Jehanne d'Alcy
Also Known As: Jeanne d'Alcy, Fanny Manieux
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 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.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Vaujours, Seine-et-Oise [now Seine-Saint-Denis], France
Birthday: March 20, 1865
Deathday: October 14, 1956
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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A Trip to the Moon
Overview: Professor Barbenfouillis and five of his colleagues from the Academy of Astronomy travel to the Moon aboard a rocket propelled by a giant cannon. Once on the lunar surface, the bold explorers face the many perils hidden in the caves of the mysterious planet.
Genres: Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1902-06-15
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Joan of Arc
Overview: A divinely inspired peasant woman becomes an army captain for France and then is martyred after she is captured.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1900-08-06
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The Vanishing Lady
Overview: Georges Méliès makes a woman disappear, then reappear.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1896-01-01
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The Haunted Castle
Overview: 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 interloping cavaliers.
Genres: Fantasy Horror
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1896-12-24
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Le Grand Méliès
Overview: A biographical film about cinematic illusionist Georges Méliès featuring Méliès’s widow, Jeanne d’Alcy, as herself, and their son André as his own father.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1952-11-12
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The Pillar of Fire
Overview: 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 pot. After the devil works the fire with bellows, an angelic woman emerges from the pot. The devil and the pot vanish as the woman performs a dance, waving about her diaphanous sleeves until she conjures forth another fire, then she rises amongst the smoke into the air.
Genres: Fantasy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1899-01-01
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After the Ball
Overview: A woman arrives home after the ball. Her servant helps her undress and bathe.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1897-01-01
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The Fat and Lean Wrestling Match
Overview: A series of fantastical wrestling matches.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1900-01-01
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Cinderella
Overview: 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 the Prince - but will she remember to leave before the magic runs out? Méliès based the art direction on engravings by Gustave Doré. First known example of a fairy-tale adapted to film, and the first film to use dissolves to go from one scene to another.
Genres: Drama Family Fantasy Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1899-10-01
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Le Grand Méliès
Overview: A biographical film about cinematic illusionist Georges Méliès featuring Méliès’s widow, Jeanne d’Alcy, as herself, and their son André as his own father.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1952-11-12
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Bluebeard
Overview: A young woman becomes the eighth wife of the wealthy Bluebeard, whose first seven wives have died under mysterious circumstances.
Genres: Drama Horror Fantasy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1901-07-25
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Cleopatra's Tomb
Overview: A man digging inside an Egyptian tomb chops up a mummy, then resurrects the woman inside it. This film is presumably lost.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: xx
Release Date: 1899-01-01
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The Impossible Voyage
Overview: Using every known means of transportation, several savants from the Geographic Society undertake a journey through the Alps to the Sun which finishes under the sea.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Fantasy Science Fiction
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1904-11-10
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The Astronomer's Dream
Overview: An astronomer has a terrifying dream.
Genres: Fantasy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1898-01-01
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A Nightmare
Overview: A man has a fantastical nightmare involving, among other things, a grinning malevolent moon.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1896-12-25
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Pygmalion and Galatea
Overview: 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 the bust leaves the body and crossing the room mocks at him standing with the lower portion of her body in his hands. Further startling illusions are seen in this most beautiful picture.
Genres: Fantasy
Original Language: xx
Release Date: 1898-01-01
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The Temptation of St. Anthony
Overview: St. Anthony is tempted by visions of women, including one that is transformed from the image of Jesus Christ Himself!
Genres: Fantasy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1898-01-01
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Faust and Marguerite
Overview: Mephistopheles demands that Faust kill Marguerite.
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1897-01-01
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Alcofribas, The Master Magician
Overview: Two men in a cave perform magic.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1903-10-03
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Tunneling the English Channel
Overview: The plot follows King Edward VII and President Armand Fallières dreaming of building a tunnel under the English Channel.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1907-06-30
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A Collection of Silent Films, Given Sound
Overview: A compellation of many silent films from all over the world, given music and sound design.
Genres: History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-12-28
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Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
Overview: Part documentary, part concert film, part fever dream, this film captures the troubled spirit of America in 1975 and the joyous music that Dylan performed during the fall of that year.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-06-11
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