Jehanne d'Alcy

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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. A Trip to the Moon (1902) — La Secrétaire / Une Étoile / Agent de Bord de la Fusée
2. The Astronomer's Dream (1900) — Фібі
3. Le manoir du diable (1896) — Дама
4. The Impossible Voyage (1904) — Селянка в морському порту (без вказання в титрах)
5. The Vanishing Lady (1896) — Дама
6. Cinderella (1899) — La Reine Mère
7. A Nightmare (1896) — Woman in Toga
8. After the Ball (1897) — La femme qui prend son bain
9. Le château hanté (1897) — Young woman
10. Bluebeard (1901) — Le Nouvelle Épouse de Barbe-bleue (as Jeanne d'Alcy)
11. Joan of Arc (1900) — Mère de Jeanne
12. The Pillar of Fire (1899) — Ayesha
13. The Temptation of St. Anthony (1898) — La tentatrice / l'ange.
14. The Fat and Lean Wrestling Match (1900)
15. Tunneling the English Channel (1907)
16. Alcofribas, The Master Magician (1903)
17. Pygmalion and Galatea (1898)
18. Le Grand Méliès (1952) — Self
19. Faust and Marguerite (1904)
20. Faust and Marguerite (1897) — Marguerite
21. Cleopatra's Tomb (1899) — le fantôme de Cléopâtre