Among the titles of his filmography are “The Children of Love” (1953), by Léonide Moguy, “Future Vedettes” (1955), by Marc Allégret, in tandem with Brigitte Bardot and Jean Marais, “The Witches of Salem” (1956 ), by Raymond Rouleau, together with Yves Montand and Simone Signoret, “A game and revenge”, by Henri Verneuil, with Henri Vidal, and “Be pretty and shut up” (1957), by Allégret, with Vidal, Alain Delon and Jean-Paul Belmondo, “The Wind Rises” (1958), by Yves Ciampi, with Curd Jurgens.
At the pinnacle of her fame and with the display of her body tolerated for the time, she also acted in “Weak are women” (1958), by Michel Boisrond, with Delon, “Because of a woman” (1962), by Michel Deville, with Jacques Charrier, “Ladies’ Department” (1963), de Deville, with Sylva Koscina and Sami Frey, “Fantomas” (1964), by André Hunebelle, with Marais and Louis de Funes, “The adorable scoundrel” ( 1966), by Jean Becker, with Belmondo, “Fantomas against Scotland Yard” (1968), also by Hunebelle and with Marais and Funes.
At 40 years of age, he starred in a shocking nude in Claude Makovski’s “You Must Live Dangerously” (1975), a policeman with Annie Girardot, Claude Brasseur and Sydne Rome, and later appeared in “Party Dress” (1986), Bertrand Blier, starring Gérard Depardieu, Michel Blanc and Miou-Miou.
He also shot abroad: in the United Kingdom he was in the controversial “Bonjour tristesse” (1957), by Otto Preminger, with Deborah Kerr, David Niven and Jean Seberg, “A Turn to Die” (1960), by Roy Ward Baker, with John Mills and Dirk Bogarde, “Marry, Doctor!” (1963), by Ralph Thomas, also with Bogarde.
In Italy he worked for Jacques Tourneur and Mario Bava (“The Marathon Giant”), with Steve Reeves, Mauro Bolognini (“La noche brava”, 1959), with Laurent Terzieff and Jean-Claude Brialy, Duilio Coletti (“Under Ten Flags ”), with Van Heflin, Charles Laughton and Gian Maria Volontè, Dino Risi (“A love in Rome”, 1960), with Elsa Martinelli and Vittorio De Sica, and the “péplum” “The kidnapping of the virgins” (1961) , by Richard Pottier, with Roger Moore, “Gold for Caesar” (1962), by Riccardo Freda and André de Toth, with Jeffrey Hunter, “Cold… Warm… Hot” (1969), by Nicolas Gessner, with Sharon Tate, Victor Gassman and Orson Welles.
In Federal Germany, he filmed “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” (1965), by Geza von Radvanyi, with an international cast.
His last known performances in the Río de la Plata were the French “El muelle” (2004), by Olivier Marchal, with Daniel Auteuil and Depardieu, “Ella se va” (2013), by Emmanuelle Bercot, and “El reencuentro” ( 2017), by Martin Provost, both with Catherine Deneuve.
In his last years he dedicated himself to humanitarian tasks, defending the rights of animals and the dignified death of people.
Source: Ambito
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