Person
Florence Delay
Acting · 1941–2025 · Paris, France
Biography
Florence Delay (French pronunciation: [flɔʁɑ̃s dəlɛ]; March 19, 1941 – July 1, 2025) was a French writer and actress. She was a member of the Académie française from 2000. Delay notably wrote novels, essays and plays (in collaboration with Jacques Roubaud) and translated texts from Spanish. Delay was also known for portraying Joan of Arc in the 1962 Robert Bresson film The Trial of Joan of Arc
Known for
Apostrophes
Self
The Trial of Joan of Arc
Jeanne d'Arc
Les Deux mémoires
Self
Sans Soleil
Narrator (voice)
Deep Water
Screenplay
Le Jouet criminel
La femme au foyer
The Wings of the Dove
Screenplay
See Here My Love
Flora Thibaud
La Tragédie du roi Richard II
2015
Filmography
- 2015La Tragédie du roi Richard II
- 1983Sans SoleilNarrator (voice)
- 1981Deep WaterScreenplay
- 1981The Wings of the DoveScreenplay
- 1979See Here My LoveFlora Thibaud
- 1975ApostrophesSelf
- 1974Les Deux mémoiresSelf
- 1969Le Jouet criminelLa femme au foyer
- 1963The Trial of Joan of ArcJeanne d'Arc
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