This dark-haired, exotic beauty was born Michele Cortes De Leon y Fabianera in Algiers on May 10, 1933. As Francoise Fabian, she made her film debut in Pierre Foucaud's “Memoirs d'un flic” (1955) and passed the rest of the decade in unmemorable features. By the mid-1960s, she began to find better roles such as in Louis Malle's “Le voleur” (The Thief of Paris) and Luis Bunuel's “Belle du jour” both 1967.
Fabian was memorable in the title role of Eric Rohmer's “Ma nuit chez Maud” (My Night at Maud's) (1969), as the beautiful divorcee whose charms Jean-Louis Trintignant finally succeeds in resisting. Subsequent highlights have included Claude Lelouch's “La bonne annee” (1973), the title role in “Madame Claude” (1977) and Lelouch's “Partir revenir” (1984). In all she’s appeared in over 110 films and television appearances.
Although she has continued to work through the early 1990s, most of her later roles were not worthy of her talent.
Francoise gave a memorable performance in her only Spaghetti western, Sergio Corbucci’s “Gli specialisti” (Drop Them or I’ll Shoot) with Johnny Hallyday.
FABIAN, Françoise (Michele Cortes De
Leon y Fabianera) [5/10/1933, Algiers, Alger, France – ] – theater, film, TV actress, singer,
married to production manager, director, assistant director, writer, actor
Jacques Becker (Jacques Louis Thomas Becker) [1906-1960] (1957-1960) mother of
Marie Becker [1959- ], married to
director, writer, actor Marcel Bozzuffi [1928-1988] (1963-1988).
Drop Them or I’ll Shoot – 1968 (Virginia Pollicut)
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