Magali Noël

Acting · Born 1932-06-27 in Izmir, Turkey

Biography

Magali Noël (born Magali Noëlle Guiffray; June 27, 1932) is a Turkish-French actress and singer. Originally from Izmir, she emigrated from Turkey to France in 1951, and her acting career began soon thereafter. She acted in multilingual cinema chiefly from 1951 to 1980, doing several films in Italian with renowned director Federico Fellini, for whom she was a favourite subject. She also acted in films directed by such well-known names as Costa Gavras, Jean Renoir, and Jules Dassin. Her career extended to television movies from roughly 1980 to 2002. Her recording career began in France in 1956, and her most famous song was Fais-moi mal, Johnny (Hurt me Johnny), written by Boris Vian. This song was one of the first rock'n'roll songs with French lyrics. It has been forbidden on the radio…

Filmography

• Rififi as Viviane
• Z as Nick's Sister
• Amarcord as Gradisca
• La Dolce Vita as Fanny
• Ankle Bone as Annie la cravate
• Oh! What a Mambo as Viviane Montero
• Razzia as Lisette, la caissière du "Troquet"
• Jean Gabin, le dernier des géants as Self (archive footage)
• Fidelity as La mère de clélia
• Toto and Cleopatra as Cleopatra

TV

• La Chance aux chansons as Self
• Confessions of Felix Krull as Mme Houpflé
• Les Cœurs brûlés as Julia Bertyl
• Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
• Numéro un as Self
• Midi trente as Self
• Comment ne pas épouser un milliardaire as Délia Delamare
• Cinépanorama as Self
• Champs-Elysées as Self
• Samedi soir as Self