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Françoise Fabian

Françoise Fabian

Actor · Born May 10, 1933 (93) · Alger, Algeria

Françoise Fabian (born Michèle Cortes; 10 May 1933) is a French actress. Description above from the Wikipedia article Françoise Fabian, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
May 10, 1933 (93)
From
Alger, Algeria
Works as
Actor
Titles
32 on MovieCove · 93 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Down 24% in 30 days

What are Françoise Fabian's films like?

Across their 25 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Comedy12 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 46th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 61st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Crime4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 70th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
26%
Self
23%
Morality
21%
Power
11%
Ideas
8%
Survival
5%
Society
4%
Family bonds6 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love5 titles, browse their movies with this themeMemory4 titles, browse their movies with this themeRevenge4 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice3 titles, browse their movies with this themeCorruption3 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 25 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 14 · Serious 2 · Dark 9

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 12 · Stylized 8 · Heightened 5

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 8 · Charged 12 · Intense 5

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 15 · Shifting 8 · Whiplash 2

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 12 · Some laughs 8 · Funny 5

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 13 · Even-paced 12 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 8 · Engaged 16 · Full focus 1

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 10 · Affecting 10 · Heavy 5

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 12 · Open-ended 9 · Ambiguous 4

Roles they play

12 analyzed roles

Usually the Shapeshifter: 3 of 12 analyzed roles.

Shapeshifter
3 of 12
Ally
2 of 12
Shadow
2 of 12
Herald
1 of 12
Trickster
1 of 12
Mentor
1 of 12
Threshold guardian
1 of 12
Hero
1 of 12
Show the 12 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
9
Warm
10
Contemplative
6
Melancholic
6
Bittersweet
7
Other
21

How their films linger

Thought-provoking13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy9
  • Bittersweet7
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous8

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Françoise Fabian's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 12 of their 32 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (5).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Françoise Fabian's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

93 credits, 32 with a MovieCove page; 19 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • LOL 2.0(2026)

    as Françoise

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Finalement(2024)

    as Françoise

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • The Blond Boy from the Casbah (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    as Elderly Dinah

  • The Fragile Colossus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Josy

  • Belmondo: The Incorrigible (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Actor

  • Love Is Better Than Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Actor

  • Rose(2021)

    as Rose

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • I Love You Coiffure(2020)

    as Mme Boris (segment "Le Salon de coiffure")

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Brillantissime(2018)

    as Claire, la mère

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Me, Myself and Mum(2013)

    as Babou

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Post Partum (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Carmen

  • What's in a Name?(2012)

    as Françoise

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • L'Amour, la Mort, les Fringues (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Actor

  • Small World(2010)

    as Elvira Senn

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Comme les cinq doigts de la main(2010)

    as Suzie Hayoun

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Family Tree (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Marianne Muller

  • Rapt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Marjorie

  • LOL (Laughing Out Loud)(2008)

    as Anne's mother

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • A Man and His Dog(2008)

    as la femme d'Achab

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • The Little Murders of Agatha Christie(2009)

    Show 1 episode · as Alexina Laurence

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows

  • Made in Italy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Rose

  • Mademoiselle Gigi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Tante Alicia

  • La Femme coquelicot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Marthe

  • Five Times Two(2004)

    as Monique

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • La Chanson du maçon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Elena

  • Season's Beatings (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Yvette

  • The Letter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Mme de Chartres

  • Secret Defense(1998)

    as Geneviève

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Un chantage en or (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Florence Valette

  • Reflections in a Dark Sky (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    as Valeria

  • The Pleasure of Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    as Do

  • Out 1 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    as Lucie

  • Le Retour d'Arsène Lupin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Show 1 episode · as Lady Diana

  • Reunion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as Countess von Lohenburg

  • Retour à Malaveil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as La noire

  • Three Seats for the 26th(1988)

    as Mylene de Lambert

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Faubourg St Martin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    as La Marquise

  • Partir revenir(1985)

    as Sarah Lerner

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • Quo Vadis?(1985)

    Show 6 episodes · as Pomponia

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all shows

  • A Friend of Vincent(1983)

    as Dominique

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Benvenuta (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Jeanne

  • Circle of Passions (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Renata Strauss

  • La Veuve rouge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Show 2 episodes · as Marie

  • Archipelago of Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as The friend (segment "Visiteuse, La")

