Gaby André

Gaby André

Born: March 5, 1920
Died: August 27, 1972
in Châlons-sur-Marne, Marne, France [now Châlons-en-Champagne]
Gaby André (1920—1972) was a French film actress. She may also be known as Gabrielle Louise Mathilde Andreu.

Movies for Gaby André...

Cake in the Sky
Title: Cake in the Sky
Released: February 28, 1973
Type: Movie
This movie is an adaptation of a book by Rodari, a famous Italian poet and writer of children literature. A group of children in the outskirts of Rome bump into a spaceship that landed nearby. Soon the event draws the attention of the media, the military and rich entrepreneurs. The spaceship is pointed as the evil to fight against by the authorities, and nobody trusts the kids, who on the other hand try to preserve the spaceship (which is actually a harmless space-cake). –IMDb
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Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You
Title: Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You
Character: Flavia
Released: March 25, 1970
Type: Movie
An American playwright living in Rome consults a quack psychiatrist to combat his fears of balding and save his failing marriage.
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Togli le gambe dal parabrezza
Title: Togli le gambe dal parabrezza
Released: October 3, 1969
Type: Movie
"Remove your legs from the windshield" - Alberto, an engineer over forty years old, on his return from an inspection, a nineteen-year-old Parisian student called Sylvie is looking for a ride. Even though the girl reminds him of her daughter Francesca's age, Alberto decides to accompany her to Rome, with the secret hope of being able to derive an adventure from her.
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Sign of Zorro
Title: Sign of Zorro
Character: Señora Gutiérrez
Released: April 5, 1963
Type: Movie
General Gutierrez, the evil governor of Mexico, terrorizes the people and demands high taxes. The young Ramon Martiney, after discovering that his father was murdered by Gutierrez, dons the mask of Zorro and starts fighting against the injustice.
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East of Kilimanjaro
Title: East of Kilimanjaro
Character: Dr. Marie Avedon
Released: May 29, 1962
Type: Movie
American photojournalist Marsh Conners is assigned to cover a cattle epidemic. Falling in love with research scientist Dr. Marie Avedon, Conners attempts to help her convince the Masai tribesmen to have their cattle inoculated, and to locate the source of the disease.
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Goliath and the Dragon
Title: Goliath and the Dragon
Character: Ismene
Released: August 12, 1960
Type: Movie
A warrior returning home to his country must battle giant bats, three-headed dogs and a vicious dragon to save his wife, and his people, from the machinations of an evil ruler.
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Incognito
Title: Incognito
Character: Hilda Porenson
Released: April 9, 1958
Type: Movie
Bob Stanley was an American secret agent during World War II in France. After the war Stanley returns to France as a consul. In reality, he works for the FBI, to roll up the organization that manufactures fake U.S. dollars. A violent confrontation is insurmountable.
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The Strange World of Planet X
Title: The Strange World of Planet X
Character: Michele Dupont
Released: March 4, 1958
Type: Movie
Near a small English village, a scientific team is conducting experiments with magnetic fields, the results of which may have military applications but the intensification of which seem to be connected to UFO reports, a series of murders, an enormous insect egg, and a strange visitor with exceptional scientific knowledge.
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Donatella
Title: Donatella
Released: October 3, 1956
Type: Movie
Donatella is a simple and honest roman girl, daughter of a bookbinder and girlfriend of Guido, a gas station owner. One day she finds a woman's handbag containing valuables and documents, and decides to return it to her owner, a wealthy American lady, who offers Donatella a job as a secretary as a reward: she has to manage the lady's villa during her absences. There, Donatella casually meets Maurizio, a rich, elegant and well-educated young man, and ends up falling in love.
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Tua per la vita
Title: Tua per la vita
Character: Marisa
Released: October 4, 1955
Type: Movie
A humble young woman takes care of his sister's child while also hiding her feelings towards her sister's lover.
