Jehanne d'Alcy
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.
A Trip to the Moon
as Secretary / Star / Rocket Attendant (uncredited)Professor Barbenfouillis and five of his colleagues from the Academy of Astronomy travel to the...
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Cinderella
as Fairy GodmotherA fairy godmother magically turns Cinderella's rags to a beautiful dress, and a pumpkin into a...
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The Impossible Voyage
as Villager at Seaport (uncredited)Using every known means of transportation, several savants from the Geographic Society undertake...
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The Astronomer's Dream
as PhoebeAn astronomer has a terrifying dream.
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The Haunted Castle
as Young womanIn a medieval castle, a dark magician thought to be Mephistopheles conjures up a series of...
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The Vanishing Lady
as Woman (as Jeanne d'Alcy)Georges Méliès makes a woman disappear, then reappear.
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A Nightmare
as Woman in TogaA man has a fantastical nightmare involving, among other things, a grinning malevolent moon.
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Bluebeard
as Le Nouvelle Épouse de Barbe-bleue (as Jeanne d'Alcy)A young woman becomes the eighth wife of the wealthy Bluebeard, whose first seven wives have...
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Joan of Arc
as Mère de JeanneA divinely inspired peasant woman becomes an army captain for France and then is martyred after...
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The Fat and Lean Wrestling Match
as uncreditedA series of fantastical wrestling matches.
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The Temptation of St. Anthony
as Seductive Woman Who Appears on the Cross (uncredited)St. Anthony is tempted by visions of women, including one that is transformed from the image of...
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After the Ball
as WomanA woman arrives home after the ball. Her servant helps her undress and bathe.
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The Pillar of Fire
as AyeshaA devil wearing bat-like wings and brandishing a trident dances around a giant pot, conjuring...
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Tunneling the English Channel
as uncreditedThe plot follows King Edward VII and President Armand Fallières dreaming of building a tunnel...
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Le Grand Méliès
as SelfA biographical film about cinematic illusionist Georges Méliès featuring Méliès’s widow, Jeanne...
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Le Grand Méliès
as CommentaireA biographical film about cinematic illusionist Georges Méliès featuring Méliès’s widow, Jeanne...
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as uncreditedTwo men in a cave perform magic.
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Cleopatra's Tomb
as le fantôme de CléopâtreA man digging inside an Egyptian tomb chops up a mummy, then resurrects the woman inside it.
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Pygmalion and Galatea
as uncreditedShowing Pygmalion at work in his studio on the statue of Galatea, who, on being completed, comes...
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