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Gabrielle Fontan

Gabrielle Fontan

Actor · Died September 8, 1959, aged 86 · Bordeaux, Gironde, France

Gabrielle Fontan (16 April 1873 – 8 September 1959) was a French film actress. She appeared in more than 120 films between 1927 and 1959. Source: Article "Gabrielle Fontan" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
April 16, 1873
Died
September 8, 1959 (aged 86)
From
Bordeaux, Gironde, France
Works as
Actor
Titles
15 on MovieCove · 114 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 39% in 30 days

What are Gabrielle Fontan's films like?

Across their 12 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Power.

Genres

Crime6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 77th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Drama4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 67th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 19th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
29%
Power
25%
Morality
19%
Self
15%
Society
5%
Ideas
5%
Survival
3%
Romantic love6 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception3 titles, browse their movies with this themeClass2 titles, browse their movies with this themeOppression2 titles, browse their movies with this themeGreed2 titles, browse their movies with this themeMemory2 titles, browse their movies with this themeBetrayal2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 12 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 3 · Serious 1 · Dark 8

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 4 · Stylized 7 · Heightened 1

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 4 · Charged 4 · Intense 4

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 8 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 9 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 2

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 5 · Engaged 7 · Full focus 0

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 5 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 6

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 9 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Melancholic
8
Tense
6
Contemplative
3
Joyful
2
Dread
2
Other
7

How their films linger

Haunting5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteDevastating3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy3
  • Bittersweet2
  • Tragic6
  • Ambiguous1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Gabrielle Fontan's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 15 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on The Criterion Channel (3).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Gabrielle Fontan's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

114 credits, 15 with a MovieCove page.

  • The Versailles Affair (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Actor

  • Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case(1959)

    as Marie Tatin

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • The Lovers of Tomorrow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    as la vieille

  • Julie la rousse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    as Mme Michon, la concierge

  • The Magic of the Kite (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    as the concierge

  • Love Is My Profession(1958)

    as Mrs. Langlois

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • My Darned Father (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    as Estelle

  • Be Beautiful But Shut Up(1958)

    as La grand-mère de Jean

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • A Certain Mr. Jo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    as Mme. Michel

  • Premier mai (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    as Mrs. Lurde

  • Les Misérables(1958)

    as Mother superior of the convent

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Chéri, fais-moi peur(1958)

    as La présidente du jury du prix littéraire

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Lovers of Paris (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    as Mrs. Pilou, cleaning lady (uncredited)

  • The Gates of Paris (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    as Mme Sabatier, Juju and Nénette's Mother

  • Love Is at Stake (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    as Emilie

  • Hi Doc (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    as Madeleine Blaise

  • Crime and Punishment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    as madame Horvais

  • Bold Adventure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    as The grandmother

  • My Priest Among the Poor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Actor

  • Deadlier Than the Male(1956)

    as Mme Jules

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • L'homme au parapluie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    as Ellen

  • The Grand Manoeuvre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    as Melanie, Duverger's servant

  • Papa, Mama, My Wife and Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    as La directrice de Saint-Beuve, collège pour filles

  • Black Dossier (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    as Mme Micoulin, la logeuse

  • Men Think Only of That (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    as Old lady on the stairs

  • Flesh and the Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    as Religious (uncredited)

  • La Belle au bois dormant (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    as La fée Carabosse

  • Desperate Decision (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    as Sister Patricia

  • Two Pennies Worth of Violets (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    as La concierge

  • Life in a Song (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    as The aunt

  • Juliette, or Key of Dreams (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    as Boss of the confectionery

  • The Strollers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    as Old lady

  • Julie de Carneilhan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    as Concierge

  • Marie of the Port (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    as Gossip

  • La Bataille du feu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    as Old woman

  • Manon(1949)

    as Mme. Agnès

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Such a Pretty Little Beach(1949)

    as The Old Woman in the Bus

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Le Dessous des cartes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    as Florence's mother

  • Rapide de nuit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    as Mother with cats

  • After Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    as The Old Catou

  • Vertigine d'amore (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    as Olivero's mother

  • Torrents (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    as Maria

  • Monsieur Vincent(1947)

    as La vieille sourde du presbytère de Châtillon

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Vertiges (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    as Patient

  • The House Under the Sea (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    as Gossip at the washhouse

  • Pluck the Hen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    Actor

  • Anger of the Gods (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    as The Grand-Mother

  • Destiny (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    as The patience player (uncredited)

  • Gates of the Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    as la vieille

  • Pétrus(1946)

    as Mrs. Brisson, newsagent (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Her Last Part (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    Actor

  • Strange Fate (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    as Madame Durtain

