Martine Brochard (born 2 April 1944) is a French actress and writer.
Life and career
Born in
Paris
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, Brochard debuted in 1968 in a minor role in
François Truffaut's ''
Baisers volés''. In 1970, she moved to Italy, where she became a minor star in genre films, including
poliziotteschi
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,
commedia sexy all'italiana
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Style
''Commedia sexy'' is characterized typ ...
and
giallo
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films.
From the mid 70's, she regularly appears in Italian TV-series and on stage.
[
In 1995 and 1999, she released two collection of stories for children, ''La gallina blu e altri racconti'' (]Mursia
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* '' Mursia africana'' Galil, 1993
* '' Mursia armata'' De Haan, 1837
* '' Mursia aspera'' Alcock, 1899
* '' Mursia aurorae'' Galil & Ng, 2009
* '' Mursi ...
, ) and ''Zaffiretto il vampiretto e altri racconti'' (Mursia, ).
In 2003, Brochard was diagnosed with leukemia
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, a disease from which she was able to recover.
Filmography
*''Baisers volés'' (1968)
*''La Main noire'' (1968)
*''Béru et ces dames'' (1968)
*''Le Socrate'' (1968)
*''Les Cinq Dernières Minutes'' (1968) TV
*''Le Survivant'' (1969) TV
*''Eine Rose für Jane'' (1970) TV
*''L'amour'' (1970)
*''I giovedì della signora Giulia'' (1970) TV
*'' Trastevere'' (1971) (cut scenes)
*''All'ultimo minuto'' (1971) TV
*''Face aux Lancaster'' (1971) TV
*''Armiamoci e partite!
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Plot
Cast
* Franco Franchi as Franco
* Ciccio Ingrassia as Cicci ...
'' (1971)
*'' The Violent Professionals'' (1973)
*''La ragazza fuoristrada'' (1973)
*'' The Nun and the Devil'' (1973)
* '' No, the Case Is Happily Resolved'' (1973)
*''Story of a Cloistered Nun
''Story of a Cloistered Nun'' ( it, Storia di una monaca di clausura, released as ''Unholy Convent'' and ''Diary of a Cloistered Nun'') is a 1973 nunsploitation film directed by Domenico Paolella and starring Eleonora Giorgi, Catherine Spaak, Suzy ...
'' (1973)
*''La nottata
''La nottata'' () is a 1974 Italian film directed by Tonino Cervi.
Plot
The film is set in Milan, where Susy and Angela meet in a club bathroom. There, they take possession of a ring forgotten by a lady. After going to movie, they meet Vito, ...
'' (1974)
*'' Il domestico'' (1974)
*''Prigione di donne'' (1974)
*''La governante
''La governante'' (''The Governess'') is a 1974 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Giovanni Grimaldi and starring Turi Ferro and Martine Brochard. It is based on a stage play by Vitaliano Brancati.
The film got a great commercial success, gr ...
'' (1974)
*'' Savage Three'' (1975)
*'' Il fidanzamento'' (1975)
*''Eyeball
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'' (1975)
*'' Il solco di pesca'' (1975)
*'' A Woman at Her Window'' (1976)
*''C'è una spia nel mio letto'' (1976)
*'' Quel movimento che mi piace tanto'' (1976)
*''Frou-frou del tabarin'' (1976)
*''Mazurka Di Fine Estate'' (1977) TV
*'' A Spiral of Mist'' (1977)
*''Mannaja
''Mannaja'' (also known as ''A Man Called Blade'') is an Italian 1977 Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Martino. The main role, Blade, is played by Maurizio Merli. Other central roles are played by John Steiner, Sonja Jeannine, Donald O ...
'' (1977)
*''Stringimi forte papà'' (1977)
*''Disonora il padre'' (1978) TV
*''Bel-Ami'' (1979) TV
*'' Il medium'' (1980)
*''L'ebreo fascista'' (1980)
*'' Murder Obsession (Follia omicida)'' (1980)
*''Peccato originale'' (1981)
*''Notturno con grida'' (1981)
*''La sconosciuta'' (1982) TV
*''Investigatori d'Italia'' (1985) TV
*''L'attrazione'' (1987)
*''My First Forty Years
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'' (1987)
*''L'uomo che non voleva morire'' (1988) TV
*'' I ragazzi della 3ª C'' (1988) TV
*'' The Betrothed'' (1989) TV
*''La stanza delle parole'' (1990)
*' (1990) TV
*'' Paprika'' (1991)
*''In camera mia'' (1992)
*''Catherine Courage'' (1993) TV
*'' The Teddy Bear'' (1994)
*'' The Voyeur'' (1994)
*''Lia, rispondi'' (1997)
*'' Non lasciamoci più'' (1999) TV
*''La donna del delitto'' (2000)
*''Vento di ponente'' (2002) TV
*'' Il bello delle donne'' (2002) TV
*''Sfiorarsi'' (2006): Odette
*''Il sangue e la rosa'' (2008) TV
*''Caldo criminale'' (2010) TV
*''Viso d'angelo'' (2011) TV
*''Colpi di fulmine
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'' (2012)
Further reading
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1944 births
Actresses from Paris
Living people
French film actresses
French stage actresses
French television actresses
French emigrants to Italy
Writers from Paris
French children's writers
20th-century French actresses
21st-century French actresses
French women children's writers