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Profile of Martine Carol
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Martine Carol |
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16th May 1920 |
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Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne, Île-de-France, France |
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From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia
Martine Carol (May 16, 1920 – February 6, 1967) was a French film actress.
Born Marie Louise Jeanne Mourer in the resort town of Biarritz, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, 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 a elegant blonde seductress. During the late 1940s and early 1950s she was the leading sex symbol and a top box office draw of French cinema.
Despite her fame and fortune, Martine Carol's personal life was filled with turmoil that included a suicide attempt, drug abuse, and four marriages.
She died at the age of forty-four of a reported heart attack in a Monte Carlo hotel room and was interred in the Cimetière du Grand Jas in Cannes, France.
Partial filmography
- Love and the Frenchwoman (1961)
- Ten Seconds to Hell (1959)
- Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
- Lola Montes (1955)
- Nana (1955)
- Les Belles de nuit (1952)
- Caroline chérie (1950)
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