Rosy Varte
Actor
Biography
Rosy Varte (22 November 1923 – 14 January 2012) was a French actress of Armenian descent. She made almost 100 film and television appearances since 1949.
She starred in the 1972 film The Bar at the Crossing, which was entered into the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival. She was a voice actress in the cartoon Western movies, Daisy Town (1971, as "Lulu Carabine") and La Ballade des Dalton (1978, as "Miss Worthlesspenny").
Born Nevarte Manouelian in Istanbul, Turkey, she emigrated to France at an early age. She appeared in comedies. From 1985 to 1993, she had the title role (Maguy Boissier) in 333 episodes of the hit TV series Maguy. In 2007, she won the 7 d'Or award for Best Actress for playing Maguy Boissier.
She died 14 January 2012 at the American Hospital in Neuilly-sur-Seine, aged 88, following a battle with bronchitis, which degenerated into a lung infection, according to her widower, director Pierre Badel.
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Filmography
Antoine and Colette
as Colette's Mother 1962
Love on the Run
as La Mère de Colette 1979
Happy Easter
as Marlène Chataigneau, la mère de Julie 1984
The Annuity
as Elvire Galipeau 1972
Daisy Town
as Lulu Carabine (voice) 1971
French Cancan
as Habituée du café (uncredited) 1955
Waiter!
as Gloria, Alex's ex-wife 1983
Lucky Luke: Daltons on the Loose
as Miss Worthlesspenny (voice) 1983
Manon
1949
Love at Twenty
as La mère de Colette (segment "Antoine et Colette") 1962
My Uncle Benjamin
as Bettine, soeur de Benjamin 1969
Fortunate
as Rosette Falk 1960
The Man with Connections
as The Mother 1970
Thomas the Impostor
as Mme Valiche 1965
The Hussars
as Juliette 1955
Male Companion
as Isabelle's Mother 1964