
Jehanne d'Alcy
Acting
1865-03-20 - Present
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.
Credits

A Trip to the MoonasSecretary / Star / Rocket Attendant (uncredited)

Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin ScorseseasWoman (archive footage from "The Vanishing Lady")

The Impossible VoyageasVillager at seaport (uncredited)

The Astronomer's DreamasPhoebe

Le manoir du diableasYoung woman

CinderellaasFairy Godmother

Le château hantéasYoung woman

The Vanishing LadyasWoman (as Jeanne d'Alcy)

Joan of ArcasMère de Jeanne

After the BallasWoman

BluebeardasLe Nouvelle Épouse de Barbe-bleue (as Jeanne d'Alcy)

A NightmareasWoman in Toga

The Fat and Lean Wrestling Matchas

Tunneling the English Channelas

Le Grand MélièsasSelf

Le Grand MélièsasCommentaire

The Temptation of St. AnthonyasSeductive Woman Who Appears on the Cross (uncredited)

The Pillar of FireasAyesha

Cleopatra's Tombasle fantôme de Cléopâtre
Faust and Margueriteas

Alcofribas, The Master Magicianas

Pygmalion and Galateaas