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.
Filmography
Georges Méliès: The First Wizard of Cinema (1896-1913)
2008
as Various Roles
Le Grand Méliès
1952
as Self
Le Grand Méliès
1952
as Commentaire
Tunneling the English Channel
1907
The Impossible Voyage
1904
as Villager at Seaport (uncredited)
Faust and Marguerite
1904
Alcofribas, The Master Magician
1903
A Trip to the Moon
1902
as La Secrétaire / Une Étoile / Agent de Bord de la Fusée
Bluebeard
1901
as Le Nouvelle Épouse de Barbe-bleue (as Jeanne d'Alcy)
The Astronomer's Dream
1900
as Фібі
Joan of Arc
1900
as Mère de Jeanne
The Fat and Lean Wrestling Match
1900
Cinderella
1899
as La Reine Mère
The Pillar of Fire
1899
as Ayesha
Cleopatra's Tomb
1899
as le fantôme de Cléopâtre
Pygmalion and Galatea
1898
The Temptation of St. Anthony
1898
as La tentatrice / l'ange.
After the Ball
1897
as La femme qui prend son bain
- No poster
Faust and Marguerite
1897
as Marguerite
Le château hanté
1897
as Young woman
A Nightmare
1896
as Woman in Toga
Le manoir du diable
1896
as Дама
The Vanishing Lady
1896
as Дама