Portrait of Rosy Varte

Rosy Varte

Acting

Biography

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.

Born: November 22, 1923

Place of Birth: Constantinople, Ottoman Empire

Filmography

2007
Hubert et le chien

as Éléonore

2005
1998
Bonnes vacances

as Blanche Dumont-Farel

1987
1985
Maguy

as Maguy Boissier (Née Bernardini)

1984
Happy Easter

as Marlène Chataigneau, la mère de Julie

1983
Waiter!

as Gloria, Alex's ex-wife

1983
Lucky Luke: Daltons on the Loose

as Miss Worthlesspenny (voice)

1983
Rock and Torah

as Esther Stern

1983
Le Braconnier de Dieu

as La première musicienne en voiture

1982
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme

as Madame Jourdain

1982
1981
Les Bons Bourgeois

as Dorothée, the mother

1980
T'inquiète pas, ça se soigne

as Infirmière Rose Carlin

1979
Nina

as Nina

1979
La Grâce

as Thérèse Dupérier

1979
Love on the Run

as La Mère de Colette

1976
1975
The Night Caller

as Germaine Doizon

1973
Big Deal

as Therese

1972
The Annuity

as Elvire Galipeau

1971
Daisy Town

as Lulu Carabine (voice)

1970
1969
My Uncle Benjamin

as Bettine, soeur de Benjamin

1969
La Honte de la famille

as Perrine Hadol

1968
Would-Be Gentleman

as Mme Jourdain

1968
1966
Father's Trip

as Barmaid of the bistro 'La Patrie'

1966
Three Disordered Children

as Mme Gisèle Duchemin

1966
The Sultans

as Girl in the club

1965
Ubu Roi

as Mother Ubu

1965
Thomas the Impostor

as Mme Valiche

1964
Male Companion

as Isabelle's Mother

1962
Antoine and Colette

as Colette's Mother

1962
Love at Twenty

as La mère de Colette (segment "Antoine et Colette")

1962
The Vendetta

as Mrs. Lauriston

1961
The Busybody

as The boss

1960
Fortunate

as Rosette Falk

1960
The Gigolo

as Marilyn

1958
1958
A Legitimate Defense

as Rita la Gitane, une prostituée

1956
1955
The Hussars

as Juliette

1955
1955
French Cancan

as Habituée du café (uncredited)

1955
1954
Men Think Only of That

as Dolorès, victim of the womanizer

1953
Virgile

as La grande Léa

1953
Midnight... Quai de Bercy

as Mme Boulay, l'épicière

1953
Lettre ouverte

as Madame Pépin, the concierge

1952
Three Women

as Paméla (segment "Coralie")

1950
1949