Martine Carol
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Martine Carol (May 16, 1920 – February 6, 1967) was a French film actress.
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Biography
Born Maryse Louise Mourer in Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne, France, she studied acting under René Simon (1898-1966), making her stage debut in 1940 and her first motion picture in 1943. One of the most beautiful women in film, she was frequently cast as an elegant blonde seductress. During the late 1940s and early 1950s she was the leading sex symbol and a top box office draw. One of her most famous roles was as the title character in Lola Montes (1955) directed by Max Ophüls.
Despite her fame and fortune, Martine Carol's personal life was filled with turmoil that included a suicide attempt, drug abuse. She was also kidnapped by gangster Pierre Loutrel (aka "Crazy Pete"), albeit briefly and received roses the next day as an apology.
She died of a heart attack in a Monte Carlo hotel room at the age of forty-six years.
Four weddings and two funerals
Martine Carol was married four times, to:
- Stephen Crane (Josef Stephen Crane, aka), American actor and restaurant manager, previously Lana Turner's husband. Married in 1948, divorced in 1953.
- Christian-Jaque, film director. Married in 1954, divorced in 1959.
- André Rouveix, a young doctor she met in Martinique. Married in 1959, divorced in 1962.
- Mike Eland, English businessman. Married in 1966, until her death.
She was initially buried in the Père Lachaise Cemetery of Paris. But her grave was violated (some media reported that she had been interred with her jewels). Martine Carol was then buried in the Grand Jas Cemetery of Cannes (square n°3).
Partial filmography
- Dear Caroline (1950)
- Beauties of the Night (1952)
- Nana (1955)
- Lola Montes (1955)
- Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
- Action of the Tiger (1957)
- Ten Seconds to Hell (1959)
- Love and the Frenchwoman (1961)
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
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1941 | The Last of the Six | Une femme | Georges Lacombe | uncredited |
1942 | The Strangers in the House | Une spectatrice aux Assises | Henri Decoin | uncredited |
1943 | La ferme aux loups | Micky | Richard Pottier | |
1945 | Bifur 3 | Germaine | Maurice Cam | |
L'extravagante mission | Stella Star | Henri Calef | ||
1946 | Trente et quarante | Madeleine Bitterlin | Gilles Grangier | |
1947 | Miroir | Lulu | Raymond Lamy | |
Voyage surprise | Isabelle Grosbois | Pierre Prévert | ||
En êtes-vous bien sûr? | Caroline | Jacques Houssin | ||
Carré de valets | Catherine Bonpain | André Berthomieu | ||
La fleur de l'âge | Marcel Carné | |||
1948 | Les souvenirs ne sont pas à vendre | Sonia | Robert Hennion | |
1949 | The Lovers of Verona | Bettina Verdi | André Cayatte | |
I Like Only You | Irène | Pierre Montazel | ||
1950 | We Will All Go to Paris | Martine Carol | Jean Boyer | |
Une nuit de noces | Sidonie de Valpurgis | René Jayet | ||
Beware of Blondes | Olga Schneider | André Hunebelle | ||
1951 | Darling Caroline | Caroline de Bièvre | Richard Pottier | |
1952 | Love and Desire | Martine - la star | Henri Decoin | |
Adorable Creatures | Minouche | Christian-Jaque | ||
Beauties of the Night | Edmee | René Clair | ||
1953 | A Caprice of Darling Caroline | Caroline de Bièvre | Jean Devaivre | |
Lucrèce Borgia | Lucrèce Borgia | Christian-Jacque | ||
Boum sur Paris | Herself | Maurice de Canonge | ||
1954 | Destinées | Lysistrata | Christian-Jacque | segment: "Lysistrata" |
Royal Affairs in Versailles | La duchesse de Bouillon | Sacha Guitry | scenes deleted | |
The Beach | Anna Maria Mentorsi | Alberto Lattuada | ||
The Bed | Agnès de Rungis | Ralph Habib Henri Decoin Gianni Franciolini Jean Delannoy | segment: "Lit de la Pompadour" | |
Madame du Barry | Madame du Barry | Christian-Jacque | ||
1955 | Nana | Nana | Christian-Jacque | |
Les Carnets du Major Thompson | Martine Thompson | Preston Sturges | ||
Lola Montès | Lola Montès | Max Ophüls | ||
1956 | Difendo il mio amore | Elisa Leonardi | Giulio Macchi | |
Around the World in 80 Days | Girl in Paris Railroad Station | Michael Anderson | cameo | |
1957 | Action of the Tiger | Tracy Malvoisie | Terence Young | |
Nathalie | Nathalie Princesse | Christian-Jaque | ||
1958 | The Stowaway | Colette | Lee Robinson and Ralph Habib | |
1959 | Venetian Honeymoon | Isabelle dos Santos | Alberto Cavalcanti | |
Ten Seconds to Hell | Margot Hofer | Robert Aldrich | ||
Nathalie, Secret Agent | Nathalie Princesse | Henri Decoin | ||
1960 | Austerlitz | Joséphine de Beauharnais | Abel Gance | |
Love and the Frenchwoman | Eliane Girard | Michel Boisrond Christian-Jaque René Clair Henri Decoin Jean Delannoy Jean-Paul Le Chanois Henri Verneuil | segment: "Femme seule" | |
1961 | Un soir sur la plage | Georgina | Michel Boisrond | |
The Counterfeiters of Paris | Solange Mideau | Gilles Grangier | ||
Vanina Vanini | Contessa Vitelleschi | Roberto Rossellini | ||
1962 | Operation Gold Ingot | Kathy | Georges Lautner | |
I Don Giovanni della Costa Azzurra | Nadine Leblanc | Vittorio Sala | ||
1966 | Lasciapassare per l'inferno | George Fuller | ||
1967 | Hell Is Empty | Martine Grant | Bernard Knowles | Released Posthumously |