Gabrielle Fontan

Gabrielle Fontan

April 16, 1873

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.

Known For

14 titles
1
Daybreak

Daybreak

1939 · 1h 33m · Movie

After committing a murder, a man locks himself in his apartment and recollects the events that led him to the killing.

7.7
2
A Day in the Country

A Day in the Country

1946 · 40m · Movie

The family of a Parisian shop-owner spends a day in the country. The daughter falls in love with a man at the inn, where they spend the day.

7.5
3
Deadlier Than the Male

Deadlier Than the Male

1956 · 1h 53m · Movie

André Chatelin is a restaurant owner in Les Halles in Paris. One morning, a girl named Catherine asks to see him. She happens to be the daughter of his estranged wife, Gabrielle, that André left more than twenty years before. As G...

7.5
4
Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case

Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case

1959 · 1h 41m · Movie

The Countess de Saint-Fiacre, having received a terrible anonymous letter predicting her imminent death, summons Commissioner Maigret in the hope that he can protect her and save her from a secret ill-wisher.

7.0
5
Love Is My Profession

Love Is My Profession

1958 · 2h 2m · Movie

Married French lawyer Andre defends succesfully the case of Yvette, who committed a robbery. He falls in love with her, but she isn't true to him.

6.7
6
La fin du jour

La fin du jour

1939 · 1h 39m · Movie

Aged penniless actors are living in a old people's home. They always talk about their past glory or failures. One day Raphael Saint-Clair comes; he has been a famous actor and had a lot of love affairs. Passions come back, and jea...

7.8
7
Monsieur Vincent

Monsieur Vincent

1947 · 1h 51m · Movie

St. Vincent de Paul struggles to bring about peace and harmony among peasants and nobles in the midst of the Black Death in Europe, carrying on his charitable work in the face of all obstacles.

7.0
8
Sylvie and the Ghost

Sylvie and the Ghost

1946 · 1h 37m · Movie

Sylvie's father sells her grandmother's lover's painting for cash. The ghost appears on Sylvie's 16th birthday. Two suitors dress as the ghost to impress her. The real ghost helps resolve the love triangle.

6.9
9
Strangers in the House

Strangers in the House

1942 · 1h 35m · Movie

Loursat, a lawyer, lives with his daughter Nicole. Abandoned by his wife about 20 years ago, he has sunk into alcoholism. One day, the corpse of a stranger is discovered in the attic of his residence.

7.0
10
Douce

Douce

1943 · 1h 30m · Movie

In Paris in 1887, Irène works as a governess to Douce, the grand-daughter of the dowager Countess de Bonafé. Douce believes she is in love with Fabien, the handsome manager of the estate. However she cannot hope to marry him becau...

7.1
11
Be Beautiful But Shut Up

Be Beautiful But Shut Up

1958 · 1h 50m · Movie

Orphaned 18-year-old girl joins jewel smugglers, falls for policeman, marries him, complicating her criminal involvement.

5.7
12
Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment

1956 · 1h 47m · Movie

Modern update of Dostoievski's novel Crime and Punishment.

6.6
13
Life Is Ours

Life Is Ours

1936 · 1h 6m · Movie

A propaganda film of the communist party of France, showing who the comrades help the proletarian people against the capitalists. It also features propagandistic speeches of leading members of the party.

5.9
14
Picpus

Picpus

1943 · 1h 35m · Movie

Picpus is a street and a subway stop where a number of murders have been committed, Maigret tries to find the killer.

6.0