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Françoise Vatel

1937 – 2005

French actress

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Lived 1937 – 2005 (aged 67). Françoise Vatel was a French actor.

Françoise Vatel (born Françoise Watel, 28 November 1937 – 24 October 2005) was a French actress.

Vatel was born in Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine. She began her film career at the age of 16 in Jean Gourguet's Les Premiers outrages, and she worked with the director again in Les promesses dangeureuses, La Putain sentimentale and Les frangines. She worked then in the theatre, playing for several years in Claude Magnier's Oscar. She appeared also in films of the Nouvelle Vague, in Luc Moullet's Brigitte et Brigitte and Les Contrebandières and Claude Chabrol's Les Cousins among others. She died in Soissons, aged 67.

Selected filmography

Film 1955 : Les Premiers Outrages by Jean Gourguet : Brigitte Lambert, known as Bichette 1956 : Les Promesses dangereuses by Jean Gourguet : Marie-Titine 1958 : Un jour comme les autres by Paul Bordry 1958 : Quelqu'un frappe à la porte by Alexandre Szombati : Elisabeth 1958 : Young Sinners (Les Tricheurs) by Marcel Carné with Christian Azzopardi 1961 : Dans la gueule du loup by Jean-Charles Dudrumet, : Odette 1962 : Les Ballets roses (Dossier 1413) d'Alfred Rode : Caroline 1962 : Capito? by Luc Moullet - short film 1962 : La fille de Paname et le gars de Padoue by Luc Moullet - short film 1965 : How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning by Gilles Grangier : Une pensionnaire (segment "La Fermeture") 1966 : Brigitte et Brigitte by Luc Moullet : Brigitte 1967 : Les Contrebandières by Luc Moullet : Brigitte 1967 : Jeudi on chantera comme dimanche by Louis by Heusch : Francine 1972 : Le gang des otages by Edouard Molinaro 1976 : Mon cœur est rouge by Michèle Rosier : La charcutière 1978 : L'Exercice du pouvoir by Philippe Galland : Mimi 1985 : Une soirée perdue by Cécile Decugis 1986 : Les interdits du monde by Chantal Lasbats - documentary, narration only 1987 : La Comédie du travail by Luc Moullet : Une amie by Françoise 1988 : De bruit et de fureur by Jean-Claude Brisseau : Mère Jean-Roger 2002 : Les Naufragés by la D17 by Luc Moullet : la femme by la cabine 2005 : Horizon by Pascale Bodet

Television 1959 : La Nuit de Tom Brown (TV) : Daisy 1960 : Au fil by l'histoire (Les Cinq Dernières Minutes) (TV series) : Georgette 1961 : Epreuves à l'appui (Les Cinq Dernières Minutes, episode 21), by Claude Loursais : Janine 1962 : Quatre-vingt-treize by Alain Boudet, (TV) 1966 : Cécilia, médecin de campagne (TV series) : Marie-Rose 1966 : Les Cinq Dernières Minutes by Claude Loursais, episode Pigeon vole 1966 : Les Cinq Dernières Minutes by Jean-Pierre Marchand La Rose by fer 1967 : Au théâtre ce soir : Le Système Fabrizzi by Albert Husson, story Sacha Pitoëff, director Pierre Sabbagh, Théâtre Marigny 1969 : La Veuve rusée (by Carlo Goldoni), telefilm by Jean Bertho : Marinette 1972 : L'Image (TV) : Le script 1973 : L'Enfant de l'automne (feuilleton TV) : La fille 1974 : Entre toutes les femmes by Maurice Cazeneuve : Margot 1978 : Claudine en ménage by Édouard Molinaro 1980 : Papa Poule by Roger Kahane, (TV series) : L'employée by l'ANPE (1980) 1982 : Le sage de Sauvenat (TV) 1984 : Rue Carnot (TV series) : Suzanne 1989 : Je retourne chez maman (Intrigues) by Emmanuel Fonlladosa

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Who was Françoise Vatel?

French actress

When was Françoise Vatel born?

Françoise Vatel was born on 28 November 1937 in Clichy.

When did Françoise Vatel die?

Françoise Vatel died on 24 October 2005 in 15th arrondissement of Paris.

What was Françoise Vatel's occupation?

Françoise Vatel was an actor.

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Françoise Vatel was French.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Françoise Vatel

· Wikidata: Q3086626

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