Estella Blain

Estella Blain

Born: March 30, 1930
Died: January 1, 1982
in Paris - France
Estella Blain (born Micheline Estellat; 30 March 1930 – 1 January 1982) was a French actress. She appeared in more than twenty films from 1954 to 1981. She played the lead role in Hervé Bromberger's 1954 film Wild Fruit. Blain died by suicide on New Year's Day 1982.

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Love at the Top
Title: Love at the Top
Character: Shirley Douglas
Released: March 13, 1974
Type: Movie
Nicolas Mallet, an inconspicuous and shy bank employee, one day successfully invites Marie-Paul, a young woman he hadn’t known before, in the streets of Paris to a café and sleeps with her the next day. When he tells his surprised friend Claude about the incident, the disillusioned and handicapped writer starts to guide him, leading Nicolas on a dazzling social ascent.
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Chinese Glory
Title: Chinese Glory
Character: La femme
Released: November 26, 1972
Type: Movie
During the Second World War, the son of a Grenoble collaborator went up to his grandmother's house on the Vercors plateau to wait for the war to end without him. On July 21, 1944, German troops overran the plateau. Forced to flee, he joins a small group of Resistance fighters and civilians, and struggles to survive for three days and nights.
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Title: Samedi soir
Character: Self
Released: January 9, 1971
Type: TV
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A Flea In Her Ear
Title: A Flea In Her Ear
Character: Defendant
Released: November 27, 1968
Type: Movie
Suspecting that her husband might be having an affair, a wife plots to catch him in the act.
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Love in the Night
Title: Love in the Night
Character: Nicole
Released: June 10, 1968
Type: Movie
Bourgoin uses Philippe to attract customers from another establishment to the nightclub he wants to open in Pigalle.
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The Hotheads
Title: The Hotheads
Character: Lucia
Released: November 8, 1967
Type: Movie
Truck drivers hauling supplies are caught in the battle between the French and Arabs in this routine adventure drama. Jonathon is held prisoner by revolting Arabs and falls for the pretty blonde widow Lucia. The two are part of a group that is held captive and faces death when the fighting begins.
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Title: Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre
Character: Sylvia Leander
Released: September 15, 1967
Type: TV
Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre [French title: Le comte Yoster a bien l'honneur] is a TV series which followed the adventures of the title’s amateur gentleman detective. It was a success in particular in Germany and in France. Originally the show was a German production in black-and-white but it evolved into a European co-production in colour.
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The Diabolical Dr. Z
Title: The Diabolical Dr. Z
Character: Nadja / Miss Muerte
Released: August 1, 1966
Type: Movie
A woman seeks to avenge her father's death using a local dancer, with long poisonous fingernails, to do her bidding.
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Angelique and the King
Title: Angelique and the King
Character: Madame de Montespan
Released: January 31, 1966
Type: Movie
Soon after her latest husband death, the King himself (Louis XIV) meets with our heroine and begs her to help convince the Persian Ambassador to agree to a treaty. However, what they didn't realize was that the handsome Persian was in fact a sexual sadist. So, it is up to the King's half- brother, some Hungarian prince, to save Angélique from the evil troll's clutches.
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Rope Around the Neck
Title: Rope Around the Neck
Released: August 4, 1965
Type: Movie
Arthur can no longer stand married life. He wants to get rid of his wife and live with his mistress. In doing so, he makes a mistake and kills his mistress Clara. But did he really commit the crime? His wife is accused. Who killed Clara?
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Title: Dim Dam Dom
Character: Self
Released: March 7, 1965
Type: TV
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Le tout pour le tout
Title: Le tout pour le tout
Released: July 6, 1962
Type: Movie
An unlucky trumpeter and a young singer try to rebuild their lives in Brazilian nightclubs. They will try everything for everything while making a risky heist.
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Totòtruffa '62
Title: Totòtruffa '62
Character: Diana
Released: August 12, 1961
Type: Movie
Antonio, a former variety actor, keeps his daughter in an excellent boarding school by organizing small scams with his friend and colleague Felice. Commissioner Malvasia good-naturedly persecuted him. When their respective unsuspecting children fall in love, the two fathers make peace.
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The White Horse Inn
Title: The White Horse Inn
Character: Klärchen Hinzelmann
Released: December 20, 1960
