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Brigitte Fossey

Brigitte Fossey

Actor · Born June 15, 1946 (80) · Tourcoing, Nord, France

Brigitte Florence Fossey (born 15 June 1946) is a French actress. The daughter of a schoolteacher, Fossey was five years old when she was cast by director René Clément to star in his film, Forbidden Games. Fossey played the role of an innocent child orphaned by World War II. The film won numerous awards worldwide, including the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and Fossey was hired by American actor/director Gene Kelly for his 1957 film, The Happy Road. When Fossey was ten years old her parents took her out of the film business so she could receive proper schooling. While completing her education, Fossey studied piano and dance and then went on to work in Geneva, Switzerland as an interpreter/translator. In 1967, at age twenty, after studying acting at Yves Furet "Studio d'Entrainement de l'Acteur" in Paris, Fossey was offered the female lead by director Jean-Gabriel Albicocco for his film Le Grand Meaulnes. As an adult Fossey acted both on stage and in film, working with French directors such as François Truffaut and Bertrand Blier. Fluent in English, Fossey has appeared in several Hollywood motion pictures, including a 1979 role as the wife of Paul Newman in the Robert Altman-directed film, Quintet. In 1982, she was a member of the jury at the 32nd Berlin International Film Festival. During the 1990s, she began performing in television productions. Brigitte Fossey has a daughter from her marriage to director Jean-François Adam, whom she met while making his 1970 film M comme Mathieu. Source: Article "Brigitte Fossey" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
June 15, 1946 (80)
From
Tourcoing, Nord, France
Works as
Actor
Titles
18 on MovieCove · 81 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 39 days to Oct 28Down 27% in 30 days

What are Brigitte Fossey's films like?

Across their 17 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Survival.

Genres

Comedy5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 58th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 67th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Action3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 68th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action 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
28%
Survival
21%
Self
21%
Power
10%
Morality
10%
Ideas
8%
Society
2%
Family bonds6 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival3 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love4 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity3 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose2 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFreedom2 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 15 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 6 · Serious 2 · Dark 7

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

A split, not a type: Grounded 9 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 2

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

A split, not a type: Gentle 3 · Charged 5 · Intense 7

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

A split, not a type: Steady 7 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 2

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 9 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 2

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 9 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 1

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

Casual 4 · Engaged 8 · Full focus 3

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 6 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 7

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 9 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 4

Roles they play

5 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 3 of 5 analyzed roles.

Ally
3 of 5
Threshold guardian
1 of 5
Mentor
1 of 5

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
8
Dread
5
Warm
5
Melancholic
5
Romantic
4
Other
17

How their films linger

Unsettling7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteDevastating2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 4 with a twist

  • Happy3
  • Bittersweet8
  • Ambiguous6

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 Brigitte Fossey's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 18 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (7).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Brigitte Fossey'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

81 credits, 18 with a MovieCove page; 24 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Big Kids (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Actor

  • Mon Heroine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Jeanne

  • Revival(2022)

    Show 6 episodes · as Françoise

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Way to Happiness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Judith Askelevicz

  • Un monde, un regard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Hossein, Ronet, Trintignant : Confidences de trois acteurs inoubliables (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Actor

  • Raining Cats and Dogs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Angèle

  • Love in Vienna (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 2 episodes · as Monique

  • Infidelity (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Mère de Marie

  • Murders in Valenciennes(2018)

    as Christiane Tortois

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Banking District(2017)

    Show 12 episodes · as Blanche Grangier

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows

  • Don't Tell Her(2016)

    as Violette

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • A Family Secret (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 6 episodes · as Hélène

  • Une femme nommée Marie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Voice of Marie (voice)

  • Le Mystère Joséphine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Rose Claire

  • Death on the Island (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Jeanne Borghese

  • Grosse chaleur (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Marie-Sophie Merceron

  • Passage interdit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Mathilde Auger

  • The Woman I'm Watching (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Camille

  • Un et un font six (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Show 8 episodes · as Laurence Poirier

  • L'Enfant tombée du ciel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Nicole

  • Una bambina di troppo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Nicole

  • Pour l'amour de Thomas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Véronique

  • The Castle of Olive Trees (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Show 8 episodes · as Estelle Laborie

  • Das lange Gespräch mit dem Vogel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Elisabeth Halbritter

  • A Vampire in Paradise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Mrs. Belfond

  • Shipwrecked Children (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Hélène

  • Ferbac (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Show 1 episode · as Martine

  • The Last Butterfly(1991)

    as Věra

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Deadly Games(1989)

    as Julie de Frémont

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Chillers(1990)

