Marine Jahan
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Marine Jahan (born 1959) is a French actress most widely known for having doubled for Jennifer Beals in the 1983 movie Flashdance.[1] At the time of its release, Jahan's role in the movie was controversial for several reasons. Beals was an unknown actress when Flashdance came out and throughout the movie there were a lot of close up shots of what was implied to be Beal's very impressive body. However, because Marine Jahan's role was not listed on the movie's opening or ending credits and because the movie was a huge hit by the time the truth had come out, people felt deceived to find out it was neither Beal's body nor her dancing.[2] An additional factor to some people was that Beals is half African American and Jahan is white.[3]
Marine Jahan's other major film appearance was as a dancer in "Torchy's" bar in the 1984 movie Streets of Fire.
Jahan also played the role of Madame St. Cyr in the 1997 Broadway production of The Scarlet Pimpernel.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Maniac on the Floor, Entertainment Weekly issue #956 dated September 28, 2007
- ^ Jennifer Beals biography, Yahoo! Movies
- ^ Linda Mizejewski: "Hardboiled and High Heeled: The Woman Detective in Popular Culture" page 45
