Mourning for Mylène Demongeot (1935-2022): The French actress died in Paris on December 1 at the age of 87. Her spokesman said this to the AFP news agency, among others. She was best known for the “Fantômas” trilogy from the 1960s, in which she stood in front of the camera with Jean Marais (1913-1998) and Louis de Funès (1914-1983).
For more than 70 years, the French, whose real name was Marie-Hélène Demongeot, embodied a large number of film roles. Before that, she dropped out of the acting school Cours Simon, but then took lessons from the actress Marie Ventura. She then made her film debut in 1953 in the drama “Children of Love”.
The big breakthrough was not long in coming: Demongeot became known to a wide audience through the feature film “The Witches of Salem” (1957) by Belgian director Raymond Rouleau (1904-1981). The role of Abigail also earned her a nomination for Best Young Actress for the British Academy Film Awards.
The beautiful French woman was quickly considered a sex symbol and raked in one film role after the other, for example in “Bonjour Tristesse” (1958) with David Niven (1910-1983), in the film adaptation of “The Three Musketeers” (1961), in “Twelve plus one” (1969) or “The Reckless One” (1974).
Demongeot was married twice, most recently to screenwriter Marc Simenon (1939-1999).