    Show 1 episode · as Sylvia

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all shows

  • L'Été de la Révolution (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as Marie-Antoinette

  • L'Été de la Révolution (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Show 2 episodes · as Marie-Antoinette

  • Cinema Paradiso(1988)

    as Elena Mendola (adult)

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • L'Affaire Caillaux (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 4 episodes · as Henriette

  • Un caso d'incoscienza (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as Elisabeth

  • The Future of Emily (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as Isabelle

  • Au nom de tous les miens (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 8 episodes · as Dina

  • A Strange Passion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    as Elvire

  • Les Fausses Confidences (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    as Araminte

  • For Those I Loved(1983)

    as Dina Gray

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Scarlet Fever (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Nicole

  • The Bastard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Foreman's wife

  • Le Jeune Marié (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Viviane

  • The Party 2(1982)

    as Françoise Beretton

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Enigma(1982)

    as Karen Reinhardt

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Imperative (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    as Yvonne

  • Croque la vie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    as Catherine

  • Chanel Solitaire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    as Adrienne

  • The Triple Death of the Third Character (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    as The French woman

  • The Party(1980)

    as Françoise Beretton

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • A Bad Son (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    as Catherine

  • Mais où et donc Ornicar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    as Anne

  • Quintet(1979)

    as Vivia, Essex's Wife

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • The Glass Cell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    as Lisa Braun

  • Civil Wars in France (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    as Andrée Léo (segment "La semaine sanglante")

  • The Goodbye Singing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    as Marguerite

  • Closet Children (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    as Juliette

  • The Man Who Loved Women(1977)

    as Geneviève Bigey

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Blue Country (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    as Louise Morand

  • The Honey Flowers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as Sylvie

  • Femmes Fatales(1976)

    as Suzanne Dufour

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • The Good and the Bad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as Dominique

  • The Brigade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Katia

  • Les Grands Détectives (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Show 1 episode · as Julia

  • The Irony of Chance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as Ursula

  • Erica Minor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as Anne

  • Going Places(1974)

    as Woman on the train

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • The Hundred Books: Alice in Wonderland (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as Grande Alice

  • The Man Who Died Twice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as Denise

  • 'M' as in Mathieu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as Jeanne / Murielle

  • Les Gens de Mogador (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Show 13 episodes · as Dominique Vernet (adulte)

  • Raphael or the Debauched One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    as Bernardine

  • Crime and Punishment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    as Sonia

  • Les Cent Livres des Hommes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Show 1 episode · as Clélia · as Grande Alice

  • Farewell, Friend(1968)

    as Dominique "Waterloo" Austerlitz

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • The Wanderer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    as Yvonne de Galais

  • The Happy Road (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    as Janine Duval

  • Forbidden Games(1952)

    as Paulette

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Parade nuptiale (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • Second to Nun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Sister Maria Claire

Career shape

Star power in the 98th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 81 titles, 79 of them dated from 1952 to 2023; peak year 1989.

Biggest box office

Farewell, Friend (1968)

$20M worldwide

Highest rated

Cinema Paradiso (1988)

Midcredits 99th

Film career

19522023

Peak 1989 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 1 MovieCove title. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 1952Screen debut· Forbidden Games
  • 1952First top-billed film· Forbidden Games

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting81 of 81: 81 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score58th

By decade

1950s2 · acting1960s2 · acting1970s23 · acting1980s21 · acting1990s13 · acting2000s4 · acting2010s8 · acting2020s6 · acting

Billing

usually 3rd · top billed in 11% of 18 roles
527787

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 Brigitte Fossey's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 67th percentile, the median of all 15; across their 15 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 64th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

64thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 15

Approval · how many liked their films

68thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 15

Reach · how many have seen their films

75thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 15

Midcredits score across 18 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up5
  • 50th to 74th6
  • 25th to 49th3
  • Below 25th4

Shape of the crowd

8 of their 18 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Crowd Pleaser8
  • Broadly Agreed5
  • Mixed3

Most divisive · actor

Quintet (1979)

55th percentile spread · 38% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Cinema Paradiso (1988)

Midcredits 99th · 92% liked

Reviewers score the acting 75/100 in their films, across 13 reviewed titles; fans 80, detractors 41. 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.

Is Brigitte Fossey's work okay for kids?

Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 57 · moderateMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity6 titles35–80 · median 56 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Brigitte Fossey work with?

People who share at least 2 of Brigitte Fossey's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Claude Pinoteau shares the most, 2.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers