Portrait of Brigitte Fossey

Acting

Brigitte Fossey

Career

Active from 1952 to 2022, with up to 4 main titles a year.

Leading roles
51
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for Forbidden Games
Forbidden Games
GoodWatch score83/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

  • César Awards · Best Actress

    1978 · Nominated · 3rd César Awards

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    Source: Wikidata

Characters

6

The characters Brigitte Fossey played, best-known titles first.

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 22 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Brigitte Fossey Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Fantasy
    0.5, average 1.7
  • Physical Comedy
    1.5, average 2.4
  • Mystery
    3.1, average 3.9
  • Wonder
    2.7, average 3.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • French Cinema 4
  • Moral Ambiguity 3
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Character-Driven 3
  • Social Realism 2
  • Character Study 2
  • Relationship Drama 2
  • Political Intrigue 2
  • Psychological Thriller 2
  • Emotional Resilience 2
  • Rural Setting 2
  • Cold War Espionage 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

78
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Second to Nun
Second to Nun

as Sister Maria Claire

2020s

4 titles · average score 60
Revival
Revival (2022)

TV show · as Françoise

Mon Heroine
Mon Heroine (2022)
GoodWatch score 60

as Jeanne

The Way to Happiness
The Way to Happiness (2022)

as Judith Askelevicz

Un monde, un regard
Un monde, un regard (2021)

TV show

2010s

8 titles · average score 59
Raining Cats and Dogs
Raining Cats and Dogs (2019)
GoodWatch score 63

as Angèle

Love in Vienna
Love in Vienna (2018)

TV show · as Monique

Les Disparus de Valenciennes
Les Disparus de Valenciennes (2018)

as Christiane Tortois

Infidelity
Infidelity (2018)
GoodWatch score 59

as Mère de Marie

Banking District
Banking District (2017)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show · as Blanche Grangier

Don't Tell Her
Don't Tell Her (2017)
GoodWatch score 52

as Violette

A Family Secret
A Family Secret (2014)

TV show · as Hélène

Une femme nommée Marie
Une femme nommée Marie (2011)

as Voice of Marie (voice)

2000s

4 titles
Le Mystère Joséphine
Le Mystère Joséphine (2009)

as Rose Claire

Death on the Island
Death on the Island (2008)

as Jeanne Borghese

Grosse chaleur
Grosse chaleur (2004)

as Marie-Sophie Merceron

Passage interdit
Passage interdit (2000)

as Mathilde Auger

1990s

13 titles · average score 63
The Woman I'm Watching
The Woman I'm Watching (1998)

as Camille

Pour l'amour de Thomas
Pour l'amour de Thomas (1995)

as Véronique

Una bambina di troppo
Una bambina di troppo (1995)

as Nicole

L'Enfant tombée du ciel
L'Enfant tombée du ciel (1995)

as Nicole

The Castle of Olive Trees
The Castle of Olive Trees (1993)

TV show · as Estelle Laborie

Shipwrecked Children
Shipwrecked Children (1992)

as Hélène

A Vampire in Paradise
A Vampire in Paradise (1992)

as Mrs. Belfond

Das lange Gespräch mit dem Vogel
Das lange Gespräch mit dem Vogel (1992)

as Elisabeth Halbritter

The Last Butterfly
The Last Butterfly (1991)
GoodWatch score 64

as Věra

Ferbac
Ferbac (1991)

TV show · as Martine

Dial Code Santa Claus
Dial Code Santa Claus (1990)
GoodWatch score 61

as Julie de Frémont

Chillers
Chillers (1990)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show · as Sylvia

1980s

21 titles · average score 70
L'Été de la Révolution
L'Été de la Révolution (1989)

TV show · as Marie-Antoinette

Cinema Paradiso
Cinema Paradiso (1988)
GoodWatch score 86

as Elena Mendola (adult)

L'Affaire Caillaux
L'Affaire Caillaux (1985)

TV show · as Henriette

Au nom de tous les miens
Au nom de tous les miens (1985)

TV show · as Dina

For Those I Loved
For Those I Loved (1983)
GoodWatch score 70

as Dina Gray

Le Jeune Marié
Le Jeune Marié (1983)

as Viviane

Scarlet Fever
Scarlet Fever (1983)

as Nicole

The Party 2
The Party 2 (1982)
GoodWatch score 66

as Françoise Beretton

Enigma
Enigma (1982)
GoodWatch score 59

as Karen Reinhardt

Imperative
Imperative (1982)

as Yvonne

The Party
The Party (1980)
GoodWatch score 67

as Françoise Beretton

A Bad Son
A Bad Son (1980)
GoodWatch score 75

as Catherine

1970s

23 titles · average score 64
Quintet
Quintet (1979)
GoodWatch score 36

as Vivia, Essex's Wife

Mais où et donc Ornicar
Mais où et donc Ornicar (1979)

as Anne

The Glass Cell
The Glass Cell (1978)
GoodWatch score 67

as Lisa Braun

Civil Wars in France
Civil Wars in France (1978)

as Andrée Léo (segment "La semaine sanglante")

The Man Who Loved Women
The Man Who Loved Women (1977)
GoodWatch score 78

as Geneviève Bigey

Blue Country
Blue Country (1977)

as Louise Morand

The Goodbye Singing
The Goodbye Singing (1977)

as Marguerite

Femmes Fatales
Femmes Fatales (1976)
GoodWatch score 65

as Suzanne Dufour

The Honey Flowers
The Honey Flowers (1976)

as Sylvie

Going Places
Going Places (1974)
GoodWatch score 72

as Woman on the train

The Man Who Died Twice
The Man Who Died Twice (1973)

as Denise

Raphael or the Debauched One
Raphael or the Debauched One (1971)
GoodWatch score 66

as Bernardine

1960s

2 titles · average score 62
Farewell, Friend
Farewell, Friend (1968)
GoodWatch score 63

as Dominique "Waterloo" Austerlitz

The Wanderer
The Wanderer (1967)
GoodWatch score 61

as Yvonne de Galais

1950s

2 titles · average score 63
The Happy Road
The Happy Road (1957)
GoodWatch score 44

as Janine Duval

Forbidden Games
Forbidden Games (1952)
GoodWatch score 83

as Paulette