  • A Day in the Country (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    as La Grand' Mère

  • Messieurs Ludovic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    as Thibauts' concierge

  • The J3 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    Actor

  • Behind These Walls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    as Madame Michaud

  • Sylvia and the Ghost (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    as Marielle

  • The Last Penny (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    as Mme Durban

  • Lunegarde (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    Actor

  • Angel and Sinner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    as Madame Follenvie

  • François Villon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    as La Villonne

  • Majestic Hotel Cellars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    as Rosalie, la bonne de Fualdès

  • The White Blackbird (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    as Landlady

  • Night Shift (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    as Maria

  • The Ménard Collection (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    as Concierge

  • Le Voyageur sans bagage(1944)

    as 'La mère Lampion'

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Secrets of a Ballerina (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Rosalie, elderly

  • Douce(1943)

    as Estelle

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Ceux du rivage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Arquebuse's sister

  • Valley of Hell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Mother Bienvenu

  • L'Escalier sans fin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Madame Bizet

  • The Roquevillards (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Pierrette La Fauchois

  • Mademoiselle Béatrice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Angèle

  • Madame et le mort (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Le Noir's concierge

  • Le Voyageur de la Toussaint (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as La vieille aubergiste (uncredited)

  • À la Belle Frégate (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Madame Blanche, fortune teller

  • Carnival of Sinners (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as The chiromancer (uncredited)

  • Picpus(1943)

    as La soeur de Le Cloaguen

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Eight Men in a Castle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Innkeeper

  • Twisted Mistress (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Madame Carbonnel

  • Strangers in the House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Fine

  • Le moussaillon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Louise

  • Sins of Youth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    as The dresser (uncredited)

  • Premier bal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    as Marie

  • The Duel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    as Housekeeper (uncredited)

  • Two Women (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    Actor

  • The Musicians of the Sky (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    as (uncredited)

  • Daybreak(1939)

    as La vieille dame dans l'escalier

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Cordial Agreement (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as Lady of the Court

  • The Fatted Calf (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as Mrs. Vachon

  • The End of the Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as Madame Jambage

  • The Curtain Rises (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    as Une mère provincviale (uncredited)

  • The Little Thing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    as Mrs. Lalouette

  • Ramuntcho (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    as Pilar Doyamboru

  • Titin from Martigues (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    Actor

  • The Time of the Cherries (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    as Antoinette

  • The Ladies in the Green Hats (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as Rosalie

  • Life Dances On (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as Rose, la bonne de Mme Audié (uncredited)

  • Pluie d'or (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    Actor

  • Life Is Ours(1936)

    as Madame Lecocq

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • La Petite Sauvage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    Actor

  • The Fleeing Dead (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Concierge

  • L'Or dans la rue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Pierre's mother, owner of a bistro

  • Toto (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    as La logeuse

  • Dainah the Mixed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    as Berthe

  • For One Cent's Worth of Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    as (uncredited)

  • Coquecigrole (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Mrs. Bien

  • Make a living (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Actor

  • My Friend Victor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Aunt Ursule

  • The crime of Sylvestre Bonnard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    Actor

  • Ces dames aux chapeaux verts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    as Rosalie

  • The Lighthouse Keepers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    as Mother of Marie

  • Misdeal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    as (uncredited)

  • Opération Jericho (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Mme Michaud

Career shape

Star power in the 93rd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 113 titles, 112 of them dated from 1928 to 1960.

Biggest box office

Love Is My Profession (1958)

$49K worldwide

Highest rated

Daybreak (1939)

Midcredits 94th

Most popular right now

Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case (1959)

Film career

  • 1937Screen debut· Life Dances On

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting113 of 113: 113 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score75th

By decade

1920s4 · acting1930s22 · acting1940s53 · acting1950s32 · acting1960s1 · acting

Billing

usually 11th · top billed in 0% of 17 roles
374757

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Gabrielle Fontan's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 72nd percentile, the median of all 15; across their 12 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 71st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

71stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Approval · how many liked their films

69thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Reach · how many have seen their films

50thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Midcredits score across 15 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up7
  • 50th to 74th3
  • 25th to 49th4
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

7 of their 15 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Universally Panned1
  • Crowd Pleaser7
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed2

Most divisive · actor

Le Voyageur sans bagage (1944)

55th percentile spread · 22% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Daybreak (1939)

Midcredits 94th · 82% liked

Reviewers score the acting 77/100 in their films, across 10 reviewed titles; fans 81, detractors 55. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Gabrielle Fontan work with?

People who share at least 2 of Gabrielle Fontan's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jean Gabin shares the most, 4.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles