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Jehanne d'Alcy

Jehanne d'Alcy

Acting
20 Mar 1865
14 Oct 1956
Vaujours - Seine-Saint-Denis - France

Biography

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 the...

Also Known As

Jeanne d'Alcy, Fanny Manieux, Stéphanie Méliès

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