Gaby Morlay

Gaby Morlay
Gaby Morlay in 1912
Born	Blanche Pauline Fumoleau 8 June 1893 Angers, Maine-et-Loire France
Died	4 July 1964 (1964-07-05) (aged 71) Nice, Alpes-Maritimes France
Nationality	French
Occupation	Film actress
Years active	1913–1964

Gaby Morlay (born Blanche Pauline Fumoleau; 8 June 1893 – 4 July 1964) was a film actress from France.^[1]

Career

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.^[2] She played Queen Victoria in the 1939 historical film Entente cordiale.^{[citation needed]}

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.^[2]

She was an art lover and was a friend and admirer of the Italian painter Beretta Dimario who lived in Nice.

Selected filmography

References

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1. ^ BFI profile, bfi.org.uk; accessed 7 July 2015.
2. ^ ^{a b} Oscherwitz, Dayna; Higgins, MaryEllen (2009-09-02), The A to Z of French Cinema, Scarecrow Press, pp. 305–307, ISBN 978-0-8108-7038-3, retrieved 2016-01-02

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