Yvonne Monlaur

Yvonne Monlaur

Born: December 15, 1939
in Pau, France
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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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Legend of Hammer: Vampires
Title: Legend of Hammer: Vampires
Character: Self
Released: May 1, 2008
Type: Movie
A journey through all Hammer Horror vampire films. From "Horror Of Dracula" to "Legend Of The 7 Golden Vampires".
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The World of Hammer: Dracula and the Undead
Title: The World of Hammer: Dracula and the Undead
Character: Marianne Danielle
Released: August 19, 1994
Type: Movie
Explore Hammer's greatest legacy with clips from such classic films as The Horror of Dracula, Brides of Dracula, Dracula - Prince of Darkness, Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires, Scars of Dracula, Kiss of the Vampire and more.
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Title: Der Tod läuft hinterher
Character: Janet Winters
Released: December 27, 1967
Type: TV
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Jerry Cotton: Tip Not Included
Title: Jerry Cotton: Tip Not Included
Character: Violet
Released: August 24, 1966
Type: Movie
An elaborate bank robbery takes place and the gangsters succeed although the FBI had been warned. Jerry Cotton, who is considered accountable for this major failure, loses his badge over this. Being the man he is, Cotton doesn't let the evil-doers forget that he has unfinished business with them.
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Mission to Caracas
Title: Mission to Caracas
Character: Muriel
Released: October 6, 1965
Type: Movie
Special agent Becker is after a briefcase that rather cleverly disguises some secret documents.
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Skies Above
Title: Skies Above
Character: Françoise
Released: January 20, 1965
Type: Movie
The crew of an aircraft carrier discovers that it is being pursued by a UFO that turns out to be a radioactive probe from outer space. They appeal to the warring countries of Earth to stop fighting and help it to repel the invaders.
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License to Kill
Title: License to Kill
Released: June 16, 1964
Type: Movie
Didier Formenter, the French scientist, has just put the final touch on an invention that will be able to destroy to destroy any sort of flying apparatus. An international crime gang is very interested in stealing this equipement to sell it to the higher bidder of lawless nations. Menaced, the scientist, who was friends with Nick Carter's father, calls Nick for help. At Nice airport, Nick Carter escapes death, but that night he is unable to stop Formenter's murder. He suspects Bruno, Formenter's adoptive son, and Tonio, the owner of a bar near Formentier's home. Bruno is actually after Formenter's heritage, and for that he tries to kill Catherine, Formentier's granddaughter. Therefore, Nick Carter finds himself against more than a gang, but he will uncover the plots, in time to break every gangster apart.
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Night of Lust
Title: Night of Lust
Character: Nora
Released: November 29, 1963
Type: Movie
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'echafaud") and the most beautiful French Babes the World has ever seen. It pricks the Conscience, probes the libido, and excites the senses!
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Le temps des copains
Title: Le temps des copains
Released: May 15, 1963
Type: Movie
Three young students, who met on the train, arrive in Paris and decide to find accommodation together.
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Time to Remember
Title: Time to Remember
Released: July 1, 1962
Type: Movie
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 still be there.
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Ladies' Man
Title: Ladies' Man
Character: Claudia
Released: March 21, 1962
Type: Movie
A famous FBI agent's vacation is interrupted by murder. His investigation leads him on the trail of three women of the local upper middle class.
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The Hawk of the Caribbean
Title: The Hawk of the Caribbean
Character: Arica Mageiras
Released: January 1, 1962
Type: Movie
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), manage to take over a ship with some cargo that they barter for supplies, and eventually are asked to fight on behalf of the Spanish crown against the English... or is the request sincere?
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Gerarchi si muore
Title: Gerarchi si muore
Character: Rosalina Merletti
Released: December 22, 1961
Type: Movie
Now in bankruptcy, the industrialist Merletti seeks the help of Mr. Frioppi, a rich ex-fascist with a real mania for ancient castles.
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The Terror of the Tongs
Title: The Terror of the Tongs
Character: Lee
Released: March 15, 1961
Type: Movie
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 fear of the weakest.
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It Started in Naples
Title: It Started in Naples
Released: August 6, 1960
Type: Movie
Mike Hamilton, a Philadelphia lawyer, comes to Naples to settle the estate of his long estranged "black sheep" brother. Once there, he discovers that the deceased has left an 8 year old boy who is being raised by Michael's sister-in-law Lucia Curcio. To make matters worse, Lucia happens to be a sexy nightclub dancer.
