--- name: "Madeleine Barbulée" canonical: "https://film.one/person/madeleine-barbulee" fi1m_id: "madeleine-barbulee" imdb_id: "nm0053884" tmdb_id: 28278 wikidata_id: "Q3275588" roles: ["Actor"] born: "2 September 1910" died: "1 January 2001" reviewed_on_fi1m: 3 average_fi1m_score: 85 average_as: "actor" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-25T05:25:21.446399+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Madeleine Barbulée ## Identity Madeleine Barbulée - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/madeleine-barbulee - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** madeleine-barbulee - **IMDb ID:** nm0053884 - **TMDB ID:** 28278 - **Wikidata ID:** Q3275588 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeleine_Barbul%C3%A9e, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3275588, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0053884/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/28278 Actor. Born 2 September 1910 in Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France. Died 1 January 2001. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 2 September 1910, Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France - **Died:** 1 January 2001 - **Active:** 1952–1973 - **Also known as:** Madeleine Barbulé, Marie-Madeleine Eugénie Barbulée, Мадлен Барбюле, Madelaine Barbulée - **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 acting, 1 other - **Average Fi1m score:** 85, as actor, over 2 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 86 (2), 1970s 84 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeleine_Barbul%C3%A9e, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3275588, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0053884/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/28278 ## Biography Madeleine Barbulée (born Marie-Madeleine Eugénie Barbulée) was a French actress. She was born on 2 September 1910 in Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, and died on 1 January 2001 in Paris. She trained at the École nationale supérieure d'art de Nancy and began her career in the theatre in the mid-1930s. Barbulée appeared in around 150 stage productions, including several premieres of plays by Jean Anouilh, and in more than 300 films and television programmes between 1948 and 2000. Her film roles include the Red Cross nun in René Clément's *Forbidden Games* (1952), Sister Simplice in *Les Misérables* (1958), and parts in *The Earrings of Madame de...* (1953), *The Day of the Jackal* (1973) and *The Miser* (1980). *Sources: fr.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, wikidata.org.* ## On Fi1m (3) ### Performed in (2) — the average rests on these - *The Day of the Jackal* (1973), Fi1m 84, as Hotel Guest — [page](https://film.one/film/the-day-of-the-jackal.md) - *Forbidden Games* (1952), Fi1m 86, as Red Cross Nun — [page](https://film.one/film/forbidden-games.md) ### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited - *The Earrings of Madame de...* (1953), Fi1m 87, as Une amie de Madame de... (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-earrings-of-madame-de.md) ## Complete filmography (106) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Mémoires en fuite* (2000), as Tante Marie - *Roulez jeunesse !* (1993), as Lise - *Mass in C Minor* (1990), as Madame Lopez - *Le Tombeur* (1987), as Madame Sivelle - *The Seventh Target* (1984), as L'antiquaire aux puces - *Père Noël et fils* (1983), Actor - *Vous habitez chez vos parents ?* (1983), as Mammy - *Banzaï* (1983), as La dame âgée dans le train Paris-Tunis - *Sunday Lovers* (1980), as Mamie (segment "The French Method") - *Les Aventures de Papa Poule* (1980), series, as la grand-mère - *The Miser* (1980), as La mère de Marianne - *La Plume* (1978), as Mrs. Thévenin - *Incorrigible* (1975), as Toilet attendant - *Cry of the Heart* (1974), as Berthe - *Un curé de choc* (1974), series, as Mme Bosc - *Les Oiseaux de la lune* (1974), as Mrs. Bobignot - *A Slightly Pregnant Man* (1973), as Mlle Janvier - *Maître Zacharius* (1973), as Scholastique - *The Day of the Jackal* (1973), as Hotel Guest — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-day-of-the-jackal.md) - *Huit femmes* (1972), as Mme Chanel, la gouvernante - *Pas moral pour deux sous* (1971), as Mme Reade - *La Brune que voilà* (1970), as Mme Sivelle - *The House of the Bories* (1970), as Mlle Estienne - *Que ferait donc Faber ?