  • Deux heures moins le quart avant Jésus-Christ(1982)

    as Laetitia

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • La Visiteuse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Actor

  • Les Dames de la côte (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Show 5 episodes · as Clara Delcourt

  • La muse et la madone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    as Hélène

  • The Blue Ferris (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    as Monika Berthier

  • Madame Claude(1977)

    as Madame Claude

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Chi dice donna, dice donna (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as Bella / Lulù

  • Holiday Hookers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as Nira

  • Pleased To See You Again (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as Viviana Bonfigli

  • Down the Ancient Stairs(1975)

    as Anna Bersani

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • How to Kill a Judge(1975)

    as Antonia Traini

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • City Under Siege (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as Cristina Cournier

  • To Love Ophelia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as Federica, la sua matrigna

  • Hail the Artist (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as Peggy

  • Private Screening (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as Marthe / Eva

  • Out 1: Spectre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as Lucie

  • Happy New Year(1973)

    as Françoise

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • L'Éducation sentimentale (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Show 5 episodes · as Marie Arnoux

  • At the Meeting with Joyous Death (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as Françoise

  • The Voracious Ones (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as Lara

  • Love in the Afternoon(1972)

    as Dream Sequence

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Black Turin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Lucia Rao

  • Out 1 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Show 8 episodes · as Lucie

  • Are You Engaged to a Greek Sailor or an Airline Pilot? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    as Marion Blanchard

  • Raphael or the Debauched One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    as Aurore

  • The Females (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    as Astrid

  • The Cop(1970)

    as Hélène Dassa

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • The Specialists(1969)

    as Virginia Pollywood

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • The American (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    as La femme de l'agence

  • My Night at Maud's(1969)

    as Maud

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Belle de Jour(1967)

    as Charlotte

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • The Thief of Paris (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    as Ida

  • La jeune morte (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    as La belle-soeur

  • Maigret Sees Red(1963)

    as Lily

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • The Magnificent Adventurer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    as Lucrezia

  • Sentimental Education (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Actor

  • Always on Sunday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    as Elisabetta

  • Every Day Has Its Secret (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    as Hélène Lezcano

  • Les Violents (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    as Evelyne Tiercelin

  • There Is the Brunette (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    as Christine

  • A Bomb for a Dictator (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    as Mlle Lambert

  • L’aventurière des Champs-Élysées (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Actor

  • That damn Amédée (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    as Elia Tarti

  • Burning Fuse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    as Lola Wassevitch

  • Michael Strogoff(1956)

    as Natko

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Bold Adventure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    as Esperanza

  • Fernandel the Dressmaker(1956)

    as Sophie

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Naughty Girl(1956)

    as Lili Rocher-Villedieu

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Mémoires d'un flic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    as Countess (uncredited)

Career shape

Star power in the 98th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 93 titles from 1956 to 2026; peak year 2009.

Biggest box office

What's in a Name? (2012)

$31M worldwide

Highest rated

My Night at Maud's (1969)

Midcredits 97th

Most popular right now

Belle de Jour (1967)

Film career

MilestoneBreakout
19562026

Peak 2009 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 5 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting93 of 93: 93 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score51st

By decade

1950s12 · acting1960s10 · acting1970s25 · acting1980s14 · acting1990s7 · acting2000s9 · acting2010s8 · acting2020s8 · acting

Billing

usually 4th · top billed in 0% of 26 roles
56719611

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Françoise Fabian's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 51st percentile, the median of all 30; across their 25 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 57th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

57thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 25

Approval · how many liked their films

55thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 25

Reach · how many have seen their films

57thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 25

Midcredits score across 32 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up7
  • 50th to 74th12
  • 25th to 49th9
  • Below 25th4

Shape of the crowd

12 of their 32 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved3
  • Universally Panned1
  • Crowd Pleaser11
  • Broadly Agreed5
  • Mixed12

Most divisive · actor

A Man and His Dog (2008)

66th percentile spread · 21% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

My Night at Maud's (1969)

Midcredits 97th · 85% liked

Reviewers score the acting 77/100 in their films, across 17 reviewed titles; fans 84, detractors 50. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Françoise Fabian's work okay for kids?

Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 43 · moderateMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity5 titles34–68 · median 51 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Françoise Fabian work with?

People who share at least 2 of Françoise Fabian's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Claude Lelouch shares the most, 3.

Directors

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles