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Biography
Fernande Françoise Raoult, known professionally as Fernande Albany (22 December 1889, Lison – 25 November 1966, Paris), was a French actress in theatre and film.
Career
Albany appeared in many of the films of Georges Méliès, including The Impossible Voyage (1904), An Adventurous Automobile Trip (1905), How Bridget's Lover Escaped (1907), Tunneling the English Channel (1907), Sightseeing Through Whisky (1907), The Good Luck of a "Souse" (1907), Long Distance Wireless Photography (1908), In the Barber Shop (1908), No Trifling With Love (1908), Tribulation or the Misfortunes of a Cobbler (1908), The Woes of Roller Skaters (1908), Buncoed Stage Johnnie (1908), and The Conquest of the Pole (1911).
Her work on the Parisian stage included roles in L'alcôve de Marianne by Félix Gandera (Théâtre de l'Athénée, 1920), Les Fontaines lumineuses by Georges Berr and Louis Verneuil (Théâtre des Variétés, 1935), and Crépuscule du théâtre by Henri-René Lenormand (Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier, 1937).
Albany was married to French stage and film actor Charles Dechamps.