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The Brides of Dracula
Title: The Brides of Dracula
Character: Marianne Danielle
Released: July 7, 1960
Type: Movie
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.
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Circus of Horrors
Title: Circus of Horrors
Character: Nicole Vanet
Released: April 1, 1960
Type: Movie
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.
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Inn for Trouble
Title: Inn for Trouble
Character: Yvette Dupres
Released: January 31, 1960
Type: Movie
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.
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Title: The Third Man
Released: October 2, 1959
Type: TV
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La cento chilometri
Title: La cento chilometri
Character: Elena
Released: September 9, 1959
Type: Movie
During a 100km marathon in Rome, some of the runners get involved in comical and paradoxical situations
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Destinazione Sanremo
Title: Destinazione Sanremo
Character: Anna
Released: August 1, 1959
Type: Movie
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Quel tesoro di papà
Title: Quel tesoro di papà
Character: Marina
Released: June 29, 1959
Type: Movie
A young girl finds out that her father, an impoverished Baron, actually works as a stage actor.
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Spavaldi e innamorati
Title: Spavaldi e innamorati
Character: Sylvia
Released: June 27, 1959
Type: Movie
This is an Italian movie starring Terence Hill
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Adventure in Capri
Title: Adventure in Capri
Released: April 14, 1959
Type: Movie
A young French girl, Yvonne, having won a competition, goes to Capri for a short break. There she meets Baron Vanvutelli, an old-fashioned old man, Mario, a Roman student, who came to spend the Sunday at Capri, along with two friends, Renato and Julius.
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3 Strangers in Rome
Title: 3 Strangers in Rome
Character: Nanda Colombo
Released: November 2, 1958
Type: Movie
Three girls from Milan dreaming of a holiday in Rome arrive in the city by train and decide to pretend to be rich Danish girls to attract three nice guys... Three guys looking for easy-going girls offer them a guided tour through the most beautiful places of the city. The girls accept and make the guys spend a fortune, but one evening they get drunk and one of them incidentally reveals she's just from Milan. The guys get upset and set up a sort of revenge, but in the end they make it up.
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Love at First Sight
Title: Love at First Sight
Character: Elvira
Released: April 17, 1958
Type: Movie
Love at First Sight is an Italian movie directed by Franco Rossi.
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Non sono più guaglione
Title: Non sono più guaglione
Character: Nennella
Released: December 23, 1957
Type: Movie
A mechanic falls in love with a girl who aspires to become a diva.
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Les Lavandières du Portugal
Title: Les Lavandières du Portugal
Character: Nadine
Released: August 23, 1957
Type: Movie
Two French advertising agencies vying for a contract with a manufacturer of washers. The manager decides to hire the agency submitting the best advertising campaign. Jean Francois, head of the A.P.N., has the great idea of ​​looking for an authentic Portuguese washerwoman to present the ads. But competition, the O.P.I., led by the attractive Catherine, on a trip to Portugal, check the washer ideal. It is a shy girl who is happy with life in Portugal and refuses to accept the proposals of Catherine. And here intervenes Jean François, who pretends to fall for her to take her to Paris ..
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Honoré de Marseille
Title: Honoré de Marseille
Released: December 12, 1956
Type: Movie
As he explains to the journalist who came to interview him, Honoré cultivates, as a perfect Marseillais, farnienté and galéjade. He evokes the Phocaean Protis, who founded the city of Marseille, and the Roman Honorius, who invented pétanque. He loves to go fishing with his friends Garrigue and Watermelon to prepare a good bouillabaisse, and even more, to rig the results of a vote to allow a little protégée to be crowned Miss flots bleus.
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Mannequins of Paris
Title: Mannequins of Paris
Character: Janine
Released: September 19, 1956
Type: Movie
Véronique Lanier runs one of the most highly rated haute couture houses in Paris. Her first partner is her husband Pierre, who has left aside a promising artist career to design the styles which make their firm a success. The trouble is that Véronique lives only for her job and does not allow herself -and her husband for that matter - a moment's respite. In Cannes, Pierre meets Wanda, a young singer with strange, fascinating eyes. The frustrated husband falls for her but gradually realizes that the light mercurial creature cannot possibly fulfill him. Véronique, feeling miserable, understands she is on the wrong track. She promises Pierre that she will make efforts to reconcile work and married life. Véronique and Pierre will live and work together again, each one forgiving the other for their faults.