Type: Movie
Leopold, head waiter at the "Weißen Rössl" (White Horse Inn), is secretly in love with the owner of the restaurant, Josepha. But she's only interested in the lawyer Dr. Siedler. Jealous, Leopold comes up with a plan to gain Josepha's attention.
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Pirates of the Coast
Title: Pirates of the Coast
Character: Isabella
Released: November 30, 1960
Type: Movie
Luis de Monterey is a ship captain who is pitted against a crafty pirates.
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L'Ennemi dans l'ombre
Title: L'Ennemi dans l'ombre
Character: Violaine
Released: August 24, 1960
Type: Movie
The director of the French Ministry of the Interior summons Serge Cazals, an Interpol agent, to unmask the leaders of an organization that sells military intelligence and has just made a name for itself with the assassination of Secret Service ace Georges Dandieu. Cazals is soon spotted by his adversaries and dangerously threatened. Through an intermediary in the organization, he obtains a telephone number that leads him to various leads, but to no avail. He then decides to set a trap, with the help of his friend Violaine.
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Thunder in the Blood
Title: Thunder in the Blood
Character: Catherine
Released: June 24, 1960
Type: Movie
Murder mystery about a drunkard who makes his living as a reporter-photographer and writer.
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The Road to Shame
Title: The Road to Shame
Character: Béatrice
Released: April 30, 1959
Type: Movie
Pierre Rossi and Béatrice live in the same block of flats in Marseille and love each other. One night, Béatrice leaves her apartment. Pierre knows that his fiancée goes to a rendezvous, but she would not tell him more than just that. Worried, Pierre follows her but he is attacked and stolen his identity papers by two men, Tom and Nasol, on the payroll of Quaglio, one of the city's bosses. Later on, Quaglio kills Nasol and deposits the body in a garage, leaving Pierre's papers nearby. As for Pierre, he manages to follow Tom to a villa where several young women have been invited. Pierre, horrified, realizes that this place is the headquarters for the white slave trade. - Written by Guy Bellinger
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The Chasers
Title: The Chasers
Character: Sylvia
Released: April 29, 1959
Type: Movie
Two men spend a night in Paris trying to pick up women.
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Title: Discorama
Character: Self
Released: February 4, 1959
Type: TV
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The Tiger Attacks
Title: The Tiger Attacks
Character: Nadine Maroux
Released: January 21, 1959
Type: Movie
Paul Lamiani, a wizened mobster, is asked to return to duty following the disappearance of secret documents of extreme importance. It is assumed that they are in the hands of a friend of Paul. But the case becomes even more delicate when Lamiani's son is kidnapped.
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Secrets of a French Nurse
Title: Secrets of a French Nurse
Character: Thérèse
Released: February 19, 1958
Type: Movie
A gangster is back in business after a while and tries to take it back the hard way, but things don't go as well as planned. At the same time, we watch the fate of a young nurse in a hospital. Soon, the two stories meet when the gangster faces his problems.
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The Twilight Girls
Title: The Twilight Girls
Character: Marthe
Released: May 3, 1957
Type: Movie
A beautiful and sophisticated teenager is placed in a regimented French girls' boarding school after her father apparently commits suicide over a business scandal. She immediately gains admirers -- a lustful middle-aged artist, a handsome young composer, a fellow female student -- as well as a jealous rival. With the help of her schoolmates, she attempts to elope with the composer, but the adults catch on to the plot, and she is locked into her room at night.
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Title: Cinépanorama
Character: Self
Released: February 4, 1956
Type: TV
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Tant qu'il y aura des femmes
Title: Tant qu'il y aura des femmes
Released: September 14, 1955
Type: Movie
A man of of principle leads a double life: one for his mistress and one he takes home to his wife.
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Wild Fruit
Title: Wild Fruit
Character: Maria Manzana
Released: January 29, 1954
Type: Movie
Lyon, 1953. Maria Manzana is the oldest of a family with five children and the only one who has a job. Maria's mother is deceased and her father is regularly drunk and violent. One evening when he wants to beat his daughter Christine, Mary helps her sister and accidentally she kills her father. At Maria's advice the family would prefer to flee. Anna, the girlfriend of Mary's brother Michael, accompanies them. Michael doesn't want to leave her behind. A friendly trucker brings Mary and her company to the south. The group then walks on deserted roads to a village, that was abandoned more than 25 years ago due to lack of water.