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Martine Carol

Acting

Born May 16, 1920 · Saint-Mandé, Seine [now Val-de-Marne], France

Died February 6, 1967

Also known as Marie-Louise Mourer

Biography

Martine Carol was a French film actress. She frequently was cast as an elegant blonde seductress. During the late 1940s and early 1950s, she was the leading sex symbol and a top box-office draw of French cinema, and she was considered a French version of America's Marilyn Monroe. One of her more famous roles was as the title character in Lola Montès (1955), directed by Max Ophüls, in a role that required dark hair. However, by late 1956, roles for Carol had become fewer, partly because of the introduction of Brigitte Bardot.

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