Yvonne Monlaur
Born December 15, 1935 (Age: 90)
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Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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Filmography
Mission to Caracas
1965
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as Muriel
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Age: 29
Anche l'inferno trema
1965
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as
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Age: 29
Skies Above
1965
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as Françoise
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Age: 29
License to Kill
1964
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as Yvonne
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Age: 28
Night of Lust
1963
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as Miss Rivière / Nora Markriff
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Age: 27
Because, Because of a Woman
1963
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as La soubrette
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Age: 27
Le temps des copains
1963
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as
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Age: 27
Time to Remember
1962
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as Suzanne
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Age: 26
Ladies' Man
1962
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as Claudia
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Age: 26
The Hawk of the Caribbean
1962
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as Arica Mageiras
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Age: 26
Dying as Hierarchs
1961
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as Rosalina Merletti
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Age: 26
The Terror of the Tongs
1961
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as Lee
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Age: 25
It Started in Naples
1960
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as
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Age: 24
The Brides of Dracula
1960
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as Marianne Danielle
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Age: 24
Circus of Horrors
1960
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as Nicole Vanet
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Age: 24
Inn for Trouble
1960
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as Yvette Dupres
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Age: 24
La cento chilometri
1959
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as Elena
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Age: 23
Destinazione Sanremo
1959
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as Anna
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Age: 23
Quel tesoro di papà
1959
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as Marina
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Age: 23
Spavaldi e innamorati
1959
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as Sylvia
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Age: 23
Adventure in Capri
1959
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as Yvonne
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Age: 23
3 Strangers in Rome
1958
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as Nanda Colombo
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Age: 22
Love at First Sight
1958
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as Elvira
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Age: 22
Honoré de Marseille
1956
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as Gyptis
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Age: 20
Mannequins of Paris
1956
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as Janine
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Age: 20
Thirteen at the Table
1955
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as (uncredited)
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Age: 20