Janet Banzet (May 17, 1934 – July 29, 1971), also credited as Marie Brent and several other names, was an American actress who appeared in several

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films of the late 1960s and early 1970s. She starred in several provocatively titled films directed by Michael Findlay and Joseph W. Sarno. She had a small role in the 1970 adult film ''

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, ''

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'', September 1978 She acted in about 40 movies.

Death

Banzet died by

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on July 29, 1971, in New York City. She is buried in Oakdale Memorial Park in Glendora, California in

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Filmography

* ''The Hardy Girls'' (1974) * ''Only You Know, And I Know'' (1971) * '' Is There Sex After Death?'' (1971) * ''Interplay'' (1970) * ''

'' (1970) * ''Sexual Understanding'' (1970) * '' The Amazing Transplant'' (1970) * ''Tuck Me In'' (1970) * ''The Filth Shop'' (1969) * ''The Corporate Queen'' (1969) * ''All Women Are Bad'' (1969) * ''The Ultimate Degenerate'' (1969) * ''Smoke and Flesh'' (1968) * ''A Thousand Pleasures'' (1968) * ''Cargo of Love'' (1968) * ''Come Play with Me'' (1968) * ''Private Relations'' (1968) * ''Sugar Daddy'' (1968) * ''The Kiss of Her Flesh'' (1968) * ''Two Girls for a Madman'' (1968) * ''Cool It, Baby'' (1967) * ''To Turn a Trick'' (1967) * ''Professor Lust'' (1967) * ''Teach Me How to Do It!'' (1967) * ''Miniskirt Love'' (1967) * ''

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'' (1967) * ''Death of a Nymphette'' (1967) * ''Anything for Money'' (1967) * ''The Sex Cycle'' (1967) * ''Diary of a Swinger'' (1967) * ''Julie Is No Angel'' (1967) * ''Lusting Hours'' (1967) * ''Playpen Girls'' (1967) * ''Teenage Gang Debs'' (1966) * ''Skin Deep in Love'' (1966) * ''The Beast That Killed Women'' (1965) * '' Lilith'' (1964) * '' Breakfast at Tiffany's'' (1961)

References

External links

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Janet Banzet's grave
at findagrave.com
Janet Banzet
at Something Weird Video 1934 births 1971 deaths Actresses from Dallas American film actresses 20th-century American actresses 1971 suicides Suicides in New York City {{US-screen-actor-1930s-stub