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Prima di sera
Title: Prima di sera
Character: Moglie di Bancani
Released: October 21, 1954
Type: Movie
A middle-aged insurer, after spending a sleepless night because of a quarrel with his wife, goes to the pharmacy to buy a sleeping pill. By mistake, the doctor, instead of giving him a sedative, gives him poison. The man goes out of town to visit a client and, unaware that he is wanted by the police, is more than once about to swallow the pills; but every time an obstacle prevents him from fulfilling his purpose.
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La campana di San Giusto
Title: La campana di San Giusto
Character: Cinzia Di Rionero
Released: April 1, 1954
Type: Movie
The adventures of Roberto, an heroic Italian soldier from Trieste during World War One.
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Siamo ricchi e poveri
Title: Siamo ricchi e poveri
Character: Jacqueline
Released: March 19, 1954
Type: Movie
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Giuseppe Verdi
Title: Giuseppe Verdi
Character: Giuseppina Strepponi
Released: December 22, 1953
Type: Movie
The life and loves of great composer Giuseppe Verdi are played against a background of the great operas of the 19th Century. A tender love story of his successful and turbulent life, with more than 20 excerpts from his acclaimed operas.
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Guilt Is Not Mine
Title: Guilt Is Not Mine
Released: November 28, 1952
Type: Movie
Carlo, a young doctor, occasionally meets Anna, the daughter of professor Valli. Carlo falls in love with Anna, who returns his feelings; but her father longs a brilliant marriage for her.
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The Green Glove
Title: The Green Glove
Character: Gaby Saunders
Released: February 28, 1952
Type: Movie
In World War II France, American soldier Michael Blake captures, then loses Nazi-collaborator art thief Paul Rona, who leaves behind a gem studded gauntlet (a stolen religious relic). Years later, financial reverses lead Mike to return in search of the object. In Paris, he must dodge mysterious followers and a corpse that's hard to explain; so he and attractive tour guide Christine decamp on a cross-country pursuit that becomes love on the run...then takes yet another turn.
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The Sleepwalker
Title: The Sleepwalker
Character: Stella Gazzini, la vedette à Tabarin
Released: April 5, 1951
Type: Movie
Victor Boniface's life is not exactly a rest cure. Just imagine: Victor is both a store detective and a ... shoplifter (only when he walks in his sleep, mind you)! And falling in love while sleepwalking is no bed of roses either, as the good-natured man simply forgets everything after waking up. Fortunately love wins the game in the end. Does that mean that life will become as easy as pie ? Certainly not: the little Bonifaces will be sleepwalkers just like their daddy!
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Highway 301
Title: Highway 301
Character: Lee Fontaine (as Gaby Andre)
Released: December 1, 1950
Type: Movie
The "Tri-State" gang goes on a successful bank robbing streak causing local authorities to turn up the heat on the daring career criminals.
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120, rue de la Gare
Title: 120, rue de la Gare
Character: Suzanne Parmentier
Released: June 6, 1946
Type: Movie
On the verge of death, a man entrusts Inspector Burma with an address. Burma conducts a difficult investigation with many twists and turns, which takes him from Lyon to Paris, following in the footsteps of the members of a mysterious business firm.
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Une femme coupée en morceaux
Title: Une femme coupée en morceaux
Released: May 29, 1946
Type: Movie
Four men in love with the same woman put on a music-hall show and travel the world in search of the beauty. They will find success and fortune, but their sentimental quest will be a failure.
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Mr. Gregoire Runs Away
Title: Mr. Gregoire Runs Away
Character: Colette
Released: May 3, 1946
Type: Movie
Alex Grégoire is a timid insurance company clerk who shares his uneventful life between his wife Angèle, his colleagues and his passion for crosswords. But all of a sudden his existence changes dramatically. First because he wins a crossword competition. Second because a jewel thief, Charles Tuffal, thinks he recognizes in him a former accomplice. From that moment "uneventful" is not the best adjective to qualify Alex's life anymore...
