About
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...
Known for
MinderSeries • 1979
Capitaine MarleauSeries • 2015
Graf LucknerSeries • 1971
FantomasMovie • 1964
Fantomas UnleashedMovie • 1965
Fantomas vs. Scotland YardMovie • 1967
36th PrecinctMovie • 2004
The MidwifeMovie • 2017
Tender ScoundrelMovie • 1966
The Witches of SalemMovie • 1957
Vengeance of the Three MusketeersMovie • 1961
Bonjour TristesseMovie • 1958
The Giant of MarathonMovie • 1959
On My WayMovie • 2013
Oscar and the Lady in PinkMovie • 2009
Retirement HomeMovie • 2022
The Fighting MusketeersMovie • 1961
MénageMovie • 1986
CampingMovie • 2006
OSS 117: Mission for a KillerMovie • 1965
Be Beautiful and Shut UpMovie • 1958
Camping 2Movie • 2010
Red LightsMovie • 2004
Under Ten FlagsMovie • 1960