Yvonne Monlaur
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Yvonne Monlaur (December 15, 1939) is 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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Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 5.815 |
Birthday | 1939-12-15 |
Place of Birth | Pau, France |
Also Known As | イヴォンヌ・モンロー, |
1966
Jerry Cotton: Tip Not Included
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The Brides of Dracula
6.743/214
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Circus of Horrors
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1961
The Terror of the Tongs
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Night of Lust
3.8/4
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1961
Gerarchi si muore
5.3/6
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1962
The Hawk of the Caribbean
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1959
La cento chilometri
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Inn for Trouble
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1962
Time to Remember
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1958
3 Strangers in Rome
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1959
Adventure in Capri
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Ladies' Man
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Mission to Caracas
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1959
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1957
Non sono più guaglione
0/0
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1958
Love at First Sight
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1963
Le temps des copains
6/1
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Legend of Hammer: Vampires
0/0
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1965
Skies Above
5.6/5
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1956
Mannequins of Paris
0/0
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1956
Honoré de Marseille
5.7/7
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Les Lavandières du Portugal
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1964
License to Kill
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