Jehanne d'Alcy

Jehanne d'Alcy

Nacimiento : 1865-03-20, Vaujours, Seine-et-Oise [now Seine-Saint-Denis], France

Muerte : 1956-10-14

Historia

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.

Perfil

Jehanne d'Alcy
Jehanne d'Alcy

Películas

Le Grand Méliès
Herself
This 1952 film by Georges Franju is a biographical film about cinematic illusionist Georges Méliès. It features Méliès’s widow, Jeanne d’Alcy, as herself, and their son, André, as his own father. LE GRAND MÉLIÈS, like Franju’s Louis Feuillade tribute, JUDEX, is a revealing homage to one of the director’s idols.
Tunneling the English Channel
The plot follows King Edward VII and President Armand Fallières dreaming of building a tunnel under the English Channel.
Viaje a través de lo imposible
Villager at Seaport (uncredited)
Using every known means of transportation, several savants from the Geographic Society undertake a journey through the Alps to the Sun which finishes under the sea.
Alcofribas, The Master Magician
Two men in a cave perform magic.
El viaje a la Luna
Costume Designer
El profesor Barbenfouillis y cinco de sus colegas de la Academia de Astronomía viajan a la Luna a bordo de un cohete propulsado por un cañón gigante. Una vez sobre la superficie lunar, los audaces exploradores afrontan los muchos peligros que ocultan las cuevas del misterioso satélite.
El viaje a la Luna
Secretary / Star / Rocket Attendant (uncredited)
El profesor Barbenfouillis y cinco de sus colegas de la Academia de Astronomía viajan a la Luna a bordo de un cohete propulsado por un cañón gigante. Una vez sobre la superficie lunar, los audaces exploradores afrontan los muchos peligros que ocultan las cuevas del misterioso satélite.
Barba azul
Le Nouvelle Épouse de Barbe-bleue (as Jeanne d'Alcy)
Cuenta en forma macabra el famoso cuento de Barba azul.
Joan of Arc
A divinely inspired peasant woman becomes an army captain for France and then is martyred after she is captured.
The Fat and Lean Wrestling Match
A series of fantastical wrestling matches.
Cenicienta
Fairy Godmother (as Jeanne d'Alcy)
Adaptación de "Cenicienta", el clásico cuento de hadas. Uno de los primeros argumentos estructurados en la historia del cine. (FILMAFFINITY)
Cleopatra's Tomb
le fantôme de Cléopâtre
A man digging inside an Egyptian tomb chops up a mummy, then resurrects the woman inside it.
The Pillar of Fire
Ayesha
A devil wearing bat-like wings and brandishing a trident dances around a giant pot, conjuring forth flame from his trident to lit a fire beneath the pot. After the devil works the fire with bellows, an angelic woman emerges from the pot. The devil and the pot vanish as the woman performs a dance, waving about her diaphanous sleeves until she conjures forth another fire, then she rises amongst the smoke into the air.
The Temptation of St. Anthony
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 Jesus Christ Himself!
Pygmalion and Galatea
Showing Pygmalion at work in his studio on the statue of Galatea, who, on being completed, comes to life. He attempts to clasp her to his arms, when the bust leaves the body and crossing the room mocks at him standing with the lower portion of her body in his hands. Further startling illusions are seen in this most beautiful picture.
Sueños de un astrónomo
Phoebe
Un astrónomo comienza a sufrir alucinaciones que tienen como protagonista a una luna que se cuela en su habitación dándole más de un dolor de cabeza.
Faust and Marguerite
Mephistopheles demands that Faust kill Marguerite.
After the Ball
Woman
Una mujer se quita su ropa para tomar un baño, con la ayuda de una sirvienta. Se trata de uno de los primeros films con desnudez más o menos explícita de la historia del cine. (FILMAFFINITY)
A Nightmare
Woman in Toga
A man has a fantastical nightmare involving, among other things, a grinning malevolent moon.
The Haunted Castle
Young woman
Le Manoir du diable or The House of the Devil, released in the United States as The Haunted Castle and in Britain as The Devil's Castle, is an 1896 French short silent film directed by Georges Méliès. The film tells the story of an encounter with the Devil and various attendant phantoms. It is intended to evoke amusement and wonder from its audiences, rather than fear. However, because of its themes and characters, it has been considered to technically be the first horror film, as well as potentially the first vampire film. The film opens with a large bat flying into a medieval castle, circling a room, and then suddenly changing into the Devil. Producing a cauldron, Mephistopheles conjures up a young girl and various supernatural creatures in an effort to scare two cavaliers, eventually succeeding in causing one to flee. Ultimately the remaining cavalier is confronted face-to-face by the Devil before reaching for and brandishing a large crucifix, which causes the Devil to vanish.
Escamotage d'une dame chez Robert-Houdin
Woman (as Jeanne d'Alcy)
Georges Méliès makes a woman disappear, then reappear.