Mylène Demongeot

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Mylène Demongeot
Mylène Demongeot at the César Award ceremony in 2005
Born	Marie-Hélène Demongeot (1935-09-29) 29 September 1935 Nice, France
Occupation	actress
Years active	1953–present
Spouse(s)	Marc Simenon (1968–1999) (his death)

Photo portrait by Studio Harcourt in 2008

Marie-Hélène Demongeot, known as Mylène Demongeot (born 29 September 1935 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes) is a French actress with a career spanning six decades. She has appeared in 72 films since 1953.

Career

Demongeot gained fame and adulation for her portrayal of Abigail Williams in the Franco-East German production The Crucible (1957), for which she was nominated for BAFTA Awards for Most Promising Newcomer to Film. The blonde actress has performed in adventures like Vengeance of the Three Musketeers (1961) as Milady de Winter and in comedies like Fantômas (1964) directed by André Hunebelle. In the US she has co-starred with David Niven in Otto Preminger's Bonjour Tristesse (1958). She was also nominated for César Awards for Best Supporting Actress in 36 Quai des Orfèvres (2004) and La Californie (2006).

Personal life

Demongeot was born in Nice, Southern France.^[1] She was married to director Marc Simenon from 1968 until his death in 1999.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Director
1955	Frou-Frou	de Cousinet-Duval's lover	Augusto Genina
1955	Futures vedettes	the student	Marc Allégret
1956	Papa, maman, ma femme et moi	the young woman at the door	Jean-Paul Le Chanois
1956	It's A Wonderful World	Georgie	Val Guest
1957	The Crucible	Abigail	Raymond Rouleau
1958	Bonjour tristesse	Elsa	Otto Preminger
1959	Upstairs and Downstairs	Ingrid	Ralph Thomas
	The Giant of Marathon	Andromède	Jacques Tourneur
	Bad Girls Don't Cry	Laura	Mauro Bolognini
1960	Under Ten Flags	Zizi	Duilio Coletti
1961	The Singer Not the Song	Locha	Roy Ward Baker
	Il ratto delle sabine	Réa	Richard Pottier
	The Three Musketeers	Milady de Winter	Bernard Borderie
1962	I Don Giovanni della Costa Azzurra	uncredited	Vittorio Sala
1963	Doctor in Distress	Sonia and Helga	Ralph Thomas
1964	Fantômas	Hélène	André Hunebelle
1965	Uncle Tom's Cabin	Harriet Beecher Stowe	Géza von Radványi
	Fantômas se déchaîne	Hélène	André Hunebelle
	Furia à Bahia pour OSS 117	Anna-Maria Sulza	André Hunebelle
1967	Fantômas contre Scotland Yard	Hélène	André Hunebelle
1968	The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell	Gaby	Frank Tashlin
1969	The Thirteen Chairs	Judy	Nicolas Gessner and Luciano Lucignani
1984	Retenez Moi...Ou Je Fais Un Malheur	the woman at the bank	Michel Gérard
1986	Tenue de soirée	cameo appearance	Bertrand Blier
1997	L'Homme idéal	Guillemette	Xavier Gélin
2004	36 Quai des Orfèvres	Manou Berliner	Olivier Marchal
2006	Camping	Laurette Pic	Fabien Onteniente
2006	French California	Katia	Jacques Fieschi
2010	Camping 2	Laurette Pic	Fabien Onteniente
2013	On My Way

References

Notes

↑ Extrait de naissance 2317/1935 (source : Les Gens du Cinéma) — Dans ses mémoires, Mylène Demongeot précise elle-même son jour de naissance, soit le 29 septembre.

Bibliography

Demongeot, Mylène (September 2001). Tiroirs secrets. Paris: Le Pré aux Clercs. ISBN 2-84228-131-4.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mylène Demongeot.

Mylène Demongeot at the Internet Movie Database
Mylène Demongeot at AllRovi
Mylène Demongeot at AlloCiné
Mylène Demongeot - Personal Website
Photographs and literature

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 73893490 LCCN: nr97036390 ISNI: 0000 0001 2139 4502 GND: 1017120315 BNF: cb12161041p

Persondata
Name	Demongeot, Mylene
Alternative names
Short description	Actor
Date of birth	29 September 1935
Place of birth	Nice, France
Date of death
Place of death

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