Mylène Demongeot
Known for Acting · 102 credits
- Born
- 1935-09-29
- Died
- 2022-12-01
- Place of birth
- Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France
- Also known as
- M.H. Demongeot · Marielle Demongeot · Mylène Nicole · Mylène-Nicole Demongeot · Marie-Hélène 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 (1964), Fantômas Unleashed (1965) and Fantômas Against Scotland Yard (1967). Thirty years later, she starred again in another one of France's most successful comedy trilogies as Madame Pic in Fabien Onteniente's Camping (2006), Camping 2 (2010) and Camping 3 (2016).
She was twice nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the César Awards for 36 Quai des Orfèvres (2004) and French California (2006). In 2007, she was made a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et de Lettres of the French Republic. In 2017, she was inducted into the Légion d'Honneur by ethologist and neurologist Boris Cyrulnik, with the rank of Chevalier.
She remained popular until her passing from peritoneal cancer. At the time of her death, she was starring in Thomas Gilou's film Maison de retraite (2022) alongside Gérard Depardieu, one of the biggest box office hits of 2022 in France. Through an Élysée Palace official tribune, President Emmanuel Macron paid a long tribute to her which included : "we salute the career of a great figure in the French Seventh Art, who knew how to shine in all its genres to move all French people".
Known For
TV Shows (15)
Minder
1979
as Madeleine
Le Grand Échiquier
1972
as Self
Midi trente
1972
as Self
Fan School
1977
as Self
Samedi soir
1971
as Self
Cinépanorama
1956
as Self
Capitaine Marleau
2015
as Louise Lemaire
30 millions d'amis
1976
as Self
Amanda
2016
as Self
Graf Luckner
1971
as Daphne
Big Man
1988
as Fernande
Les Dossiers de l'Agence O
1968
as Myle Holga
Kick, Raoul, la moto, les jeunes et les autres
1980
as Martine n°2
Inside
2019
as Rose Da Costa
Marion
1982
as Marion
Movies (87)
Fantomas
1964
as Hélène
Fantomas Unleashed
1965
as Hélène
Bonjour Tristesse
1958
as Elsa
36th Precinct
2004
as Manou Berliner
Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard
1967
as Hélène
Retirement Home
2022
as Simone Tournier
Camping
2006
as Laurette Pic
The Midwife
2017
as Rolande
The Singer Not the Song
1961
as Locha de Cortinez
À la recherche de... Pierre Richard
2017
as Self - Actress
The Fighting Musketeers
1961
as Milady de Winter
Camping 2
2010
as Laurette Pic
Vengeance of the Three Musketeers
1961
as Milady de Winter
Twelve Plus One
1969
as Judy
The Witches of Salem
1957
as Abigail Williams
The Giant of Marathon
1959
as Andromeda
Uncle Tom's Cabin
1965
as Harriet
Oscar and the Lady in Pink
2009
as Lily, la mère de Rose
Ménage
1986
as The Wife in Bed
Love in Rome
1960
as Anna Padoan
The Killer Strikes at Dawn
1970
as Anne Calder
Doctor in Distress
1963
as Sonja Stromberg / Helga Stromberg
Camping 3
2016
as Laurette Pic
Upstairs and Downstairs
1959
as Ingrid
Signé Furax
1981
as Malvina
Copacabana Palace
1962
as Zina von Raunacher
Time Bomb
1959
as Catherine Mougin
Romulus and the Sabines
1961
as Rea
Tender Scoundrel
1966
as Muriel
Gold for the Caesars
1963
as Penelope
The Man Who Lived at the Ritz
1988
as Madame Rochaise
Papa, Mama, My Wife and Me
1955
as La fille qui ouvre la porte (uncredited)
The Big Night
1959
as Laura
Cherchez l'idole
1964
as Mylène Demongeot
Women Are Weak
1959
as Sabine
Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Frou-Frou
1955
as La maîtresse de Cousinet-Duval (uncredited)
By the Blood of Others
1974
as Prostitute
The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell
1968
as Gabby
Be Beautiful and Shut Up
1958
as Virginie Dumayet
Red Lights
2004
as La directrice de la colonie de vacances (voice)
OSS 117: Mission for a Killer
1965
as Anna-Maria Sulza
School for Love
1955
as The future star who vocalizes
Under Ten Flags
1960
as Zizi
On My Way
2013
as Fanfan
La Californie
2006
as Katia
Camping : Histoire d'un succès
2021
as Self - Actor
Des roses en hiver
2014
as Madeleine
Girl's Apartment
1963
as Mélanie
The Bastard
1983
as Brigitte
Louis de Funès, l'homme qui a passé le mur du son
2013
as Self (archive footage)
I've Had It
1973
as Mrs. de Chatiez
One Must Live Dangerously
1975
as Laurence
Fantômas: A Thoroughly Modern Villain
2022
as Self
The Telegraph Route
1994
as Muriel
The Defective Detective
1984
as Woman on the bench
So Woman!
2009
as Mme Vallardin
Because, Because of a Woman
1963
as Lisette
The Porcelain Anniversary
1975
as Julia
Les mauvaises têtes
2013
as Virginie
It's a Wonderful World
1956
as Georgie
If You Die, I'll Kill You
2011
as Geneviève
Surprise Party
1983
as Geneviève Lambert
Urok Francuzskogo
2008
as Herself
Big Man - Droga Polizza
1988
as Fernande
Les Scandaleuses
2024
as Self
Flics de Choc
1983
as La Maîtresse
Europe Express
1984
That Night
1958
as Sylvie Mallet
Beneath the Rooftops of Paris
2007
as Thérèse
A Few Acres of Snow
1972
as Laura
The Hideout
1971
as Katia
La Tête haute
2005
as La Tina
A Kiss for a Killer
1957
as Eva Dollan
La Balade de Lucie
2013
as La mère de Lucie
Victoire
2004
as la mère
Children of Love
1953
as Nicole
Mon Ami Washington
1984
Trois mariages et un coup de foudre
2016
as Mamita
We Are All Winners
1998
Un jour un tueur
1980
as Cécile Pallas
Simenon et l'affaire du cinéma
2022
as Self - Actrice
Montréal blues
1972
Le fantôme du lac
2007
as Louise Perreau
Mylène Demongeot, la milady du cinéma
2018
as Self
Quand vient l'amour
1956
Du Salon indien au multiplexe
1995
as Self
About Mylène Demongeot
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. So… With 102 credits spanning from 1953 to 2024, Mylène Demongeot has appeared in 87 films and 15 TV shows.
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- Fantomas (1964) — as Hélène
- Fantomas Unleashed (1965) — as Hélène
- Bonjour Tristesse (1958) — as Elsa
- 36th Precinct (2004) — as Manou Berliner
- Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard (1967) — as Hélène
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