| Françoise Fabian | |
| Birth Date: | 10 May 1933 |
| Birth Place: | Algiers, French Algeria |
| Occupation: | Actress |
| Yearsactive: | 1956–present |
Michelle Cortès (born 10 May 1933),[1] known professionally as Françoise Fabian (in French fabjɑ̃/), is a French film actress. She has appeared in more than 100 films since 1956. In 1971, Fabian signed the Manifesto of the 343, publicly declaring having had an abortion.[2]
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | Mémoires d'un flic | The Countess | Pierre Foucaud André Hunebelle | Debut film | |
| Naughty Girl | Lili Rocher-Villedieu | Michel Boisrond | |||
| Fernandel the Dressmaker | Sophie | Jean Boyer | |||
| Les Aventures de Till L'Espiègle | Esperanza | Gérard Philipe Joris Ivens | |||
| Michel Strogoff | Natko | Carmine Gallone | |||
| 1957 | Burning Fuse | Lola Wassevitch | Henri Decoin | ||
| Ce sacré Amédée | Elia Tarti / Cigale | Louis Félix | |||
| L'aventurière des Champs-Élysées | Josette Darcanges | Roger Blanc | |||
| A Bomb for a Dictator | Mme. Lambert | Alex Joffé | |||
| The Violent | Evelyne Tiercelin | Henri Calef | |||
| 1958 | Every Day Has Its Secret | Hélène Lezcano | Claude Boissol | ||
| 1960 | L'histoire dépasse la fiction | Catherine de l'Isle Bouchard | Jean Kerchbron | TV series (1 episode) | |
| La brune que voilà | Christine | Robert Lamoureux | |||
| 1962 | Una domenica d'estate | Giulio Petroni | |||
| Sentimental Education | Alexandre Astruc | ||||
| L'inspecteur Leclerc enquête | Mme Gauthier | Claude Barma | TV series (1 episode) | ||
| 1963 | The Magnificent Adventurer | Lucrezia | Riccardo Freda | ||
| Maigret Sees Red | Lily | Gilles Grangier | |||
| 1964 | La caméra explore le temps | Mata Hari | Guy Lessertisseur | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 1965 | Version grecque | Maira | Jean-Paul Sassy | TV movie | |
| Les Cinq Dernières Minutes | Évelyne Sommières | Claude Loursais | TV series (1 episode) | ||
| Morgane ou Le prétendant | Lady Hamilton | Alain Boudet | TV movie | ||
| La jeune morte | The Stepsister | Claude Faraldo Roger Pigaut | |||
| 1966 | Le train bleu s'arrête 13 fois | Simone | Serge Friedman | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 1967 | The Thief of Paris | Ida | Louis Malle | ||
| Belle de Jour | Charlotte | Luis Buñuel | |||
| Marion Delorme | Marion Delorme | Jean Kerchbron | TV movie | ||
| 1969 | My Night at Maud's | Maud | Éric Rohmer | Nominated - National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress Nominated - New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress | |
| Gli specialisti | Virginia Pollywood | Sergio Corbucci | |||
| L'américain | Women agency | Marcel Bozzuffi | |||
| 1970 | The Cop | Hélène Dassa | Yves Boisset | ||
| Astrid | Zbyněk Brynych | ||||
| 1971 | Raphael, or The Debauched One | Aurore | Michel Deville | ||
| Êtes-vous fiancée à un marin grec ou à un pilote de ligne? | Marion Blanchard | Jean Aurel | |||
| Out 1 | Lucie | Jacques Rivette Suzanne Schiffman | |||
| 1972 | Love in the Afternoon | Dream Sequence | Éric Rohmer | ||
| Black Turin | Lucia Rao | Carlo Lizzani | |||
| 1973 | Au rendez-vous de la mort joyeuse | Françoise | Juan Luis Buñuel | ||
| Les voraces | Lara | Sergio Gobbi | |||
| Sentimental Education | Marie Arnoux | Marcel Cravenne | TV Mini-Series | ||
| La bonne année | Françoise | Claude Lelouch | David di Donatello - For her performance San Sebastián International Film Festival for Best Actress | ||
| Projection privée | Marthe / Eva | François Leterrier | |||
| Hail the Artist | Peggy | Yves Robert | |||
| 1974 | Out 1: Spectre | Lucie | Jacques Rivette | ||
| City Under Siege | Cristina Cournier | Romolo Guerrieri | |||
| To Love Ophelia | Federica | Flavio Mogherini | |||
| 1975 | How to Kill a Judge | Antonia Traini | Damiano Damiani | ||
| Down the Ancient Staircase | Anna Bersani | Mauro Bolognini | |||
