Mylène Demongeot
| Mylène Demongeot | |
|---|---|
 Photo portrait by Studio Harcourt in 2008 | |
| Born |
Marie-Hélène Demongeot 29 September 1935 Nice, France |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1953–present |
| Spouse(s) |
Henri Coste (1958–1968) Marc Simenon (1968–1999; his death) |
| Parent(s) |
Klaudia Trubnikova Alfred Demongeot |
Mylène Demongeot (born Marie-Hélène Demongeot; 29 September 1935) is a French actress with a career spanning six decades.[1] She has appeared in 72 films since 1953.
Career
Mylène Demongeot at the César Award ceremony in 2005
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 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).
Between September 2013 and June 2014, she is a columnist member of the radio show Les Grosses Têtes by Philippe Bouvard on RTL.
She is a member of the honor committee of the Association for the Right to Die with Dignity (ADMD).[2]
Personal life
Demongeot was born in Nice, Southern France.[3] She was married to director Marc Simenon from 1968 until his death in 1999.
Mylène Demongeot is the daughter of Alfred Jean Demongeot, born on January 30, 1897 in Nice (son of Marie Joseph Marcel Demongeot, career soldier, and Clotilde Faussonne di Clavesana, Italian comtesse) and Claudia Troubnikova, born May 17, 1904 In Kharkiv (Ukraine). She has a half-brother, Leonid Ivantoff, born in Kharbin (China) on December 17, 1925, from a first marriage of his mother.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | Children of Love | Nicole | Léonide Moguy | |
| 1955 | Frou-Frou | Cousinet-Duval's teacher | Augusto Genina | |
| School for Love | The student | Marc Allégret | ||
| Papa, maman, ma femme et moi | The woman at the door | Jean-Paul Le Chanois | ||
| 1956 | It's A Wonderful World | Georgie Dubois | Val Guest | Credited as "Mylène Nicole" |
| 1957 | The Crucible | Abigail Williams | Raymond Rouleau | Karlovy Vary International Film Festival - Best Actress Nominated - BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles |
| Une manche et la belle | Éva Dollan | Henri Verneuil | ||
| Quand vient l'amour | Micheline | Maurice Cloche | ||
| 1958 | Bonjour tristesse | Elsa | Otto Preminger | |
| Be Beautiful But Shut Up | Virginie Dumayet | Marc Allégret (2) | ||
| Cette nuit là... | Sylvie Mallet | Maurice Cazeneuve | ||
| 1959 | Women are Weak | Sabine | Michel Boisrond | |
| The Giant of Marathon | Andromeda | Jacques Tourneur & Mario Bava | ||
| Upstairs and Downstairs | Ingrid | Ralph Thomas | ||
| Bad Girls Don't Cry | Laura | Mauro Bolognini | ||
| Le vent se lève | Catherine Mougin | Yves Ciampi | ||
| 1960 | Under Ten Flags | Zizi | Duilio Coletti | |
| Love in Rome | Anna Padoan | Dino Risi | ||
| 1961 | The Three Musketeers | Milady de Winter | Bernard Borderie | |
| The Singer Not the Song | Locha de Cortinez | Roy Ward Baker | ||
| Romulus and the Sabines | Réa | Richard Pottier | ||
| 1962 | Copacabana Palace | Zina von Raunacher | Steno | |
| I Don Giovanni della Costa Azzurra | Vittorio Sala | |||
| 1963 | Because, Because of a Woman | Lisette | Michel Deville | |
| Gold for the Caesars | Penelope | Andre DeToth & Sabatino Ciuffini | ||
| Doctor in Distress | Sonia / Helga Stronberg | Ralph Thomas (2) | ||
| Girl's Apartment | Mélanie | Michel Deville (2) | ||
| 1964 | Fantômas | Hélène Gurn | André Hunebelle | |
| Cherchez l'idole | Herself | Michel Boisrond (2) | ||
| 1965 | Uncle Tom's Cabin | Harriet | Géza von Radványi | |
| OSS 117 Mission for a Killer | Anna-Maria Sulza | André Hunebelle (2) | ||
| Fantômas se déchaîne | Hélène Gurn | Haroun Tazieff & André Hunebelle (3) | ||
| 1966 | Tender Scoundrel | Muriel | Jean Becker | |
| Go, go, play-boy | Michael Pfleghar | |||
| 1967 | Fantômas contre Scotland Yard | Hélène Gurn | André Hunebelle (4) | |
| 1968 | The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell | Gabby | Frank Tashlin | |
| Une cigarette pour un ingénu | Gilles Grangier | |||
| Les dossiers de l'agence O | Myle Holga | Marc Simenon | TV Series (1 Episode) | |
| 1969 | The Thirteen Chairs | Judy | Nicolas Gessner | |
| 1970 | The Mushroom | Anne Calder | Marc Simenon (2) | |
| 1971 | L'explosion | Katia | Marc Simenon (3) | |
| 1972 | Quelques arpents de neige | Laura | Denis Héroux | |
| Douce est la revanche | Marc Simenon (4) | |||
| Montréal blues | Raymond Cloutier & Pascal Gélinas | |||
| 1973 | J'ai mon voyage ! | Madame De Chatiez | Denis Héroux (2) | |
| 1974 | Par le sang des autres | The prostitute | Marc Simenon (5) | |
| 1975 | Les noces de porcelaine | Julia | Roger Coggio | |
