image of Jehanne d'Alcy
Birthday: Mar 20, 1865
Place of Birth: Vaujours, Seine-et-Oise [now Seine-Saint-Denis], France

Jehanne d'Alcy

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.

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
A Trip to the Moon Secretary / Star / Rocket Attendant (uncredited) 1902
Joan of Arc Mère de Jeanne 1900
The Vanishing Lady Woman (as Jeanne d'Alcy) 1896
The Haunted Castle Young woman 1896
Le Grand Méliès Self 1952
The Pillar of Fire Ayesha 1899
After the Ball Woman 1897
The Fat and Lean Wrestling Match 1900
Cinderella Fairy Godmother 1899
Le Grand Méliès Commentaire 1952
Bluebeard Le Nouvelle Épouse de Barbe-bleue (as Jeanne d'Alcy) 1901
Cleopatra's Tomb le fantôme de Cléopâtre 1899
The Impossible Voyage Villager at Seaport (uncredited) 1904
The Astronomer's Dream Phoebe 1898
A Nightmare Woman in Toga 1896
Pygmalion and Galatea 1898
The Temptation of St. Anthony Seductive Woman Who Appears on the Cross (uncredited) 1898
Faust and Marguerite 1897
Alcofribas, The Master Magician 1903
Tunneling the English Channel 1907
A Collection of Silent Films, Given Sound The Queen 2025
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