- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- December 15, 1935
- Place of Birth
- Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France
- Died
- April 18, 2017
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 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…
Filmography
movieLegend of Hammer: Vampires
2008 · Self
tvThe World of Hammer
1994 · Self (archive footage)
tvDeath Runs After Them
1967 · Janet Winters
movieJerry Cotton: Tip Not Included
1966 · Violet
movieMission to Caracas
1965 · Muriel
movieAnche l'inferno trema
1965
movieSkies Above
1965 · Françoise
movieLicense to Kill
1964 · Yvonne
movieNight of Lust
1963 · Miss Rivière / Nora Markriff
movieBecause, Because of a Woman
1963 · La soubrette
movieLe temps des copains
1963
movieTime to Remember
1962 · Suzanne
movieLadies' Man
1962 · Claudia
movieThe Hawk of the Caribbean
1962 · Arica Mageiras
movieDying as Hierarchs
1961 · Rosalina Merletti
movieThe Terror of the Tongs
1961 · Lee
movieIt Started in Naples
1960
movieThe Brides of Dracula
1960 · Marianne Danielle
movieCircus of Horrors
1960 · Nicole Vanet
movieInn for Trouble
1960 · Yvette Dupres
tvThe Third Man
1959
movieLa cento chilometri
1959 · Elena
movieDestinazione Sanremo
1959 · Anna
movieQuel tesoro di papà
1959 · Marina
movieSpavaldi e innamorati
1959 · Sylvia
movieAdventure in Capri
1959 · Yvonne
movie3 Strangers in Rome
1958 · Nanda Colombo
movieLove at First Sight
1958 · Elvira
movieNon sono più guaglione
1957 · Nennella
movieLes Lavandières du Portugal
1957 · Nadine
movieThe Twilight Girls
1957 · Une grande
movieHonoré de Marseille
1956 · Gyptis
movieMannequins of Paris
1956 · Janine
movieThirteen at the Table
1955 · (uncredited)