Jehanne d'Alcy

Personal Info

  • Known ForActing
  • GenderFemale
  • Birthday1865-03-20
  • Day of Death1956-10-14 (91 years)
  • Place of BirthVaujours, Seine-et-Oise [now Seine-Saint-Denis], France
  • Also Known AsJeanne d'AlcyFanny Manieux

Jehanne d'Alcy

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...Read More