
Gaby Morlay
Born June 8, 1893 · 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. Source: Article "Gaby Morlay" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Le Plaisir

They Were Twelve Women

Good Enough to Eat

A Lover's Return

Papa, Mama, the Maid and I

My Darned Father

Millionaires for One Day

Quadrille

Papa, Mama, My Wife and Me

The Love of a Woman

The Dreamy Mouth

Les Lumières du soir

Gigi

Le Tombeur !!!

The Twilight Girls

The Scandal

The Girl with the Whip

Fortunate

Anna

The Seniors

The Last Metro

Le Billet de mille

When the Child Appears

Ariane, Russian Maid

The King

A Picnic on the Grass

Mlle. Desiree

Crime and Punishment

Mammy

The Impossible Mr. Pipelet

Jim the Cracksman, the King of Thieves

The Lovers of the Pont Saint-Jean

Fantaisie d'un jour

The Ironmaster

Monsieur

The Death Agony of the Eagles

L'Arlésienne

Hercule

Born of Unknown Father

The Ragpickers of Emmaus

Les Amoureux de Marianne

White Nights in Saint Petersburg

Hyménée

Des jeunes filles dans la nuit

L'Enfant de l'amour

Companion Wanted

Samson

Three Boys, One Girl

The Life of Giuseppe Verdi

Ève et le serpent

Once Upon a Time

Le mari ne compte pas

Love Around the Clock

We Are Not Children

Sacred Youth

The Lost Village

Jeanne

Aux portes de Paris

Behind the Facade

Paris - New-York

The Black Diamond

Without Trumpet or Drum

Quai des illusions

La Mode rêvée

Sacred Woods

Le Bonheur

When Love Is Over

First Communion

Due sorelle amano

The Fear

The Messenger

Cordial Agreement

Faubourg Montmartre

Farandole

The New Gentlemen

Foyer perdu

Ramuntcho

Summer Storm

White Wings

Accused, Stand Up!

The Blue Veil

Mensonges

Lunegarde

Her Last Part

Night Shift

Max's Vacation

Mademoiselle Béatrice