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Hoboes in Paradise
Title: Hoboes in Paradise
Character: Marie
Released: July 15, 1945
Type: Movie
In a Provençal village, two jolly good fellows, Boule and Pons, decide to dress as Saint Anthony and Saint Nicholas for the distribution of presents to the children on the feast of Saint Nicholas. They unfortunately get killed by a cart and find themselves in Hell where Lucifer and his demons duly torment them. They are saved by a prayer which helps them to climb the stairway to Paradise. Saint Peter, taken in by the applicants' disguise, lets them in. When the two true Saints show up, trouble follows. Luckily, thanks to the intervention of the Virgin Mary, the two friends are acquitted at their celestial trial and allowed to return to Earth.
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Angel of the Night
Title: Angel of the Night
Character: Simone
Released: January 19, 1944
Type: Movie
A young sculptor presides over the destinies of a student club where a miserable young girl ends up one evening. The treasurer of the association falls in love with the young girl who returns the favor. The war. The sculptor comes back blind. Out of gratitude, the young girl marries him and restores his confidence in his talent; out of discretion, the treasurer steps aside.
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Secrets of a Ballerina
Title: Secrets of a Ballerina
Character: Sophie de La Tournelle
Released: November 25, 1943
Type: Movie
In 1860s France, a couple who have recently acquired a dilapidated country house in Vendôme discover within it the secret of a passionate love affaire that once took a macabre and sadly turn. it all began 50 years previously, when the wealthy landowner Gérard de Clergue fell madly in love with the beautiful young dancer Clara Biondi. In the course of the ensuing romance, Gérard remains blissfully ignorant of the fact that Clara had a previous lover, James de Poulay...
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Adémaï bandit d'honneur
Title: Adémaï bandit d'honneur
Character: actrice
Released: September 1, 1943
Type: Movie
Ademaï is very happy to spend a vacation month in Corsica, invited by his family; when he arrives, much to his surprise, all the male relatives have just been shot.
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Le Chant de l'exilé
Title: Le Chant de l'exilé
Character: Maria
Released: April 21, 1943
Type: Movie
In the French Basque Country, Ramon, the son of a farmer and fruit and vegetable merchant with a beautiful voice, has the good life. He is engaged to his charming cousin Maria. But his daily life is called into question when, during a fight, he believes he has killed a bad boy. He flees to Algeria where, with a friend, he joins the Saharan Pioneers.
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Départ à zéro
Title: Départ à zéro
Released: February 23, 1943
Type: Movie
Two young people, cousins to each other, inherit a domain where three comrades come to camp. The castle serves as a reserve for a black market band whose leader will do his best to clear out the new occupants. An inventor, an archaeologist, an inspector and a goatherd enter the circle...
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The House of the Seven Maidens
Title: The House of the Seven Maidens
Character: Rolande
Released: February 6, 1942
Type: Movie
A widower is in trouble with money, and has seven daughters to marry. A creditor, a timid suitor, is unable to make up his mind.
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Cartacalha, reine des gitans
Title: Cartacalha, reine des gitans
Released: January 21, 1942
Type: Movie
The gypsy dancer Cartacalha is elected queen of the gypsies. She loves a horse breeder, the Galejon, but following misunderstandings and perfidy, she leaves for Paris, invited by a playwright who predicts a total success on stage. Having become a star, she returns to the Camargue where, still abused, she tries to commit suicide.
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Parade in 7 Nights
Title: Parade in 7 Nights
Character: Estelle, unmarried mother
Released: September 24, 1941
Type: Movie
In the pound, Pipo the dog recounts his adventures to his fellow inmates.
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Strange Suzy
Title: Strange Suzy
Released: August 29, 1941
Type: Movie
To prevent her husband from starting a divorce procedure, a wife simulates madness.
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The Mondesir Heir
Title: The Mondesir Heir
Character: Janine, la postière
Released: May 7, 1940
Type: Movie
Bienaimé, a modest postman, in love with Janine, the village postmistress, does not know that he is the illegitimate son of the old Baron de Mondésir. The Baron dies and in happy amazement, Bienaimé finds he is the sole heir to the deceased's estate. But he should be careful, for two crooks, Waldemar and Erika, are after his newly-acquired wealth.
