Portrait of Catherine Fonteney

Acting

Catherine Fonteney

Career

Active from 1921 to 1961, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
3
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score68/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Red Head
The Red Head
GoodWatch score71/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 4 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 2.9 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 5.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Catherine Fonteney Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.8, average 5.4
  • Adrenaline
    2.4, average 4.7
  • Pop Culture
    0.0, average 2.2
  • Dark Humor
    0.9, average 2.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • French Cinema 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Melodrama 2
  • 1930s France 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

36
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1960s

1 title · average score 69
The Long Absence
The Long Absence (1961)
GoodWatch score 69

as Alice Langlois

1950s

9 titles · average score 62
I Spit on Your Grave
I Spit on Your Grave (1959)
GoodWatch score 57

as Madame Shannon

Drôles de phénomènes
Drôles de phénomènes (1959)

as Madame de Saint-On

Les Amoureux de Marianne
Les Amoureux de Marianne (1953)

as Berton's stepmother

Trial at the Vatican
Trial at the Vatican (1952)

as Mère Geneviève

La demoiselle et son revenant
La demoiselle et son revenant (1952)

as Hortense de Beauminet

Judgement of God
Judgement of God (1952)

as Une bourgeoise

Beautiful Love
Beautiful Love (1951)

as Mrs. Moulin

Under the Paris Sky
Under the Paris Sky (1951)
GoodWatch score 73

as Lady of the Invalides

Dear Caroline
Dear Caroline (1951)
GoodWatch score 57

as La vieille belle

1940s

13 titles · average score 66
The Devil Who Limped
The Devil Who Limped (1948)
GoodWatch score 66

as Princess of Chalais (uncredited)

Le Gardian
Le Gardian (1946)

as la grand-mère Léa

L'ange qu'on m'a donné
L'ange qu'on m'a donné (1946)

as Mrs. Dubreuil, director of the Red Cross

Le bal des passants
Le bal des passants (1944)

as Madame Ozanne

La Rabouilleuse
La Rabouilleuse (1944)

as 'La Vèlie'

Le brigand gentilhomme
Le brigand gentilhomme (1943)

as Doña Mercedes

Shop Girls of Paris
Shop Girls of Paris (1943)

as Aurélie L'homme

L'Ange Gardien
L'Ange Gardien (1942)

as Cousin Noémie

La Symphonie fantastique
La Symphonie fantastique (1942)

as Madame Berlioz mother (uncredited)

Wicked Duchess
Wicked Duchess (1942)

as The Princess of Blamont-Chauvry

The Lost Woman
The Lost Woman (1942)

as Madame Valin

Forte tête
Forte tête (1942)

as Housekeeper

1930s

9 titles · average score 68
Grand-père
Grand-père (1939)

as Madame Mercourt

Nightclub Hostess
Nightclub Hostess (1939)

as Madame de Saint-Leu

Troubled Heart
Troubled Heart (1938)

as Mademoiselle Cléringer

The Enchanted Road
The Enchanted Road (1938)

as Madame Minervois

The Man from Nowhere
The Man from Nowhere (1937)

as Delphine Pescatore

The Tender Enemy
The Tender Enemy (1936)
GoodWatch score 64

as La Mère

Divine
Divine (1935)
GoodWatch score 67

as Mme Jarisse

Happy Days
Happy Days (1935)

as Director

The Red Head
The Red Head (1932)
GoodWatch score 71

as Mrs. Lepic

1920s

3 titles
Little Devil May Care
Little Devil May Care (1928)

as Madame Bucaille - la mère de Ludivine

Nantas
Nantas (1925)

as Nathalie - la gouvernante

Mademoiselle de La Seiglière
Mademoiselle de La Seiglière (1921)

as La baronne de Vaubert

1900s

1 title · average score 62
L'Assommoir
L'Assommoir (1908)
GoodWatch score 62

as Virginie