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{{Short description|French actress (1893–1964)}}
{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
|image = Mayol et Gaby de Morlay-1912.jpg
|image = Mayol et Gaby de Morlay-1912.jpg
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|birth_name = Blanche Pauline Fumoleau
|birth_name = Blanche Pauline Fumoleau
|birth_date = 8 June 1893
|birth_date = 8 June 1893
|birth_place = [[Angers]], [[Maine-et-Loire]] <br> [[France]]
|birth_place = [[Angers]], [[Maine-et-Loire]] <br> France
|death_date = 4 July 1964
|death_date = {{d-da|4 July 1964|8 June 1893}}
|death_place = [[Nice]], [[Alpes-Maritimes]]<br> France
|death_place = [[Nice]], [[Alpes-Maritimes]]<br> France
|othername =
|othername =
| nationality = [[France|French]]
| nationality = French
|occupation = [[Film actor|Film actress]]
|occupation = [[Film actor|Film actress]]
|years_active = [[1913 in film|1913]] - [[1964 in film|1964]]
|years_active = 1913–1964
}}
}}


'''Gaby Morlay''' (born '''Blanche Pauline Fumoleau'''; 8 June 1893 – 4 July 1964) was a French [[film actress]].<ref>[http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/11668 BFI profile], bfi.org.uk; accessed 7 July 2015.</ref>
'''Gaby Morlay''' (born '''Blanche Pauline Fumoleau'''; 8 June 1893 – 4 July 1964) was a film actress from France.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090118231346/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/11668 BFI profile], bfi.org.uk; accessed 7 July 2015.</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
Morley began acting in the era of silent films, and became known as co-star with [[Max Linder]] in his "Max" series.
Morlay began acting in the era of silent films, and became known as co-star with [[Max Linder]] in his "Max" series. She starred in a series of "Gaby" films such as ''Gaby en auto'' (1917) and more than 20 other silent films. She moved easily into talking films in the early 1930s.<ref name=OscherwitzHiggins/> She played [[Queen Victoria]] in the 1939 historical film ''[[Entente cordiale (film)|Entente cordiale]]''.{{fact|date=January 2016}}

She starred in a series of "Gaby" films such ''Gaby en auto'' (1917) and more than twenty other silent films.
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She had an affair with the government minister [[Max Bonnafous]] (1900–75) during World War II, and as a result, she was investigated for collaboration with the Nazis after the liberation of France. Later she married Bonnafous. Morlay continued to play important roles in the 1940s and 1950s.<ref name=OscherwitzHiggins>{{citation |last1=Oscherwitz|first1=Dayna|last2=Higgins|first2=MaryEllen|title=The A to Z of French Cinema|pages=305–307 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=57aIGJqhWDcC&pg=PA306|access-date=2016-01-02 |date=2009-09-02|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-7038-3}}</ref>
She moved easily into talking films in the early 1930s.<ref name=OscherwitzHiggins/>

She played [[Queen Victoria]] in the 1939 historical film ''[[Entente cordiale (film)|Entente cordiale]]''.{{fact|date=January 2016}}
She was an art lover and was a friend and admirer of the Italian painter Beretta Dimario who lived in Nice.
She had an affair with the government minister [[Max Bonnafous]] (1900–75) during [[World War II]] (1939–45), and as a result was investigated for collaboration with the Nazis after the liberation of France. Later she married Bonnafous.
[[File:Gaby_Morlay_and_Beretta_Dimario.png|thumb|Dedication of Gaby Morlay to the Italian artist Beretta Dimario]]
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Morlay continued to play important roles in the 1940s and 1950s.<ref name=OscherwitzHiggins>{{citation |last1=Oscherwitz|first1=Dayna|last2=Higgins|first2=MaryEllen|title=The A to Z of French Cinema|page=305–307 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=57aIGJqhWDcC&pg=PA306|accessdate=2016-01-02 |date=2009-09-02|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-7038-3}}</ref>


