Emmanuelle Arsan

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Female

Birthday

1932-01-19 (73 years old)

Deathday

2005-06-12

Place of Birth

Bangkok, Thailand

Emmanuelle Arsan

Biography

'Emmanuelle Arsan' (her pen name, originally Marayat Bibidh) was a Thai writer, actor, and director, best known for her novel "Emmanuelle: Joys of a Woman" which happened at the right place and the right time of women's sexual liberation. It gave birth to a genre of film with the French series "Emmanuelle" starring Sylvia Kristel and many other Italian knockoffs starring Arsan lookalike Laura Gemser. Despite her very limited experience with the film industry (having a small but important role in The Sand Pebbles with Steve McQueen), Arsan decided to ride the wave and attempt to write and star in her own erotic fantasy film "Forever Emmanuelle...

Acting

1966

1976

Laure

as Myrte

2024

D'Emmanuelle à Emmanuelle

as Self - presumed novelist (archive footage)

Production

1974

Emmanuelle

as Novel

1984

Emmanuelle 4

as Novel

2024

Emmanuelle

as Novel

1976

Nea

as Writer

1976

Laure

as Director

1976

Laure

as Writer

1977

Emmanuelle 3

as Novel

1993

Emmanuelle 7

as Characters

1993

1993

1993

Emmanuelle's Secret

as Characters

1994

1987

1988

1993

Emmanuelle Forever

as Characters

1993

Emmanuelle's Magic

as Characters

1993

1993

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