Jehanne d'Alcy
Birthday
1865/03/20
Day of death
1956/10/14 (91 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Vaujours, Seine-et-Oise [now Seine-Saint-Denis], France
Also know as
Jeanne d'Alcy, Fanny Manieux
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 the...Read more
Acting
(1902) A Trip to the Moon
as Secretary / Star / Rocket Attendant (uncredited)
(1900) Joan of Arc
as Mère de Jeanne
(1896) The Vanishing Lady
as Woman (as Jeanne d'Alcy)
(1896) The Haunted Castle
as Young woman
(1952) Le Grand Méliès
as Self
(1899) The Pillar of Fire
as Ayesha
(1897) After the Ball
as Woman
(1900) The Fat and Lean Wrestling Match
as ---
(1899) Cinderella
as Fairy Godmother
(1952) Le Grand Méliès
as Commentaire
(1901) Bluebeard
as Le Nouvelle Épouse de Barbe-bleue (as Jeanne d'Alcy)
(1899) Cleopatra's Tomb
as le fantôme de Cléopâtre
(1904) The Impossible Voyage
as Villager at Seaport (uncredited)
(1898) The Astronomer's Dream
as Phoebe
(1896) A Nightmare
as Woman in Toga
(1898) Pygmalion and Galatea
as ---
(1898) The Temptation of St. Anthony
as Seductive Woman Who Appears on the Cross (uncredited)
(1897) Faust and Marguerite
as ---
(1903) Alcofribas, The Master Magician
as ---
(1907) Tunneling the English Channel
as ---
(2025) A Collection of Silent Films, Given Sound
as The Queen
(2019) Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
as Woman (archive footage from "The Vanishing Lady")