Personal Info
Birth date
1920-03-05 (105 Years)
Day of death
1972-08-27
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Châlons-sur-Marne, Marne, France [now Châlons-en-Champagne]
Also known as
Габи Андре
Gaby Andre
Gaby Andreu
Gaby André
Biography
Gaby André (1920—1972) was a French film actress. She may also be known as Gabrielle Louise Mathilde Andreu.
Filmography
The Sleepwalker
5.6
Overview:
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!Fort Dolorès
NYR
Overview:
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.The House of the Seven Maidens
4
Overview:
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.The Green Glove
6.2
Overview:
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.120, rue de la Gare
5
Overview:
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.Giuseppe Verdi
5.5
Overview:
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.Départ à zéro
NYR
Overview:
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...Tua per la vita
NYR
Overview:
A humble young woman takes care of his sister's child while also hiding her feelings towards her sister's lover.Cartacalha, reine des gitans
NYR
Overview:
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.Hoboes in Paradise
7
Overview:
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.The Curtain Rises
7.9
Overview:
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!"The Shanghai Drama
6.4
Overview:
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...Hélène
5.5
Overview:
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).Prima di sera
6.5
Overview:
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.The Mondesir Heir
3.5
Overview:
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.Highway 301
6.6
Overview:
The "Tri-State" gang goes on a successful bank robbing streak causing local authorities to turn up the heat on the daring career criminals.Guilt Is Not Mine
NYR
Overview:
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.Incognito
3.2
Overview:
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.Parade in 7 Nights
4.5
Overview:
In the pound, Pipo the dog recounts his adventures to his fellow inmates.Togli le gambe dal parabrezza
NYR
Overview:
"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.Natika
NYR
Overview:
The film concerns a destructive romance between a young harpist studying in Rome, and a louche playboy and heir to Europe's wealthy corporate and governing class, played by J. D. Barrymore.Mr. Gregoire Runs Away
5.6
Overview:
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...The Strange World of Planet X
4.2
Overview:
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.Adémaï bandit d'honneur
3.2
Overview:
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.Cake in the Sky
NYR
Overview:
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).Le Chant de l'exilé
NYR
Overview:
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.Strange Suzy
NYR
Overview:
To prevent her husband from starting a divorce procedure, a wife simulates madness.Secrets of a Ballerina
5.3
Overview:
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...Acting
1973Cake in the Sky as Unknown
1970Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You as Flavia
1969Togli le gambe dal parabrezza as Unknown
1963Sign of Zorro as Señora Gutiérrez
1963Natika as Mme. Pellegrini
1962East of Kilimanjaro as Dr. Marie Avedon
1960Goliath and the Dragon as Ismene
1958Incognito as Hilda Porenson
1958The Strange World of Planet X as Michele Dupont
1956Una voce, una chitarra, un po' di luna as Unknown
1956Donatella as Unknown
1955Tua per la vita as Marisa
1954Prima di sera as Moglie di Bancani
1954La campana di San Giusto as Cinzia Di Rionero
1954Siamo ricchi e poveri as Jacqueline
1953Giuseppe Verdi as Giuseppina Strepponi
1952Guilt Is Not Mine as Unknown
1952The Green Glove as Gaby Saunders
1951The Sleepwalker as Stella Gazzini, star in Tabarin
1950Highway 301 as Lee Fontaine (as Gaby Andre)
1946Une femme coupée en morceaux as Unknown
1946Mr. Gregoire Runs Away as Colette
1946120, rue de la Gare as Suzanne Parmentier
1945Hoboes in Paradise as Marie
1944Angel of the Night as Simone
1943Secrets of a Ballerina as Sophie de La Tournelle
1943Adémaï bandit d'honneur as Fortunata
1943Le Chant de l'exilé as Maria
1943Départ à zéro as Stella
1942The House of the Seven Maidens as Rolande
1942Cartacalha, reine des gitans as Piribichi
1941Parade in 7 Nights as Estelle, unmarried mother
1941Strange Suzy as Unknown
1940The Mondesir Heir as Janine, la postière
1939Four Flights to Love as Irène (uncredited)
1939The End of the Day as Danielle
1939Fort Dolorès as Unknown
1938A Foolish Maiden as (uncredited)
1938The Curtain Rises as Mireille, une élève du Conservatoire
1938The Shanghai Drama as Friend of Véra (uncredited)
1938The Most Beautiful Girl in the World as Unknown
1936Hélène as Unknown