| 1976 | Al piacere di rivederla | Viviana Bonfigli | Marco Leto | ||
| Natale in casa d'appuntamento | Nira | Armando Nannuzzi | |||
| Chi dice donna, dice donna | Bella / Lulù | Tonino Cervi | |||
| 1977 | The French Woman | Madame Claude | Just Jaeckin | ||
| The Blue Ferns | Monika Berthier | Françoise Sagan | |||
| 1979 | Cinéma 16 | Hélène | Nina Companeez | TV series (1 episode) | |
| Les dames de la côte | Clara Decourt | Nina Companeez | TV movie | ||
| 1980 | Le mandarin | Sylvie Chaput | Patrick Jamain | TV movie | |
| 1981 | Tovaritch | Tatiana Ouratief | Jeannette Hubert | TV movie | |
| 1982 | Un fait d'hiver | Lisa | Jean Chapot | TV movie | |
| Deux heures moins le quart avant Jésus-Christ | Laetitia | Jean Yanne | |||
| 1983 | Archipel des amours | The Friend | Jean-Claude Guiguet | ||
| La veuve rouge | Marie Reinart | Édouard Molinaro | TV movie | ||
| Bon anniversaire Juliette | Elsa | Marcel Bozzuffi | TV movie | ||
| Le cercle des passions | Renata Strauss | Claude d'Anna | |||
| Benvenuta | Jeanne | André Delvaux | |||
| L'ami de Vincent | Dominique | Pierre Granier-Deferre | |||
| 1985 | Quo Vadis? | Pomponia | Franco Rossi | TV Mini-Series | |
| Partir, revenir | Sarah Lerner | Claude Lelouch | |||
| 1986 | Faubourg St Martin | The Marquise | Jean-Claude Guiguet | ||
| 1988 | Les clients | Marie-France | Yannick Andréi | TV movie | |
| Trois places pour le 26 | Marie-Hélène de Lambert | Jacques Demy | Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actress | ||
| 1989 | Haute tension | The Black | Jacques Ertaud | TV series (1 episode) | |
| Reunion | Countess von Lohenburg | Jerry Schatzberg | |||
| Disperatamente Giulia | Enrico Maria Salerno | TV movie | |||
| Renseignements généraux | Monette | Claude Barma | TV series (1 episode) | ||
| 1991 | Plaisir d'amour | Do | Nelly Kaplan | ||
| Reflections in a Dark Sky | Valeria | Salvatore Maira | |||
| 1992 | Pour une fille en rouge | Rose | Marianne Lamour | ||
| 1993 | Un commissario a Roma | Renata Amidei | Luca Manfredi Ignazio Agosta Roberto Giannarelli | TV series (10 episodes) | |
| Donne in un giorno di festa | Francesca | Salvatore Maira | |||
| 1996 | Un chantage en or | Florence Valette | Hugues de Laugardière | TV movie | |
| La comète | Agathe | Claude Santelli | TV movie | ||
| 1998 | Top Secret | Geneviève | Jacques Rivette | ||
| 1999 | The Letter | Mme de Chartres | Manoel de Oliveira | ||
| Season's Beatings | Yvette | Danièle Thompson | |||
| 2000 | Champollion, un scribe pour l'Égypte | Voice-over | Jean-Claude Lubtchansky | Documentary film | |
| 2002 | La chanson du maçon | Elena | Nina Companeez | TV movie | |
| 2003 | Le nouveau testament | Lucie Marcelin | Yves Di Tullio Bernard Murat | TV movie | |
| 2004 | 5x2 | Monique | François Ozon | ||
| 2005 | La femme coquelicot | Marthe | Jérôme Foulon | TV movie | |
| 2006 | Mademoiselle Gigi | Aunt Alicia | Caroline Huppert | TV movie | |
| 2008 | Made in Italy | Rosa | Stéphane Giusti | ||
| LOL (Laughing Out Loud) | Anne's mother | Lisa Azuelos | |||
| 2009 | A Man and His Dog | Achab's wife | Francis Huster | ||
| Rapt | Marjorie | Lucas Belvaux | |||
| 2010 | L'Arbre et la forêt | Marianne Muller | Olivier Ducastel Jacques Martineau | ||
| Small World | Elvira Senn | Bruno Chiche | |||
| Comme les cinq doigts de la main | Suzie Hayoun | Alexandre Arcady | |||
| 2011 | Le grand restaurant II | The mother of the heterosexual | Gérard Pullicino | TV movie | |
| 2012 | What's in a Name? | Françoise | Alexandre de La Patellière Matthieu Delaporte | ||
| 2013 | Me, Myself and Mum | Babou | Guillaume Gallienne | ||
| Les Petits Meurtres d'Agatha Christie | Alexina Laurence | Marc Angelo | TV series (1 episode) | ||
| 2014 | Post partum | Carmen | Delphine Noels | ||
| 2015 | Call My Agent! | Herself | Antoine Garceau | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 2018 | Brillantissime | Doctor Steinman | Michèle Laroque |