Jehanne d'Alcy

Jehanne d'Alcy
Born	Charlotte Lucie Marie Adèle Stephanie Adrienne Faës 20 March 1865 Vaujours, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
Died	14 October 1956 (aged 91) Versailles, France
Nationality	French
Occupation	film actress
Years active	1896–1952
Spouse(s)	Georges Méliès (1925–1938; his death)

Charlotte Lucie Marie Adèle Stephanie Adrienne Faës, known by her stage name Jehanne d'Alcy (20 March 1865 – 14 October 1956), was a French film actress. She was the wife of French cinema pioneer Georges Méliès from 1926 until his death in 1938.

D'Alcy had achieved success in theatrical productions by 1896, but left the stage to devote herself to film, becoming one of the first performers to do so.^[1]

She was born in Vaujours, Seine-Saint-Denis. She appeared in Le Manoir du diable (1896), Jeanne d'Arc (1900) and Le Voyage dans la lune (1902). She died in Versailles at age 91.^[2]

She was portrayed by actress Helen McCrory in Martin Scorsese's 2011 film Hugo.

Selected filmography

• Le Manoir du diable (1896)
• Escamotage d'une dame au théâtre Robert Houdin (1896) - Woman
• Après le bal (1897) - Woman
• Jeanne d'Arc (1899) - Jeanne d'Arc
• Cendrillon (1899) - Fairy Godmother
• Cléopâtre (1899) - Cleopatre
• Barbe-bleue (1901) - Le nouvelle épouse de Barbe-bleue
• Le Voyage dans la lune (1902) (uncredited)
• Le Grand Méliès (1952) - herself

Bibliography

• Herbert, Stephen. "Jehanne d'Alcy". Who's Who of Victorian Cinema. Retrieved 2009-07-24.

References

1. Wemaere, Séverine; Duval, Gilles (2011). La couleur retrouvée du Voyage dans la Lune. Groupama Gan Foundation for Cinema and Technicolor Foundation for Cinema Heritage. p. 165. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
2. http://www.victorian-cinema.net/dalcy.htm

External links

• Jehanne d'Alcy at the Internet Movie Database