| Isabelle Sadoyan | |
| Birth Date: | 12 May 1928 |
| Birth Place: | Lyon, France |
| Death Place: | Saint-Didier-au-Mont-d'Or, France |
| Occupation: | Actress |
| Years Active: | 1950–2017 |
| Spouse: | Jean Bouise |
Isabelle Sadoyan (12 May 1928 – 10 July 2017) was a French-Armenian actress.[1]
She made her theater debut in 1950 with the play Bottines et collets montés, based on plays written by Eugène Labiche and Georges Courteline, directed by Roger Planchon. She'll work mostly with Planchon during the 50s.
She received two nominations for the Molière Award for Best Supporting Actress : in 2010 for Les Fausses Confidences and in 2014 for L'Origine du monde. She won the second time.
Her filmography includes films by Jeanne Moreau, Claude Chabrol, Claude Lelouch, Luc Besson, Jean-Luc Godard, Henri Verneuil, Bertrand Tavernier, Robert Kechichian and Krzysztof Kieślowski.
She was married to actor Jean Bouise until his death in 1989.
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | The Things of Life | nurse | Claude Sautet | |
| 1971 | The Wedding Ring | Hélène | Christian de Chalonge | |
| 1972 | Les camisards | Madame Villeneuve | René Allio | |
| 1976 | Monsieur Klein | consultation woman | Joseph Losey | |
| 1977 | That Obscure Object of Desire | Jadiner | Luis Buñuel | |
| 1979 | The Adolescent | Louise | Jeanne Moreau | |
| 1980 | The Lady Banker | Sister Hermance | Francis Girod | |
| 1981 | L'homme fragile | Luguette | Claire Clouzot | |
| 1982 | The Passerby | Jacques Rouffio | ||
| The Hatter's Ghost | Alice Kachoudas | Claude Chabrol | ||
| The Return of Martin Guerre | Catherine Boëre | Daniel Vigne | ||
| 1983 | Itinéraire bis | Madame Panoux | Christian Drillaud | |
| La bête noire | Madame Guyot | Patrick Chaput | ||
| 1984 | L'air du crime | Yvette | Alain Klarer | |
| 1985 | Subway | prefect's wife | Luc Besson | |
| Partir, revenir | Anna | Claude Lelouch | ||
| Tristesse et beauté | Mathilde | Joy Fleury | ||
| Sans odeur | Yann Legargeant | Short | ||
| 1986 | Flagrant désir | Angelina | Claude Faraldo | |
| baker | Claude Lelouch | |||
| 1987 | Châteauroux district | Manou | Philippe Charigot | |
| Keep Your Right Up | grandmother | Jean-Luc Godard | ||
| 1989 | Embrasse-moi | Gaby | Michèle Rosier | |
| Après la guerre | La Crochue | Jean-Loup Hubert | ||
| 1991 | Mayrig | Anna | Henri Verneuil | |
| In the Eye of the Snake | grandmother | Max Reid | ||
| 1992 | 588 rue paradis | Anna | Henri Verneuil | |
| 1993 | servant | Krzysztof Kieślowski | ||
| 1994 | Carences | Madame Martin | David Rozenberg | |
| 1995 | The Bait | Eric's grandmother | Bertrand Tavernier | |
| Le petit garçon | Cécile | Pierre Granier-Deferre | ||
| Les Misérables | Madame Magloire | Claude Lelouch | ||
| Péché véniel... péché mortel... | Grandma Lola | Pomme Meffre | ||
| 1996 | The Eighth Day | Georges' Mother | Jaco Van Dormael | |
| 1997 | La Sicilia | fortune teller | Luc Pien | |
| 1999 | The Children of the Marshland | Jean Becker | ||
| 2001 | Origine contrôlée | Aunt | Ahmed Bouchaala & Zakia Tahri | |
| 2002 | Aram | Aunt Anouche | Robert Kechichian | |
| 2006 | Le passager de l'été | Prudence | Florence Moncorgé-Gabin | |
| 2008 | Didine | Roberte | Vincent Dietschy | |
| Summer Hours | Éloïse | Olivier Assayas | ||
| Les murs porteurs | Madame Mouchet | Cyril Gelblat | ||
| 2010 | Des filles en noir | Sonia | Jean-Paul Civeyrac | |
| 2011 | Un baiser papillon | hairdresser client | Karine Silla | |
| 2012 | Thérèse Desqueyroux | Aunt Clara | Claude Miller | |
| 2013 | Vandal | Grandma | Hélier Cisterne | |
| 2015 | Heat Wave | Odette | Raphaël Jacoulot | |
| 2016 | Irreplaceable | Werner's mother | Thomas Lilti | |
| 2017 | Ismael's Ghosts | Rose | Arnaud Desplechin | |
| 3 visages | Claire | Christophe Loizillon | Short | |
| 2018 | Le doudou | Marie-Luce Gramont | Julien Hervé & Philippe Mechelen | |
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Le chien qui a vu Dieu | Maria | Paul Paviot | TV movie |
| 1974 | Madame Bovary | The farmer | Pierre Cardinal | TV movie |
| Un jeune homme seul | Madame Lièvre | Jean Mailland | TV movie | |
| 1980 | Aéroport | The president | Pierre Lary | TV series (1 episode) |
| Médecins de nuit | Madame Gillot | Pierre Lary | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 1982 | Mérette | Madame Magnoux | Jean-Jacques Lagrange | TV movie |
| 1983 | Incertain Léo ou L'amour flou | The mother | Michel Favart | TV movie |
| 1991 | Cycle Simenon | Maria | Jacques Fansten | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1993 | Point d'orgue | Véronique's mother | Paul Vecchiali | TV movie |
| Mayrig | Anna | Henri Verneuil | TV mini-series | |
| Une femme sous tension | Suzanne | Agnès Delarive | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 1995 | Le malingot | Marie | Michel Sibra | TV movie |
| 1996 | Docteur Sylvestre | Éliane | Dominique Tabuteau | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1998 | Le goût des fraises | Mamiouchka | Frank Cassenti | TV movie |
| 1999 | Justice | Madame Ziegler | Gérard Marx | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2006 | Louis la brocante | Rose | Michel Favart | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2007 | Aller-retour dans la journée | Mélanie | Pierre Sisser | TV movie |
| 2008 | Elles et Moi | Madame Bonel | Bernard Stora | TV movie |
| 2009 | L'affaire Salengro | Salengro's mother | Yves Boisset | TV movie |
| 2010 | Les châtaigniers du désert | Sarah | Caroline Huppert | TV mini-series |
| 2014 | La clef des champs | Suzanne | Bertrand Van Effenterre | TV movie |
| 2015 | The Returned | Madame Fournet | Fabrice Gobert & Frédéric Goupil | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2016 | Dans la tête d'un juré | Colette Ferriol | Emmanuel Bourdieu | TV movie |
| Un village français | Mamé | Jean-Philippe Amar | TV series (4 episodes) | |
| Year | Award | Nominated work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Molière Award for Best Supporting Actress | Les Fausses Confidences | |
| 2014 | Molière Award for Best Supporting Actress | L'Origine du monde | |