc
as Mère de Jeanne
Le Grand Méliès
as Self
Le Grand Méliès
as Commentaire
The Fat and Lean Wrestling Match
After the Ball
as La femme qui prend son bain
The Temptation of St. Anthony
as La tentatrice / l'ange.
Pygmalion and Galatea
The Pillar of Fire
as Ayesha
Tunneling the English Channel
