Mylène Demongeot

Biography

Mylène Demongeot (born Marie-Hélène Demongeot; 29 September 1935 – 1 December 2022) was a French film, television and theatre actress and author with a career spanning seven decades and more than 100 credits in French, Italian, English and Japanese speaking productions. Demongeot became a star at age 21 with her portrayal of Abigail Williams in The Crucible (1957) which garnered her a BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles nomination and the best actress prize at the socialist Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Some other notable film roles include Elsa in Otto Preminger's Bonjour Tristesse (1958), alongside Deborah Kerr and David Niven, and as Milady de Winter in Les Trois Mousquetaires (1961). A "veteran of cinema" who started as one of the blond sex symbols of the 1950s and 1960s, she managed to avoid typecasting by exploring many film genres including thrillers, westerns, comedies, swashbucklers, period films and even pepla, such as Romulus and the Sabines (1961) opposite Roger Moore or Gold for the Caesars (1963). Demongeot also has a cult following based on the Fantomas trilogy, as Hélène Gurn opposite Louis de Funès and Jean Marais: Fantômas (…

Movies & TV Shows

1. Camping (2006) — Laurette Pic
2. Fantomas (1964) — Hélène
3. Camping 2 (2010) — Laurette Pic
4. 36th Precinct (2004) — Manou Berliner
5. Camping 3 (2016) — Laurette Pic
6. Fantomas Unleashed (1965) — Hélène
7. Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard (1967) — Hélène
8. Retirement Home (2022) — Simone Tournier
9. Ménage (1986) — The Wife in Bed
10. The Midwife (2017) — Rolande
11. Bonjour Tristesse (1958) — Elsa
12. On My Way (2013) — Fanfan
13. Oscar and the Lady in Pink (2009) — Lily, la mère de Rose
14. OSS 117: Mission for a Killer (1965) — Anna-Maria Sulza
15. Red Lights (2004) — La directrice de la colonie de vacances (voice)
16. The Witches of Salem (1957) — Abigail Williams
17. The Fighting Musketeers (1961) — Milady de Winter
18. Capitaine Marleau (2015) — Louise Lemaire
19. Tender Scoundrel (1966) — Muriel
20. Vengeance of the Three Musketeers (1961) — Milady de Winter
21. Twelve Plus One (1969) — Judy
22. The Giant of Marathon (1959) — Andromeda
23. Be Beautiful and Shut Up (1958) — Virginie Dumayet
24. The Big Night (1959) — Laura
25. Minder (1979) — Madeleine
26. Under Ten Flags (1960) — Zizi
27. The Singer Not the Song (1961) — Locha de Cortinez
28. Papa, Mama, My Wife and Me (1955) — La fille qui ouvre la porte (uncredited)
29. School for Love (1955) — The future star who vocalizes
30. Flics de Choc (1983) — La Maîtresse
31. Doctor in Distress (1963) — Sonja Stromberg / Helga Stromberg
32. Because, Because of a Woman (1963) — Lisette
33. A Kiss for a Killer (1957) — Eva Dollan
34. Signé Furax (1981) — Malvina
35. Love in Rome (1960) — Anna Padoan
36. Romulus and the Sabines (1961) — Rea
37. Women Are Weak (1959) — Sabine
38. One Must Live Dangerously (1975) — Laurence
39. If You Die, I'll Kill You (2011) — Geneviève
40. Inside (2019) — Rose Da Costa