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Born:
1935-12-15
Birthplace:
Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France
Credits:
34 Total Roles
Yvonne Monlaur
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Yvonne Monlaur (*December 15, 1939 † April 18, 2017) was a retired French film actress of the late 1950s and 1960s best known for her roles in the Hammer horror films.
Her father's a White Russian count; her mother's a ballet dancer.
She starred in the 1958 Italian film Three Strangers in Rome which was amongst Claudia Cardinale's earliest films and in 1960 in the horror film Circus of Horrors alongside prominent actors in British film such as Anton Diffring and Donald Pleasence. In 1960, she also starred in the Hammer horror film The Brides of Dracula alongside other noted British actors of the day Peter Cushing and Freda Jackson and in The Terror of the Tongs (1961) with Christopher Lee.
Monlaur screentested for the role of Domino Derval in the 1965 James Bond film Thunderball. The role eventually went to another French actress, Claudine Auger. After a string of German and Italian films, Monlaur left films to return to Paris. Now she continues to live there. Of late she has attended a few film conventions, which have included salutes to Hammer films.
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Yvonne Monlaur (*December 15, 1939 † April 18, 2017) was a retired French film actress of the late 1950s and 1960s best known for her roles in the Hammer horror films.
Her father's a White Russian count; her mother's a ballet dancer.
She starred in the 1958 Italian film Three Strangers in Rome which was amongst Claudia Cardinale's earliest films and in 1960 in the horror film Circus of Horrors alongside prominent actors in British film such as Anton Diffring and Donald Pleasence. In 1960, she also starred in the Hammer horror film The Brides of Dracula alongside other noted British actors of the day Peter Cushing and Freda Jackson and in The Terror of the Tongs (1961) with Christopher Lee.
Monlaur screentested for the role of Domino Derval in the 1965 James Bond film Thunderball. The role eventually went to another French actress, Claudine Auger. After a string of German and Italian films, Monlaur left films to return to Paris. Now she continues to live there. Of late she has attended a few film conventions, which have included salutes to Hammer films.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Yvonne Monlaur, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
The Brides of Dracula
Marianne Danielle
It Started in Naples
Self
Circus of Horrors
Nicole Vanet
The Terror of the Tongs
Lee
Because, Because of a Woman
La soubrette
The Third Man
Self
Dying as Hierarchs
Rosalina Merletti
Honoré de Marseille
Gyptis
Full Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Legend of Hammer: Vampires MOVIE | Self |
| 1994 | The World of Hammer TV | Self (archive footage) |
| 1967 | Death Runs After Them TV | Janet Winters |
| 1966 | Jerry Cotton: Tip Not Included MOVIE | Violet |
| 1965 | Mission to Caracas MOVIE | Muriel |
| 1965 | Anche l'inferno trema MOVIE | Self |
| 1965 | Skies Above MOVIE | Françoise |
| 1964 | License to Kill MOVIE | Yvonne |
| 1963 | Night of Lust MOVIE | Miss Rivière / Nora Markriff |
| 1963 | Because, Because of a Woman MOVIE | La soubrette |