Jehanne d'Alcy
Actor
Biography
A performer at the Théâtre Robert-Houdin from 1888, when it was re-opened by Georges Méliès, Jehanne d'Alcy (also known as Fanny Manieux) later became Méliès's mistress and appeared in a number of his films, including the first of his risqué productions Après le bal - le tub (1897). Méliès's first wife Eugenie died in May 1913, and in 1925 he married d'Alcy. Her concession of a toy stall at the Gare Montparnasse, Paris, manned by Georges, provided their only income for several years. In 1932 they moved into an apartment at a home for cinema veterans. After Méliès's death, d'Alcy appeared in the poignant framing sequences of Georges Franju's short dramatisation of his life, Le Grand Méliès (1952), with Méliès's son André playing his father. Jehanne d'Alcy died on 14 October 1956 at Versailles, aged ninety-two.
Filmography
The Astronomer's Dream
as Phoebe 1900
Le manoir du diable
as Young woman 1896
The Impossible Voyage
as Villager at seaport (uncredited) 1904
The Vanishing Lady
as La femme 1896
Cinderella
as La Reine Mère 1899
A Nightmare
as Woman in Toga 1896
After the Ball
as La femme qui prend son bain 1897
Le château hanté
as Young woman 1897
Bluebeard
as Le Nouvelle Épouse de Barbe-bleue (as Jeanne d'Alcy) 1901
Joan of Arc
as Mère de Jeanne 1900
The Pillar of Fire
as Ayesha 1899
The Temptation of St. Anthony
as La tentatrice / l'ange. 1898
The Fat and Lean Wrestling Match
1900
Tunneling the English Channel
1907
Alcofribas, The Master Magician
1903
Pygmalion and Galatea
1898