Gaby Morlay
AKA: Габи Морлей
Birthday: 1893-06-07
Died: 1964-07-04
Birthplace: Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France
Gaby Morlay (born Blanche Pauline Fumoleau; 8 June 1893 – 4 July 1964) was a film actress from France.
Morlay began acting in the era of silent films, and became known as co-star with Max Linder in his "Max" series. She starred in a series of "Gaby" films such as Gaby en auto (1917) and more than 20 other silent films. She moved easily into talking films in the early 1930s. She played Queen Victoria in the 1939 historical film Entente cordiale.
She had an affair with the government minister Max Bonnafous (1900–75) during World War II, and as a result, she was investigated for collaboration with the Nazis after the liberation of France. Later she married Bonnafous. Morlay continued to play important roles in the 1940s and 1950s.
She was an art lover and was a friend and admirer of the Italian painter Beretta Dimario who lived in Nice.
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Filmography
Character: Mme Bernadac mère
Character: Denise - la femme d'Ambroise
Character: Germaine Leblanc
Character: Geneviève Gonin
Character: Mlle Emilienne Massillon
Character: Ginette Gentilhomme
Character: Comtesse de la Motte
Character: Anne-Marie d'Andeline
Character: Gabrielle Langlois, la mère
Character: Paulette Nanteuil
Character: La mère de Pierrot
Character: Germaine Martin
Character: Désirée Clary épouse Bernadotte / la Reine Desideria de Suède
Character: Gaby Valrose, l'amante du ministre
Character: Gabrielle Langlois, la mère
Character: Maria Carloni (Mme Dupont)
Character: Susanne Verrier
Character: Louise Jarraud
Character: Hélène Voronine
Character: Pauline Bretonneau
Character: Juliette Leclerc
Character: Adrienne Champmorel
Character: Marthe Bourdier
Character: Annette Fournier
Character: Mother superior
Character: Lisa Andreieva
Character: Queen Victoria
Character: Claire de Beaulieu
Character: La comtesse Armance de Lunegarde
Character: Giuseppina Strepponi
Character: Mathilde Bourgeot
Character: Charlotte Férioul
Character: Hélène Dourville
Character: Angélique Barrodet
Character: Madeleine Préolier
Character: Hélène Lormier
Character: Mademoiselle Marthe Dubard
Character: Madame de Saint-André
Character: Agnès d'Aubarède
Character: Laurence Barrois
Character: Mathilde de Mergrand / Mathilde Chaperon
Character: Mrs. Pierre aka 'Mammy'
Character: Alice Barbentin
Character: La mère de Denise