Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1939-10-05 (80 years old)
Deathday
2019-11-02
Place of Birth
Soulac-sur-Mer, Gironde, France
Also known As
Maïténa Marie Brigitte Douménach
Мари Лафоре
Marie Laforêt (born 5 October 1939 - November 2, 2019) is a French singer and actress. In 1978, she moved to Geneva, Switzerland and acquired Swiss citizenship. Her career began accidentally in 1959 when she replaced her sister at the last minute in a French radio talent contest Naissance d'une étoile (birth of a star) and won. Director Louis Malle then cast the young starlet in the film he was shooting at the time, Liberté, a project he finally abandoned, making Laforêt's first appearance on screen opposite actor Alain Delon in René Clément's 1960 drama Plein Soleil. After this film she became very popular and interpreted many roles in the...
1998
as Françoise Gamelin
1960
as Marge Duval
1964
as Gisèle
1984
as Sophie Margelle
1982
as Dominique
1961
as La fille
1987
as Marthe Marboni
1997
as Sylvie
1965
as Eftikia
1984
as Hélène Laroche-Fréon
1965
as Marie-Chantal
1989
as La comtesse
1972
as La Reine
1982
as Rose, Joeuf's wife (uncredited)
1997
as Rahma
1963
as Agathe
1987
as Louise
1967
as Olga Vodkine (as Marie Laforet)
1963
as Maria
1992
as La madre di Sara
1985
as Mariana
1987
as Lotte
1961
as Mathilde de La Môle
1990
as Théa
1985
as Greta Rousselet
1965
1962
as Angèle
1997
as Pétra la vérité
1961
as Anne-Marie Brémond
1965
as Miss Diamond
1996
as Eva
1961
as Mlle Georges
1990
as Contessa Isabella Spinosi
2008
as Martine
2010
as Self (archive footage)
1995
as Mother of Mary
1967
1979
as Edmonde Puget-Rostand
1962
as Complice n°2
1968
as La comtesse Elena de Koefeld
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