==Selected filmography==
==Selected filmography==
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* ''[[Once Upon a Time (1933 film)|Once Upon a Time]]'' (1933)
* ''[[Once Upon a Time (1933 film)|Once Upon a Time]]'' (1933)
* ''[[The Scandal (1934 French film)|The Scandal]]'' (1934)
* ''[[The Scandal (1934 French film)|The Scandal]]'' (1934)
* ''[[Jeanne (film)|Jeanne]]'' (1934)
* ''[[Jeanne (1934 film)|Jeanne]]'' (1934)
* ''[[We Are Not Children]]'' (1934)
* ''[[We Are Not Children]]'' (1934)
* ''[[Le Bonheur (1934 film)|Le Bonheur]]'' (1934)
* ''[[Samson (1936 film)|Samson]]'' (1936)
* ''[[Samson (1936 film)|Samson]]'' (1936)
* ''[[The King (1936 film)|The King]]'' (1936)
* ''[[The King (1936 film)|The King]]'' (1936)
* ''[[Nights of Fire|Nuits de feu]]'' (1937)
* ''[[Nights of Fire]]'' (1937)
* ''[[A Picnic on the Grass]]'' (1937)
* ''[[The Messenger (1937 film)|The Messenger]]'' (1937)
* ''[[The Messenger (1937 film)|The Messenger]]'' (1937)
* ''[[Giuseppe Verdi (film)|Giuseppe Verdi]]'' (1938)
* ''[[Giuseppe Verdi (film)|Giuseppe Verdi]]'' (1938)
* ''[[Hercule (film)|Hercule]]'' (1938)
* ''[[Hercule (film)|Hercule]]'' (1938)
* ''[[White Nights in Saint Petersburg]]'' (1938)
* ''[[Quadrille (1938 film)|Quadrille]]'' (1938)
* ''[[Quadrille (1938 film)|Quadrille]]'' (1938)
* ''[[Sacred Woods]]'' (1939)
* ''[[Sacred Woods]]'' (1939)
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* ''[[The Blue Veil (1942 film)|The Blue Veil]]'' (1942)
* ''[[The Blue Veil (1942 film)|The Blue Veil]]'' (1942)
* ''[[Love Around the Clock]]'' (1943)
* ''[[Love Around the Clock]]'' (1943)
* ''[[White Wings (1943 film)|White Wings]]'' (1943)
* ''[[Mademoiselle Béatrice (film)|Mademoiselle Béatrice]]'' (1943)
* ''[[Night Shift (1944 film)|Night Shift]]'' (1944)
*''[[Farandole (film)|Farandole]]'' (1945)
*''[[The Last Metro (1945 film)|The Last Metro]]'' (1945)
*''[[The Last Metro (1945 film)|The Last Metro]]'' (1945)
*''[[Her Final Role]]'' (1946)
*''[[Her Final Role]]'' (1946)
* ''[[The Lost Village]]'' (1947)
* ''[[The Lovers of Pont Saint Jean]]'' (1947)
* ''[[The Lost Village (film)|The Lost Village]]'' (1947)
* ''[[Three Boys, One Girl]]'' (1948)
* ''[[Three Boys, One Girl]]'' (1948)
* ''[[Gigi (1949 film)|Gigi]]'' (1949)
* ''[[Gigi (1949 film)|Gigi]]'' (1949)
* ''[[Eve and the Serpent]]'' (1949)
* ''[[Eve and the Serpent]]'' (1949)
* ''[[Millionnaires d'un jour]]'' (1949)
* ''[[Millionaires for One Day]]'' (1949)
* ''[[Summer Storm (1949 film)|Summer Storm]]'' (1949)
* ''[[Summer Storm (1949 film)|Summer Storm]]'' (1949)
* ''[[Father's Dilemma]]'' (1950)
* ''[[Father's Dilemma]]'' (1950)
* ''[[Without Trumpet or Drum]]'' (1950)
* ''[[Anna (1951 film)|Anna]]'' (1951)
* ''[[Anna (1951 film)|Anna]]'' (1951)
* ''[[Mammy (1951 film)|Mammy]]'' (1951)
* ''[[Good Enough to Eat]]'' (1951)
* ''[[Good Enough to Eat]]'' (1951)
* ''[[The Girl with the Whip (1952 film)|The Girl with the Whip]]'' (1952)
* ''[[The Girl with the Whip (1952 film)|The Girl with the Whip]]'' (1952)
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* ''[[Crime and Punishment (1956 film)|Crime and Punishment]]'' (1956)
* ''[[Crime and Punishment (1956 film)|Crime and Punishment]]'' (1956)
* ''[[Ramuntcho (1959 film)|Ramuntcho]]'' (1959)
* ''[[Ramuntcho (1959 film)|Ramuntcho]]'' (1959)
* ''[[Quay of Illusions]]'' (1959)
* ''[[ Monsieur (1964 film)| Monsieur]]'' (1964)
* ''[[ Monsieur (1964 film)| Monsieur]]'' (1964)
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[[Category:French film actresses]]
[[Category:French film actresses]]
[[Category:French silent film actresses]]
[[Category:French silent film actresses]]
[[Category:People from Angers]]
[[Category:Actors from Angers]]
[[Category:Actresses from Pays de la Loire]]
[[Category:20th-century French actresses]]
[[Category:20th-century French actresses]]
[[Category:Deaths from cancer in France]]
[[Category:Deaths from cancer in France]]



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Gaby Morlay
Gaby Morlay in 1912
Born
Blanche Pauline Fumoleau

8 June 1893
Angers, Maine-et-Loire
France
Died4 July 1964 (1964-07-05) (aged 71)
Nice, Alpes-Maritimes
France
NationalityFrench
OccupationFilm actress
Years active1913–1964

Gaby Morlay (born Blanche Pauline Fumoleau; 8 June 1893 – 4 July 1964) was a film actress from France.[1]

Career

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Morlay began acting in the era of silent films, and became known as co-star with Max Linder in his "Max" series. She starred in a series of "Gaby" films such as Gaby en auto (1917) and more than 20 other silent films. She moved easily into talking films in the early 1930s.[2] She played Queen Victoria in the 1939 historical film Entente cordiale.[citation needed]

She had an affair with the government minister Max Bonnafous (1900–75) during World War II, and as a result, she was investigated for collaboration with the Nazis after the liberation of France. Later she married Bonnafous. Morlay continued to play important roles in the 1940s and 1950s.[2]

She was an art lover and was a friend and admirer of the Italian painter Beretta Dimario who lived in Nice.

Dedication of Gaby Morlay to the Italian artist Beretta Dimario

Selected filmography

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References

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  1. ^ BFI profile, bfi.org.uk; accessed 7 July 2015.
  2. ^ a b Oscherwitz, Dayna; Higgins, MaryEllen (2009-09-02), The A to Z of French Cinema, Scarecrow Press, pp. 305–307, ISBN 978-0-8108-7038-3, retrieved 2016-01-02
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