* (1969), as La couturière - *Pierre and Paul* (1969), as Mathilde - *Les Demoiselles de Suresnes* (1968), series, as Mamie - *The Sunday of Life* (1967), as Madame Faucolle - *At Theatre Tonight* (1966), series, as Mme Sivelle - *How Not to Rob a Department Store* (1965), as 'Limonade' - *Dandelions by the Roots* (1964), as Olphie (voice) - *Un coup dans l'aile* (1963), as La concierge - *The Blockhead Fair* (1963), Actor - *The Mysteries of Paris* (1962), as Mrs. Godin - *Un chien dans un jeu de quilles* (1962), as The mother - *Small Local Trains* (1960), as Adélaïde Benoit - *Murder at 45 R.P.M.* (1960), as La secrètaire - *The Price of Flesh* (1959), as Christine's Mother - *The Dreadful* (1959), as La secrétaire - *Soupe au lait* (1959), Actor - *Beast at Bay* (1959), as Maria - *Gangster Boss* (1959), as Mme Rivoire - *Guinguette* (1959), Actor - *The Little Professor* (1958), as Widow Mouriot - *Love Is My Profession* (1958), as Bordenave - *Neither Seen Nor Recognized* (1958), as Mme de Chaville - *Les Misérables* (1958), as Sister Simplice - *Maigret Sets a Trap* (1958), as La cliente de la boucherie - *Les Cinq Dernières Minutes* (1958), series, as Maman - *When a Woman Meddles* (1957), as Pastry chef - *She's a girl from Paris* (1957), Actor - *Sénéchal the Magnificent* (1957), as Mme Roberte - *The Twilight Girls* (1957), as Madame Letellier - la principale du collège - *I'll Get Back to Kandara* (1956), as Madame Lachaume - *The Hunchback of Notre Dame* (1956), as Madame Outarde - *Les Lumières du soir* (1956), as Social worker - *Mannequins of Paris* (1956), as Madame Madeleine - la première - *Plucking the Daisy* (1956), as Mme Dumont - *Daddy's Gang* (1956), as Mme Merlerin - *Thirteen at the Table* (1955), as (uncredited) - *The Grand Manoeuvre* (1955), as Lady in the yellow hat - *Papa, Mama, My Wife and Me* (1955), as Une collègue de Fernand - *The Aristocrats* (1955), as L'hôtelière - *Blackmail* (1955), as The nurse - *Frou-Frou* (1955), as Berthe, l'habilleuse - *Black Dossier* (1955), as La sœur du procureur - *Casse-cou, mademoiselle!* (1955), Actor - *Papa, Mama, the Maid and I* (1954), as Marie-Louise, first maid - *After You, Duchess* (1954), Actor - *Zoé* (1954), Actor - *Thérèse Raquin* (1953), as Mme Noblet - *Mandat d'amener* (1953), as Judge's wife - *My Husband Is Marvelous* (1953), Actor - *The Earrings of Madame de...* (1953), as Une amie de Madame de... (uncredited) — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/the-earrings-of-madame-de.md) - *Follow That Man* (1953), as Mrs. Durbain, concierge - *Deux de l'escadrille* (1953), Actor - *Beauties of the Night* (1952), as La femme au bureau de poste (uncredited) - *Desperate Decision* (1952), as The traveler (uncredited) - *Mister Taxi* (1952), as La tricoteuse - *Three Women* (1952), as (segment "Coralie") - *The Case Against X* (1952), as La voisine - *Matrimonial Agency* (1952), as Céline - *Forbidden Games* (1952), as Red Cross Nun — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/forbidden-games.md) - *The Seven Deadly Sins* (1952), as The Heavenly Secretary (segment "La Paresse") - *Perfectionist* (1951), as Marie-Laure - *Two Pennies Worth of Violets* (1951), as La chanteuse des rues - *Trip to America* (1951), as L'économe - *The Most Beautiful Girl in the World* (1951), as Agency Secretary (uncredited) - *Life in a Song* (1951), as The mother - *Beautiful Love* (1951), as Doctor Moulin's assistant - *The Strange Madame X* (1951), as Marthe (uncredited) - *Dr. Knock* (1951), as Une infirmière (uncredited) - *Dear Caroline* (1951), as Mlle de Tourville - *Without Leaving an Address* (1951), as La marchande de jouets de la gare (uncredited) - *The Rear-Wheel Drive Gang* (1950), Actor - *Beware of Blondes* (1950), as Ms. Dubois - *Le Tampon du capiston* (1950), as Guest - *Prelude to Glory* (1950), as Mademoiselle Duchemin - *Rome Express* (1950), as Bookseller - *Millionaires for One Day* (1949), as L'infirmière - *Cage of Girls* (1949), as A supervisor - *Return to Life* (1949), as (segment "Le retour de Louis") (uncredited) - *The Mystery of the Yellow Room* (1949), as Chambermaid - *Mission in Tangier* (1949), as Typist of the newspaper - *White Paws* (1949), as The cousin (uncredited) - *The Spice of Life* (1948), as La chanteuse - *Métier de fous* (1948), Actor ## Gallery - ![Madeleine Barbulée](https://film.one/media/person/393021/gallery-00e4206ff92f.png) Madeleine Barbulée — Studio Harcourt, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f5/MadeleineBarbulee-1945-Harcourt.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Madeleine Barbulée](https://film.one/media/person/393021/gallery-e654891d5be0.jpg) Madeleine Barbulée — Image via TMDB - ![Madeleine Barbulée](https://film.one/media/person/393021/gallery-522c8f7ff37e.jpg) Madeleine Barbulée — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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