Mylène Demongeot
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Mylène Demongeot
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Mylene Demongeot entered films in 1954 at a time when virtually every French actress with blonde hair was immediately labeled a sex symbol. Though many of her screen assignments were along the ooh-la-la lines of her Swedish maid in the British Upstairs, Downstairs (1959), she was also capable of intensely dramatic performances in films like The Crucible (1956). Her later work included such larger-than-life adventure fare as The Three Musketeers (1964) (as Milady DeWinter) and two of the Fantomas films of the 1960s. She also starred in Professore, a French TV detective series of the late '80s. The owners of their own production company, Kangarou Films, Mylene Demongeot and her husband, Marc Simenon, have produced a number of films, notably 1980's Signe Forax. ~ Hal Erickson, RoviFilmography:
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Mylène Demongeot
| Mylène Demongeot | |
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 Demongeot at the César Award during the 1990s |
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| Born | Marie-Hélène Demongeot 29 September 1935 Nice, France |
| Years active | 1953–present |
| Spouse | Marc Simenon (1968–1999) (his death) |
Mylène Demongeot (born on 29 September 1935 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes) is a French actress, who has appeared in 72 films since 1953. She was born Marie-Hélène Demongeot in Nice, Southern France.[1]
Demongeot gained fame and adulation for her portrayal of Abigail Williams in the Franco-East German production The Crucible (1957), for which she was nominated for BAFTA Awards for Most Promising Newcomer to Film. The blonde actress has performed in adventures like Vengeance of the Three Musketeers (1961) as Milady de Winter and in comedies like Fantômas (1964) directed by André Hunebelle. In the US she has co-starred with David Niven in Otto Preminger's Bonjour Tristesse (1958). She was also nominated for César Awards for Best Supporting Actress in 36 Quai des Orfèvres (2004) and La Californie (2006).
She was married to director Marc Simenon from 1968 until his death in 1999.
Selected filmography
- Frou-Frou (1955)
- It's a Wonderful World (1956)
- The Crucible (1957)
- Bonjour Tristesse (1958)
- Upstairs and Downstairs (1959)
- The Singer Not The Song (1961)
- The Three Musketeers (1961)
- Il ratto delle sabine (1961)
- Doctor in Distress (1963)
- Fantômas (1964)
- OSS 117: Mission for a Killer (1965)
- 36 Quai des Orfèvres (2004)
- La Californie (2006)
References
- Notes
- ^ Extrait de naissance 2317/1935 (source : Les Gens du Cinéma) — Dans ses mémoires, Mylène Demongeot précise elle-même son jour de naissance, soit le 29 septembre.
- Bibliography
- Demongeot, Mylène (September, 2001). Tiroirs secrets. Paris: Le Pré aux Clercs. ISBN 2-84228-131-4.
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