Actress. A comedic specialist with hundreds of appearances on the French stage and screen over a 60 year career, she shall probably be remembered for her award-winning eight year run on the Antenne 2 series “MaGuy”. Born Nevarte Manouelian to Armenian parents, she was raised in Paris from infancy though little is recorded of her early years. Rosy made her silver screen bow in Henri-Georges Cluzot’s 1949 “Manon”, a film adaptation of the same Abbe Prevost novel that has inspired two major operas. From then on she had appearances in a string of French movies, in the process working with all the major directors of the time including Jean Renoir and Claude Sautet. She was to earn particular notice for her starring roles in “La Vendetta” and “Love at Twenty” (both 1962) as well as in 1972’s “The Bar at the Crossing” which was presented at the Berlin International Film Festival, and even did voice-overs for cartoon westerns including 1949’s “Vengence at Camargue”, “Daisy Town” (1971), and the 1978 “Lucky Luke, The Ballad of the Daltons”. Rosy landed the part of Maguy Bossier on “MaGuy” in 1984, won a 1987 Golden 7 Award for her work, and remained with the cast until 1992. Throughout her time before the public she was also a regular on the Parisian stage; last seen on the big screen in 1986’s “Cher canaille” she earned her final credit in 2007 with “Hubert and the Dog”. Rosy lived out her days in the Paris suburbs and died of the complications of bronchitis. At her demise several of her performances were available on DVD. (bio by: Bob Hufford)