Florence Delay

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

Sans Soleil

The Trial of Joan of Arc

See Here My Love

Les Deux mémoires

La Tragédie du roi Richard II

Le Jouet criminel

All Movies (6)

• La Tragédie du roi Richard II2015
• Sans Soleil1983 · as Narrator (voice)
• See Here My Love1979 · as Flora Thibaud
• Les Deux mémoires1974 · as Self
• Le Jouet criminel1969 · as La femme au foyer
• The Trial of Joan of Arc1963 · as Jeanne d'Arc

All TV Shows (1)

• Apostrophes1975 · as Self