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Paradis perdu
Title: Paradis perdu
Character: Irène (uncredited)
Released: October 27, 1939
Type: Movie
In pre-World Ward I in Paris, a budding artist, Pierre LeBlanc, falls in love and marries Janine, a dressmaker's assistant. Pierre has a flair for designing clothes, and he and his bride live in a blissful paradise, until the war breaks out and he becomes a soldier. Janine dies in childbirth and, no longer desiring to live, Pierre volunteers for a dangerous patrol behind German lines. While recuperating in the hospital from a wound he received on the mission, Pierre spends his time drawing sketches of dresses. He becomes rich and famous after the war. Years later, after devoting himself to his daughter, Pierre seeks a marriage with a girl no older than his daughter. A conflict develops and to ensure his daughter's happiness, Pierre sacrifices his own plans.
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The End of the Day
Title: The End of the Day
Character: Danielle
Released: March 24, 1939
Type: Movie
Aged penniless actors are living in a old people's home. They always talk about their past glory or failures. One day Raphael Saint-Clair comes; he has been a famous actor and had a lot of love affairs. Passions come back, and jealousies... A bitter film about aging, failure and the entertainment.
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Fort Dolorès
Title: Fort Dolorès
Released: March 1, 1939
Type: Movie
Several men of different nationalities have decided to free themselves from the clutches of women and have vowed to help each other in case one of them might relapse. They find shelter in a hacienda on the pampas. They believe they are now safe from the evil influence of the fair sex. Unfortunately there is a farm nearby in which... a gorgeous woman is said to live. Great principles are short-lived, as they soon realize: lust, jealousy and hate set in at once.
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A Foolish Maiden
Title: A Foolish Maiden
Character: (uncredited)
Released: November 24, 1938
Type: Movie
A middle-aged Parisian lawyer meets a young girl and falls in love with her. The girl's mother discovers the affair and the couple must flee.
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The Curtain Rises
Title: The Curtain Rises
Character: Mireille, une élève du Conservatoire
Released: October 6, 1938
Type: Movie
1938, France, Paris, at the Superior Conservatory of Dramatic Art ("Conservatoire Supérieur d'Art Dramatique"). The first-year entrance exams are in full swing. Many applicants, few accepted. Isabelle (Janine Darcey) is one of the few chosen. She joins former students from the second and third years, including François (Claude Dauphin) and Cécilia (Odette Joyeux). They attend the drama class run by Professor Lambertin (Louis Jouvet). The young people, passionate and eager to become comedians, clash in tumultuous love affairs, because by dint of acting, they imagine that life is a farce. François, for example, is in love with Isabelle, who also loves him, but is pursued by Cecilia, his former mistress... "Put art in your life and life in your art!"
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The Shanghai Drama
Title: The Shanghai Drama
Character: Friend of Véra (uncredited)
Released: September 23, 1938
Type: Movie
A Russian emigrant sings in a Shanghai nightclub under the assumed name of Kay Murphy. All she dreams of is a peaceful life with her daughter Vera. But this is only a pipe dream as she has been forced by her former lover Ivan to work for a secret criminal organization, "The Black Dragon". Vera, who studies in a Hong Kong boarding-school, knows nothing about her mother's past. When Ivan, who is also Vera's father, resurfaces and blackmails Kay, the young woman is determined to fight back...
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The Most Beautiful Girl in the World
Title: The Most Beautiful Girl in the World
Released: August 3, 1938
Type: Movie
An American billionaire who travels incognito falls in love with a blind shepherdess whose twin sister will take the place on the wedding day.
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Hélène
Title: Hélène
Released: October 17, 1936
Type: Movie
Helene is based on Helene Wilfur, a novel by Vicki (Grand Hotel) Baum. Madeleine Renaud essays the title role, a young medical student in love with aspiring musician Pierre Regnier (Jean-Lous Barrault). Pierre's father, a noted surgeon, puts pressure on his son to give up music in favor of medicine. Unable to withstand his father's remonstrations, Pierre kills himself, prompting the grieving Madeleine to forget all about romance and dedicate her life to the cause of healing others. Wilfur avoids the usual soap-opera goo by offering realistic performances and credible dialogue (the English-language subtitles were composed by erudite film critic Herman G. Weinberg).