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Brigitte Fossey, born June 15, 1946 in Tourcoing,
Nord, France, is an acting|actress.

The daughter of a schoolteacher, she was only six
years old when she was cast by director René
Clément to star in his film, Forbidden Games.
Fossey's performance of an innocent child orphaned
by World War II was widely praised by critics and
audiences alike. The film won numerous awards
world-wide including the Academy Award for Best
Foreign Language Film and Fossey was hired by
American actor/director Gene Kelly for his 1957
film, The Happy Road. She was just ten years old
when filming finished and her parents decided to
take her out of the film business so she could
receive proper schooling and live a normal
childhood.

While completing her education, Fossey studied
piano and dance but went on to work in Geneva,
Switzerland as an
interpreting|interpreter/translation|translator.
In 1966, at age twenty, she was offered the female
lead by director Jean-Gabriel Albicocco for his
film Le Grand Meaulnes. As a young lady, she came
across on screen with the same sweet innocence
that had captivated audiences as a six-year-old
child in Forbidden Games. This first adult role
led to a long and successful career in acting both
on stage and in film, working with notable French
directors such as François Truffaut and Bertrand
Blier. Fluent in English language|English, Fossey
made several Hollywood motion pictures including
in a 1979 role as the wife of Paul Newman in the
Robert Altman directed film, Quintet
(film)|Quintet. During the 1990s, she began
performing almost exclusively in television
productions.

Brigitte Fossey has a daughter from her marriage
to director Jean-François Adam whom she met while
making his 1970 film M comme Mathieu.

==Awards and recognition==
*1977: Nominated for a CĂ©sar Award for Best
Actress in a Supporting Role for Le Bon et les
méchants
*1978: Nominated for a CĂ©sar Award for Best
Actress for Les Enfants du placard

== Filmography (partial)==
*Jeux interdits (Forbidden Games) (1951)
*La Corda d'acciaio (1953)
*The Happy Road (1957) 
*Le Grand Meaulnes (1966)
*M comme Mathieu (1970)
*Raphaël ou le débauché (1971)
*Les Valseuses (1973)
*Calmos (1975)
*L'Homme qui aimait les femmes (The Man Who Loved
Women) (1976)
*Le Bon et les méchants (The Good Guys and the
Bad Guys) (1976)
*Les Enfants du placard (Closet Children) (1977)
*The Glass Cell (1978)
*Quintet (film)|Quintet (1979)
*La Boum (1980)
*Chanel Solitaire (1981)
*Enigma (1983 film)|Enigma (1983) 
*Cinema Paradiso (1989)

==External link==
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