Gabrielle Fontan
Gabrielle Fontan (16 April 1873 – 8 September 1959) was a French film actress. She appeared in more than 120 films between 1927 and 1959.
Gabrielle Fontan

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- Name
- Gabrielle Fontan
- Born
- 16 April 1873
- Birthplace
- Bordeaux, France
- Died
- 8 September 1959
- Place of death
- Juvisy-sur-Orge, France
- Birth Name
- Gabrielle Marie Joséphine Pène-Castel
- Occupation
- Actor
- Full name
- Gabrielle Marie Joséphine Pène-Castel.
- Nationality
- France.
- Languages
- French.
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Gabrielle Fontan (16 April 1873 – 8 September 1959) was a French film actress. She appeared in more than 120 films between 1927 and 1959.
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• Name — Gabrielle Fontan • Born — 16 April 1873 • Birthplace — Bordeaux, France • Died — 8 September 1959 • Place of death — Juvisy-sur-Orge, France • Birth Name — Gabrielle Marie Joséphine Pène-Castel • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1927–1959
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• Misdeal (1928) • The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard (1929) • The Ladies in the Green Hats (1929) • The Lighthouse Keepers (1929) • My Friend Victor (1931) • Make a Living (1931) • Coquecigrole (1931) • Dainah the Mulatto (1932) • Toto (1933) • Gold in the Street (1934) • Partie de campagne (1936) • Life Dances On (1937) • The Ladies in the Green Hats (1937) • The Little Thing (1938) • Ramuntcho (1938) • The Time of the Cherries (1938) • The Fatted Calf (1939) • First Ball (1941) • Sins of Youth (1941) • Twisted Mistress (1942) • Eight Men in a Castle (1942) • The Stairs Without End (1943) • Mademoiselle Béatrice (1943) • Strange Inheritance (1943) • Love Story (1943) • Picpus (1943) • The Ménard Collection (1944) • Night Shift (1944) • Majestic Hotel Cellars (1945) • François Villon (1945) • Her Final Role (1946) • Pétrus (1946) • Messieurs Ludovic (1946) • Sylvie and the Ghost (1946) • Jericho (1946) • Destiny (1946) • The Last Penny (1946) • Vertigo (1947) • Night Express (1948) • After Love (1948) • Une si jolie petite plage (1949) • Vertigine d'amore (1949) • Julie de Carneilhan (1950) • Quay of Grenelle (1950) • Juliette, or Key of Dreams (1951) • Two Pennies Worth of Violets (1951) • Desperate Decision (1952) • Flesh and the Woman (1954) • Les hommes ne pensent qu'à ça (1954) • Black Dossier (1955) • Voici le temps des assassins (1956) • Love Is at Stake (1957) • A Certain Monsieur Jo (1958) • First of May (1958) • Julie the Redhead (1959) • Maigret and the Saint-Fiacre Case (1959)
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Bordeaux.
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Juvisy-sur-Orge.
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- “Gabrielle Fontan”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- 1.Archives de Bordeaux Métropole. vue 82-284. 19 avril 1873.
- 2.PANTIN (93) : cimetière parisien. Cimetières de France et d'ailleurs. 22 juin 2013.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 1
- Olivier Barrot et Raymond Chirat, Noir et Blanc - 250 acteurs français du cinéma français 1930-1960, Paris, Flammarion, 2000, .
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