Rosy Varte
Acting
Born November 22, 1923, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
Rosy Varte (22 November 1923 – 14 January 2012) was a French actress of Armenian descent. She made almost 100 film and television appearances since 1949. She starred in the 1972 film The Bar at the Crossing, which was entered into the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival. She was a voice actress in the cartoon Western movies, Daisy Town (1971, as "Lulu Carabine") and La Ballade des Dalton (1978, as "Miss Worthlesspenny"). Born Nevarte Manouelian in Istanbul, Turkey, she emigrated to France at an early age. She appeared in comedies. From 1985 to 1993, she had the title role (Maguy Boissier) in 333 episodes of the hit TV series Maguy. In 2007, she won the 7 d'Or award for Best Actress for playing Maguy Boissier. She died 14 January 2012 at the American Hospital in Neuilly-sur-Seine, aged 88, following a battle with bronchitis, which degenerated into a lung infection, according to her widower, director Pierre Badel. Source: Article "Rosy Varte" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Filmography
- 2007Hubert et le Chien — Éléonore
- 2005Rosalie Hits the Road — Solange
- 1998Bonnes vacances — Blanche Dumont-Farel
- 1989Chère canaille — Daisy Lasry
- Maguy — Maguy Boissier (Née Bernardini)
- 1984Happy Easter — Marlène Chataigneau, la mère de Julie
- 1983Elle voulait faire du cinéma — Madame Guy
- 1983Le Braconnier de Dieu — La première musicienne en voiture
- 1983Lucky Luke: Daltons on the Loose — Miss Worthlesspenny (voice)
- 1983Rock and Torah — Esther Stern
- 1983Waiter! — Gloria, Alex's ex-wife
- 1982Le Bourgeois gentilhomme — Madame Jourdain
- 1981Les Bons Bourgeois — Dorothée, the mother
- 1980T'inquiète pas, ça se soigne — Infirmière Rose Carlin
- 1979La Grâce — Thérèse Dupérier
- 1979Love on the Run — La Mère de Colette
- 1979Nina — Nina
- 1976Le Gentleman des Antipodes — Mme Vigerie
- 1975The Night Caller — Germaine Doizon
- 1974The Funny Guys in a Crazy World — La vicomtesse
- 1973Big Deal — Therese
- 1972The Annuity — Elvire Galipeau
- 1972The Bar at the Crossing — Maria
- 1971Daisy Town — Lulu Carabine (voice)
- 1970The Man with Connections — The Mother
- 1969La Honte de la famille — Perrine Hadol
- 1969My Uncle Benjamin — Bettine, soeur de Benjamin
- 1968Salut Berthe ! — Berthe
- 1968Would-Be Gentleman — Mme Jourdain
- 1966Father's Trip — Barmaid of the bistro 'La Patrie'
- 1966The Sultans — Girl in the club
- 1966Three Disordered Children — Mme Gisèle Duchemin
- 1965Thomas the Impostor — Mme Valiche
- 1965Ubu Roi — Mother Ubu
- 1964La Mégère apprivoisée — Catarina
- 1964Male Companion — Isabelle's Mother
- 1962Antoine and Colette — La mère de Colette
- 1962Love at Twenty — La mère de Colette (segment "Antoine et Colette")
- 1962The Vendetta — Mrs. Lauriston
- 1961The Busybody — The boss
- 1960Fortunate — Rosette Falk
- 1960The Gigolo — Marilyn
- 1958A Legitimate Defense — Rita la Gitane, une prostituée
- 1958The Little Professor — Mrs. Léa
- 1956Every Second Counts — Marie Simonet
- 1956Forgive Our Trespasses
- 1955Casse-cou, mademoiselle! — Colleague
- 1955French Cancan — Habituée du café (uncredited)
- 1955Pleasures and Vices — Mathilde
- 1955The Hussars — Juliette
- 1954Men Think Only of That — Dolorès, victim of the womanizer
- 1953Lettre ouverte — Madame Pépin, the concierge
- 1953Midnight... Quai de Bercy — Mme Boulay, l'épicière
- 1953Virgile — La grande Léa
- 1952Les Bonnes Manières
- 1952Three Women — Paméla (segment "Coralie")
- 1950Vendetta in Camargue — Conchita
- 1949Manon
- Madame Filoumé
Appearances as themselves (8)
- Matin Bonheur — Self
- Sacrée soirée — Self
- Aujourd'hui la vie — Self
- Champs-Elysées — Self
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche — Self
- Système 2 — Self
- Midi trente — Self
- Samedi soir — Self