Jehanne d'Alcy
Birthday
1865/03/20
Day of death
1956/10/14 (91 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Vaujours - Seine-Saint-Denis - France
Also know as
Jeanne d'Alcy, Fanny Manieux, Stéphanie Méliès
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 La secrétaire / une étoile / Agent de bord de la fusée
(1900) Joan of Arc
as Mère de Jeanne
(1896) The Vanishing Lady
as La femme
(1896) Le manoir du diable
as Young woman
(1952) Le Grand Méliès
as Self
(1899) The Pillar of Fire
as Ayesha
(1897) After the Ball
as La femme qui prend son bain
(1900) The Fat and Lean Wrestling Match
as ---
(1899) Cinderella
as La Reine Mère
(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 La tentatrice / l'ange.
(1897) Faust and Marguerite
as ---
(1903) Alcofribas, The Master Magician
as ---
(1907) Tunneling the English Channel
as ---
(1897) Le château hanté
as Young woman