Mylène Demongeot
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| A "veteran of cinema" who started as one of the blond [[sex symbol]]s of the 1950s and 1960s, she managed to avoid [[typecasting]] by exploring many [[film genre]]s including [[Thriller film|thrillers]], [[Western (genre)|westerns]], [[comedies]], [[swashbuckler]]s, [[period film]]s and even [[pepla]], such as ''[[Romulus and the Sabines]]'' (1961) and ''[[Gold for the Caesars]]'' (1963). | A "veteran of cinema" who started as one of the blond [[sex symbol]]s of the 1950s and 1960s, she managed to avoid [[typecasting]] by exploring many [[film genre]]s including [[Thriller film|thrillers]], [[Western (genre)|westerns]], [[comedies]], [[swashbuckler]]s, [[period film]]s and even [[pepla]], such as ''[[Romulus and the Sabines]]'' (1961) and ''[[Gold for the Caesars]]'' (1963). | ||
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| - | Demongeot was also nominated for the [[BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles]] for her portrayal of [[Abigail Williams (Salem witch trials)|Abigail Williams]] in ''[[The Crucible (1957 film)|The Crucible]]'' (1957) which also garnered her best actress at the [[Karlovy Vary International Film Festival]], and was twice nominated for [[César Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] at the [[César Awards]] for ''[[36 Quai des Orfèvres (film)|36 Quai des Orfèvres]]'' (2004) and ''[[French California]]'' (2006). | ||
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Mylène Demongeot (1935 – 2022) was a popular French actress and author who also has a cult following based on the Fantomas trilogy, as Hélène Gurn opposite Louis de Funès and Jean Marais in Fantômas (1964), Fantômas Unleashed (1965) and Fantômas Against Scotland Yard (1967).
A "veteran of cinema" who started as one of the blond sex symbols of the 1950s and 1960s, she managed to avoid typecasting by exploring many film genres including thrillers, westerns, comedies, swashbucklers, period films and even pepla, such as Romulus and the Sabines (1961) and Gold for the Caesars (1963).
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