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Yvonne Monlaur
Yvonne Monlaur

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Yvonne Monlaur (*December 15, 1939 † April 18, 2017) was a retired French film actress of the late 1950s and 1960s best known for her roles in the Hammer horror films. Her father's a White Russian count; her mother's a ballet dancer. She starred in the 1958 Italian film Three Strangers in Rome which was ... more

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Yvonne Monlaur (*December 15, 1939 † April 18, 2017) was a retired French film actress of the late 1950s and 1960s best known for her roles in the Hammer horror films.

Her father's a White Russian count; her mother's a ballet dancer.

She starred in the 1958 Italian film Three Strangers in Rome which was amongst Claudia Cardinale's earliest films and in 1960 in the horror film Circus of Horrors alongside prominent actors in British film such as Anton Diffring and Donald Pleasence. In 1960, she also starred in the Hammer horror film The Brides of Dracula alongside other noted British actors of the day Peter Cushing and Freda Jackson and in The Terror of the Tongs (1961) with Christopher Lee.

Monlaur screentested for the role of Domino Derval in the 1965 James Bond film Thunderball. The role eventually went to another French actress, Claudine Auger. After a string of German and Italian films, Monlaur left films to return to Paris. Now she continues to live there. Of late she has attended a few film conventions, which have included salutes to Hammer films.

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The Brides of Dracula
(1960)
Horror
A young teacher on her way to a position in Transylvania helps a young man escape the shackles his mother has put on him. In so doing she innocently unleashes the horrors of the undead once again on the populace, including those at her school for ladies. Luckily for some, Dr. Van Helsing is already on his way.
Runtime:
85 min
Director:
Terence Fisher
Cast:
Peter Cushing, Martita Hunt, Yvonne Monlaur, Freda Jackson, David Peel
6.7
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Circus of Horrors
(1960)
Horror
A plastic surgeon and his nurse join a bizarre circus to escape from the police. Here he befriends deformed women and transforms them for his "Temple of Beauty". However, when they threaten to leave, they meet with mysterious accidents.
Runtime:
88 min
Director:
Sidney Hayers
Cast:
Anton Diffring, Erika Remberg, Yvonne Monlaur, Donald Pleasence, Jane Hylton
6.2
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The Terror of the Tongs
(1961)
Crime, Mystery
In 1910, Hong Kong, under the rule of the British Empire, is a prosperous and bustling city, but, hidden in the shadows of its many narrow streets, the hideous members of the Red Dragon gang, a branch of the evil Chinese secret society of the Tongs, lurk and murder those who oppose to their tyranny, which thrives on vice, crime and the...
Runtime:
76 min
Director:
Anthony Bushell
Cast:
Geoffrey Toone, Christopher Lee, Yvonne Monlaur, Brian Worth, Ewen Solon
5.9
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Inn for Trouble
(1960)
Comedy
Peggy Mount and David Kossoff star as Ada and Alf Larkin in this big screen version of the hugely popular 1950s TV comedy. Alf Larkin has finally made good his dream to own a pub. The trouble is, it's got no customers. But leave it to the Larkins to find unorthodox ways to bring in the punters.
Runtime:
90 min
6.3
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Night of Lust
(1963)
Crime, Thriller
A French crime potboiler starring Verner and Kalfon as rival gang leaders who clash over control of the narcotics trade. Parisian drug gangs are battling over turf, leading to kidnappings, beatings, murders, betrayals, and other intrigues. Featuring Chet Baker's marvelous free-jazz Score, (rivaling Miles Davis's for "Ascenseur pour l'e...
Runtime:
75 min
Director:
José Bénazéraf
Cast:
Hans Verner, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Marcel Champel, Yvonne Monlaur, Christiane Arnaud
6.3
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Jerry Cotton: Tip Not Included
(1966)
Crime
Fourth Jerry Cotton movie. Here's another good entry into Nader's "G-man Jerry Cotton" series. A delivery truck from the U.S. Mint is hijacked.
Runtime:
89 min
Director:
Helmut Ashley
Cast:
George Nader, Yvonne Monlaur, Horst Tappert, Heinz Weiss, Heinz Weiss
5.8
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Time to Remember
(1962)
Crime
A gang of jewel thieves rob a house which has just become empty following the recent death of it's rich lady owner. The robbery is not a complete success and one of the gang hides the jewels in the house as he's about to be captured. Later the house is put up for sale and events lead the estate agent to conclude that the jewels may sti...
Runtime:
58 min
Director:
Charles Jarrott
Cast:
Yvonne Monlaur, Harry H. Corbett, Robert Rietty, Ernest Clark , David Lodge
6.6
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The Hawk of the Caribbean
(1964)
Adventure
In the mid-1500s, a ship containing Spanish prisoners being sent to a Spanish penal colony in the Caribbean sinks at sea, but some of the prisoners manage to survive and make it to shore at a nearby island. They organize themselves under the leadership of Juan Olivares (dynamically played by charismatic singer-actor Johnny Desmond), ma...
Runtime:
115 min
Director:
Piero Regnoli
Cast:
Johnny Desmond, Yvonne Monlaur, Armando Francioli, Piero Lulli, Claudio Undari
5.5
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3 straniere a Roma
(1958)
Comedy
Director:
Claudio Gora
Cast:
Yvonne Monlaur, Claudia Cardinale, Françoise Danell, Luciano Marin, Roy Ciccolini
6.1
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La cento chilometri
(1959)
Comedy
4.7
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Gerarchi si muore
(1961)
Comedy
Director:
Giorgio Simonelli
Cast:
Franco Franchi, Ciccio Ingrassia, Aldo Fabrizi, Luigi Pavese, Hélène Chanel
4.5
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Avventura a Capri
(1959)
Comedy
Director:
Giuseppe Lipartiti
Cast:
Maurizio Arena, Alessandra Panaro, Yvonne Monlaur, Gianni Rizzo, Xenia Valderi
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