# Françoise Fabian

Michelle Cortès (born 10 May 1933), known professionally as Françoise Fabian (French:), is a French film actress. She has appeared in more than 100 films since 1956. In 1971, Fabian signed the Manifesto of the 343, publicly declaring having had an abortion.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
| 1956 | Mémoires d'un flic | The Countess | Pierre Foucaud André Hunebelle | Debut film |
| 1956 | Naughty Girl | Lili Rocher-Villedieu | Michel Boisrond | |
| 1956 | Fernandel the Dressmaker | Sophie | Jean Boyer | |
| 1956 | Les Aventures de Till L'Espiègle | Esperanza | Gérard Philipe Joris Ivens | |
| 1956 | Michel Strogoff | Natko | Carmine Gallone | |
| 1957 | Burning Fuse | Lola Wassevitch | Henri Decoin | |
| 1957 | Ce sacré Amédée | Elia Tarti / Cigale | Louis Félix | |
| 1957 | L'aventurière des Champs-Élysées | Josette Darcanges | Roger Blanc | |
| 1957 | A Bomb for a Dictator | Mme. Lambert | Alex Joffé | |
| 1957 | The Violent | Evelyne Tiercelin | Henri Calef | |
| 1958 | Every Day Has Its Secret | Hélène Lezcano | Claude Boissol | |
| 1960 | L'histoire dépasse la fiction | Catherine de l'Isle Bouchard | Jean Kerchbron | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1960 | La brune que voilà | Christine | Robert Lamoureux | |
| 1962 | Una domenica d'estate | | Giulio Petroni | |
| 1962 | Sentimental Education | | Alexandre Astruc | |
| 1962 | L'inspecteur Leclerc enquête | Mme Gauthier | Claude Barma | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1963 | The Magnificent Adventurer | Lucrezia | Riccardo Freda | |
| 1963 | Maigret Sees Red | Lily | Gilles Grangier | |
| 1964 | La caméra explore le temps | Mata Hari | Guy Lessertisseur | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1965 | Version grecque | Maira | Jean-Paul Sassy | TV movie |
| 1965 | Les Cinq Dernières Minutes | Évelyne Sommières | Claude Loursais | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1965 | Morgane ou Le prétendant | Lady Hamilton | Alain Boudet | TV movie |
| 1965 | La jeune morte | The Stepsister | Claude Faraldo Roger Pigaut | |
| 1966 | Le train bleu s'arrête 13 fois | Simone | Serge Friedman | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1967 | The Thief of Paris | Ida | Louis Malle | |
| 1967 | Belle de Jour | Charlotte | Luis Buñuel | |
| 1967 | Marion Delorme | Marion Delorme | Jean Kerchbron | TV movie |
| 1969 | My Night at Maud's | Maud | Éric Rohmer | Nominated - National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress Nominated - New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| 1969 | Gli specialisti | Virginia Pollywood | Sergio Corbucci | |
| 1969 | L'américain | Women agency | Marcel Bozzuffi | |
| 1970 | The Cop | Hélène Dassa | Yves Boisset | |
| 1970 | The Females [de] | Astrid | Zbyněk Brynych | |
| 1971 | Raphael, or The Debauched One | Aurore | Michel Deville | |
| 1971 | Êtes-vous fiancée à un marin grec ou à un pilote de ligne? | Marion Blanchard | Jean Aurel | |
| 1971 | Out 1 | Lucie | Jacques Rivette Suzanne Schiffman | |
| 1972 | Love in the Afternoon | Dream Sequence | Éric Rohmer | |
| 1972 | Black Turin | Lucia Rao | Carlo Lizzani | |
| 1973 | Au rendez-vous de la mort joyeuse | Françoise | Juan Luis Buñuel | |
| 1973 | Les voraces | Lara | Sergio Gobbi | |
| 1973 | Sentimental Education | Marie Arnoux | Marcel Cravenne | TV Mini-Series |
| 1973 | La bonne année | Françoise | Claude Lelouch | David di Donatello - For her performance San Sebastián International Film Festival for Best Actress |
| 1973 | Projection privée | Marthe / Eva | François Leterrier | |
| 1973 | Hail the Artist | Peggy | Yves Robert | |
| 1974 | Out 1: Spectre | Lucie | Jacques Rivette | |
| 1974 | City Under Siege | Cristina Cournier | Romolo Guerrieri | |
| 1974 | To Love Ophelia | Federica | Flavio Mogherini | |
| 1975 | How to Kill a Judge | Antonia Traini | Damiano Damiani | |
| 1975 | Down the Ancient Staircase | Anna Bersani | Mauro Bolognini | |
| 1976 | Al piacere di rivederla | Viviana Bonfigli | Marco Leto | |