| Il faut vivre dangereusement | Laurence | Claude Makovski | ||
| 1977 | L'échappatoire | Elisabeth | Claude Patin | |
| Recherche dans l'intérêt des familles | Alcine Briant | Philippe Arnal | TV Series (1 Episode) | |
| 1978 | Douze heures pour mourir | Germaine | Abder Isker | TV Movie |
| 1979 | Un jour un tueur | Cécile Pallas | Serge Korber | |
| 1980 | Kick, Raoul, la moto, les jeunes et les autres | Martine | Marc Simenon (6) | TV Series (1 Episode) |
| 1981 | Signé Furax | Malvina | Marc Simenon (7) | |
| 1982 | Marion | Marion Treguier | Jean Pignol | TV Series (6 Episodes) |
| 1983 | Surprise Party | Geneviève Lambert | Roger Vadim | |
| Le bâtard | Brigitte | Bertrand Van Effenterre | ||
| Flics de choc | The teacher | Jean-Pierre Desagnat | ||
| 1984 | Retenez Moi...Ou Je Fais Un Malheur | The bench woman | Michel Gérard | |
| Yoroppa tokkyu | Yutaka Ohara | |||
| Mon ami Washington | Helvio Soto | |||
| Série noire | The Baroness | Jacques Rouffio | TV Series (1 Episode) | |
| 1986 | Tenue de soirée | Wife in house 3 | Bertrand Blier | |
| Paulette, la pauvre petite milliardaire | Madame Gulderbilt | Claude Confortès | ||
| 1988 | Béruchet dit la Boulie | Béruchet | ||
| Polizza droga | Fernande | Steno (2) | TV Movie | |
| La fanciulla che ride | Fernande | Steno (3) | TV Movie | |
| Diva | Fernande | Steno (4) | TV Movie | |
| Boomerang | Fernande | Steno (5) | TV Movie | |
| 395 dollari l'oncia | Fernande | Steno (6) | TV Movie | |
| Polizza inferno | Fernande | Steno (7) | TV Movie | |
| 1989 | The Man Who Lived at the Ritz | Madame Rochaise | Desmond Davis | TV Movie |
| 1992 | Vacances au purgatoire | Mathilde | Marc Simenon (8) | TV Movie |
| 1994 | La Piste du télégraphe | Muriel | Liliane de Kermadec | |
| Minder | Madeleine | Ken Hannam | TV Series (1 Episode) | |
| 1995 | Chien et chat | Annabelle Montbrial | Marc Simenon (9) | TV Series (1 Episode) |
| 1996 | Chercheurs d'or | Marc Simenon (10) | TV Mini-Series | |
| 1997 | L'Homme idéal | Guillemette | Xavier Gélin | |
| 1998 | Nous sommes tous des gagnants | Claude Dray | Short | |
| 2004 | 36 Quai des Orfèvres | Manou Berliner | Olivier Marchal | Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| Red Lights | The summer camp director | Cédric Kahn | ||
| Victoire | The mother | Stéphanie Murat | ||
| 2005 | Tokyo Tower | Takashi Minamoto | ||
| La tête haute | La Tine | Gérard Jourd'hui | TV Movie | |
| 2006 | French California | Katia | Jacques Fieschi | Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| Camping | Laurette Pic | Fabien Onteniente | ||
| 2007 | Sous les toits de Paris | Thérèse | Huner Saleem | |
| Le fantôme du lac | Louise Perreau | Philippe Niang | TV Movie | |
| 2009 | Oscar and the Lady in Pink | Lily | Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt | |
| Tricheuse | Madame Vallardin | Jean-François Davy | ||
| 2010 | Camping 2 | Laurette Pic | Fabien Onteniente (2) | |
| 2011 | Si tu meurs, je te tue | Geneviève | Huner Saleem (2) | |
| Maman ! | The mother | Hélène de Fougerolles | Short | |
| 2013 | On My Way | Fanfan | Emmanuelle Bercot | |
| La balade de Lucie | The mother | Sandrine Ray | TV Movie | |
| Les mauvaises têtes | Virginie | Pierre Isoard | TV Movie | |
| 2014 | Des Roses en Hiver | Madeleine | Lorenzo Gabriele | TV Movie |
| 2015 | No Limit | Christine Libérati | Ludovic Colbeau-Justin | TV Series (2 Episodes) |
| 2016 | Camping 3 | Laurette Pic | Fabien Onteniente (3) | |
| 3 Mariages et un coup de foudre | Mamita | Gilles de Maistre | TV Movie | |
| 2017 | Sage femme | Martin Provost | ||
Theater
Mylène Demongeot at the Festival de Cannes 1990.
Demongeot in 1960
| Year | Title | Author | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Dangerous Corner | John Boynton Priestley | Raymond Rouleau |
| 1968 | Gugusse | Marcel Achard | Michel Roux |
| 1988 | Salome | Oscar Wilde | Francis Sourbié |
| Caviale e lenticchie | Giulio Scarnicci & Renzo Tarabusi | Jacques Rosny | |
| 1992 | The Secretary Bird | William Douglas-Home | Pierre Mondy |
| Piège pour un homme seul | Robert Thomas | Robert Thomas | |
| 1994 | Electra | Jean Giraudoux | Raymond Gérôme |
| Un homme pressé | Bernard Chartreux | Jean-Pierre Vincent | |
| 2000 | Becket | Jean Anouilh | Didier Long |
References
- Demongeot, Mylène (September 2001). Tiroirs secrets. Paris: Le Pré aux Clercs. ISBN 2-84228-131-4.
- ↑ Profile, bfi.org.uk; accessed 23 December 2014.
- ↑ http://www.admd.net/la-structure/le-comite-de-parrainage.html
- ↑ 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.
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