Jehanne d'Alcy

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.

  • Title: Jehanne d'Alcy
  • Popularity: 4.602
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1865-03-20
  • Place of Birth: Vaujours, Seine-et-Oise [now Seine-Saint-Denis], France
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  • Also Known As: Jeanne d'Alcy, Fanny Manieux
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Jehanne d'Alcy Movies

  • 1902
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    A Trip to the Moon

    A Trip to the Moon

    7.921 1902 HD

    Professor Barbenfouillis and five of his colleagues from the Academy of Astronomy travel to the Moon aboard a rocket propelled by a giant cannon....

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  • 1900
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    Joan of Arc

    Joan of Arc

    6.9 1900 HD

    A divinely inspired peasant woman becomes an army captain for France and then is martyred after she is captured.

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  • 1896
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    The Vanishing Lady

    The Vanishing Lady

    6.212 1896 HD

    Georges Méliès makes a woman disappear, then reappear.

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  • 1896
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    The Haunted Castle

    The Haunted Castle

    6.452 1896 HD

    In a medieval castle, a dark magician thought to be Mephistopheles conjures up a series of bizarre creatures and events in order to torment a pair of...

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  • 1952
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    Le Grand Méliès

    Le Grand Méliès

    6.7 1952 HD

    A biographical film about cinematic illusionist Georges Méliès featuring Méliès’s widow, Jeanne d’Alcy, as...

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  • 1899
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    The Pillar of Fire

    The Pillar of Fire

    5.84 1899 HD

    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...

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  • 1897
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    After the Ball

    After the Ball

    5.1 1897 HD

    A woman arrives home after the ball. Her servant helps her undress and bathe.

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    The Fat and Lean Wrestling Match

    The Fat and Lean Wrestling Match

    6.6 1900 HD

    A series of fantastical wrestling matches.

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  • 1899
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    Cinderella

    Cinderella

    6.2 1899 HD

    A fairy godmother magically turns Cinderella's rags to a beautiful dress, and a pumpkin into a coach. Cinderella goes to the ball, where she meets...

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  • 1952
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    Le Grand Méliès

    Le Grand Méliès

    6.7 1952 HD

    A biographical film about cinematic illusionist Georges Méliès featuring Méliès’s widow, Jeanne d’Alcy, as...

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  • 1901
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    Bluebeard

    Bluebeard

    6.2 1901 HD

    A young woman becomes the eighth wife of the wealthy Bluebeard, whose first seven wives have died under mysterious circumstances.

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  • 1899
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    Cleopatra's Tomb

    Cleopatra's Tomb

    1.667 1899 HD

    A man digging inside an Egyptian tomb chops up a mummy, then resurrects the woman inside it. This film is presumably lost.

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  • 1904
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    The Impossible Voyage

    The Impossible Voyage

    7.2 1904 HD

    Using every known means of transportation, several savants from the Geographic Society undertake a journey through the Alps to the Sun which finishes...

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  • 1898
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    The Astronomer's Dream

    The Astronomer's Dream

    6.875 1898 HD

    An astronomer has a terrifying dream.

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  • 1896
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    A Nightmare

    A Nightmare

    6 1896 HD

    A man has a fantastical nightmare involving, among other things, a grinning malevolent moon.

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  • 1898
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    Pygmalion and Galatea

    Pygmalion and Galatea

    4.8 1898 HD

    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...

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  • 1898
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    The Temptation of St. Anthony

    The Temptation of St. Anthony

    5.817 1898 HD

    St. Anthony is tempted by visions of women, including one that is transformed from the image of Jesus Christ Himself!

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  • 1897
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    Faust and Marguerite

    Faust and Marguerite

    3.875 1897 HD

    Mephistopheles demands that Faust kill Marguerite.

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  • 1903
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    Alcofribas, The Master Magician

    Alcofribas, The Master Magician

    5 1903 HD

    Two men in a cave perform magic.

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  • 1907
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    Tunneling the English Channel

    Tunneling the English Channel

    6.4 1907 HD

    The plot follows King Edward VII and President Armand Fallières dreaming of building a tunnel under the English Channel.

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  • 1902
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    A Trip to the Moon

    A Trip to the Moon

    7.921 1902 HD

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