| 1976 | Natale in casa d'appuntamento | Nira | Armando Nannuzzi | |
| 1976 | Chi dice donna, dice donna | Bella / Lulù | Tonino Cervi | |
| 1977 | The French Woman | Madame Claude | Just Jaeckin | |
| 1977 | The Blue Ferns | Monika Berthier | Françoise Sagan | |
| 1979 | Cinéma 16 | Hélène | Nina Companeez | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1979 | Les dames de la côte | Clara Decourt | Nina Companeez | TV movie |
| 1980 | Le mandarin | Sylvie Chaput | Patrick Jamain | TV movie |
| 1981 | Tovaritch | Tatiana Ouratief | Jeannette Hubert | TV movie |
| 1982 | Un fait d'hiver | Lisa | Jean Chapot | TV movie |
| 1982 | Deux heures moins le quart avant Jésus-Christ | Laetitia | Jean Yanne | |
| 1983 | Archipel des amours | The Friend | Jean-Claude Guiguet | |
| 1983 | La veuve rouge | Marie Reinart | Édouard Molinaro | TV movie |
| 1983 | Bon anniversaire Juliette | Elsa | Marcel Bozzuffi | TV movie |
| 1983 | Le cercle des passions | Renata Strauss | Claude d'Anna | |
| 1983 | Benvenuta | Jeanne | André Delvaux | |
| 1983 | L'ami de Vincent | Dominique | Pierre Granier-Deferre | |
| 1985 | Quo Vadis? | Pomponia | Franco Rossi | TV Mini-Series |
| 1985 | Partir, revenir | Sarah Lerner | Claude Lelouch | |
| 1986 | Faubourg St Martin | The Marquise | Jean-Claude Guiguet | |
| 1988 | Les clients | Marie-France | Yannick Andréi | TV movie |
| 1988 | Trois places pour le 26 | Marie-Hélène de Lambert | Jacques Demy | Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| 1989 | Haute tension | The Black | Jacques Ertaud | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1989 | Reunion | Countess von Lohenburg | Jerry Schatzberg | |
| 1989 | Disperatamente Giulia | | Enrico Maria Salerno | TV movie |
| 1989 | Renseignements généraux | Monette | Claude Barma | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1991 | Plaisir d'amour | Do | Nelly Kaplan | |
| 1991 | Reflections in a Dark Sky | Valeria | Salvatore Maira | |
| 1992 | Pour une fille en rouge | Rose | Marianne Lamour | |
| 1993 | Un commissario a Roma | Renata Amidei | Luca Manfredi Ignazio Agosta Roberto Giannarelli | TV series (10 episodes) |
| 1993 | Donne in un giorno di festa | Francesca | Salvatore Maira | |
| 1996 | Un chantage en or | Florence Valette | Hugues de Laugardière | TV movie |
| 1996 | La comète | Agathe | Claude Santelli | TV movie |
| 1998 | Top Secret | Geneviève | Jacques Rivette | |
| 1999 | The Letter | Mme de Chartres | Manoel de Oliveira | |
| 1999 | Season's Beatings | Yvette | Danièle Thompson | |
| 2000 | Champollion, un scribe pour l'Égypte | Voice-over | Jean-Claude Lubtchansky | Documentary film |
| 2002 | La chanson du maçon | Elena | Nina Companeez | TV movie |
| 2003 | Le nouveau testament | Lucie Marcelin | Yves Di Tullio Bernard Murat | TV movie |
| 2004 | 5x2 | Monique | François Ozon | |
| 2005 | La femme coquelicot | Marthe | Jérôme Foulon | TV movie |
| 2006 | Mademoiselle Gigi | Aunt Alicia | Caroline Huppert | TV movie |
| 2008 | Made in Italy | Rosa | Stéphane Giusti | |
| 2008 | LOL (Laughing Out Loud) | Anne's mother | Lisa Azuelos | |
| 2009 | A Man and His Dog | Achab's wife | Francis Huster | |
| 2009 | Rapt | Marjorie | Lucas Belvaux | |
| 2010 | L'Arbre et la forêt | Marianne Muller | Olivier Ducastel Jacques Martineau | |
| 2010 | Small World | Elvira Senn | Bruno Chiche | |
| 2010 | Comme les cinq doigts de la main | Suzie Hayoun | Alexandre Arcady | |
| 2011 | Le grand restaurant II | The mother of the heterosexual | Gérard Pullicino | TV movie |
| 2012 | What's in a Name? | Françoise | Alexandre de La Patellière Matthieu Delaporte | |
| 2013 | Me, Myself and Mum | Babou | Guillaume Gallienne | Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| 2013 | Les Petits Meurtres d'Agatha Christie | Alexina Laurence | Marc Angelo | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2014 | Post partum | Carmen | Delphine Noels | |
| 2015 | Call My Agent! | Herself | Antoine Garceau | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2018 | Brillantissime | Doctor Steinman | Michèle Laroque | |