Françoise Spira

Françoise Spira

Born: December 7, 1928
Died: January 4, 1965
in Paris, France

Movies for Françoise Spira...

Chicken Soup
Title: Chicken Soup
Character: Maria
Released: June 12, 1963
Type: Movie
The fiancée of a gangster who has been shot by the police takes an entire police station hostage, armed with a revolver and a bottle of nitroglycerine...
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Last Year at Marienbad
Title: Last Year at Marienbad
Character: A Character from the Hotel
Released: May 25, 1961
Type: Movie
In a strange and isolated chateau, a man becomes acquainted with a woman and insists that they have met before.
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Who Are You, Mr. Sorge?
Title: Who Are You, Mr. Sorge?
Character: Edith de Branowski
Released: March 29, 1961
Type: Movie
French docu-drama which chronicles the chain of events that lead to the hanging of German-journalist Richard Sorge, who was executed in 1944 after he was found supplying classified information to the Russians.
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La mort de Pompée
Title: La mort de Pompée
Released: February 7, 1961
Type: Movie
Political ambitions sometimes lead to the downfall of those who formulate them. For Ptolemy, assassinating Pompey was an opportunity to get into Caesar's good graces. Once the crime is committed, Ptolemy impatiently awaits recognition from Caesar. But a completely different fate awaits Cleopatra's brother.
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The Cat Shows Her Claws
Title: The Cat Shows Her Claws
Character: Marie-José
Released: March 9, 1960
Type: Movie
France under the Occupation. Executed for treason against the Resistance, Cora, code-named "La Chatte", was left for dead. Recovered and cared for by the Germans, Dr. von Hollwitz brainwashed her to control her and use her as a counter-espionage. In the spring of 1944, her escape was faked so that she could resume contact with the Resistance. She has to scupper the mission of Charles, an engineer with the SNCF, to blow up a train loaded with V1s intended to power the launch pads set up on the French coast to bomb London. But at the last moment, La Chatte regains her lucidity.
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Secret professionnel
Title: Secret professionnel
Released: October 21, 1959
Type: Movie
Catherine Langeac and André Foucaud are a medical couple, she a general practitioner and he a gynecologist. Their attentiveness and understanding enable them to solve many of their patients' problems.
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Two Mothers
Title: Two Mothers
Character: Madelaine
Released: June 28, 1957
Type: Movie
The story of two women, one French and the other German, who fight for a child who has been mistakenly taken by the Germans after a bomb raid.
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Razzia
Title: Razzia
Character: Yvonne, la dame des lavabos
Released: April 7, 1955
Type: Movie
Henri, the Man from Nantes, comes back to his country after a successful stay in the United States, where he was working for Liski, the drug dealer. With the fame of being a tough guy preceding him, he sets himself to the task of knowing why the French operations were not so profitable - and soon he is master of all links of the organization. He can now get it honed to perfection - or destroy it. Only... the Police are following his every step.
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Captain Slipper
Title: Captain Slipper
Character: La dame rousse
Released: July 31, 1953
Type: Movie
A bank clerk is bored to death with his nine-to-five work under his boss ' watchful eye. His missus is a pain in the neck and his in-laws are not better.
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Fan-Fan the Tulip
Title: Fan-Fan the Tulip
Character: Petit rôle (uncredited)
Released: March 20, 1952
Type: Movie
Fanfan is a young handsome peasant. He joins the army to escape marriage because a gypsy girl predicted he will get glory and the king's daughter as a wife. But the gypsy girl was in fact Adeline, the daughter of the recruiting officer. Once he has discovered the stratagem, Fanfan refuses to forget this dream and decides to fulfill the destiny of the fake prediction.