Catherine Marie Simone Tricot (5 February 1949 – 19 September 2018),
known professionally as Catherine Castel, or Cathy Tricot, was a
French
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actress and director.
Career
She was best known for appearing in films directed by
Jean Rollin
Jean Michel Rollin Roth Le Gentil (3 November 193815 December 2010) was a French film director, actor, and novelist best known for his work in the fantastique genre.
Overview
Rollins' career, spanning over fifty years, featured early short film ...
, alongside her twin sister
Marie-Pierre Castel
Marie-Pierre Yvonne Tricot (5 February 1949 – 10 February 2013), known professionally as Marie-Pierre Castel, or Pony Tricot, was a French actress. She became notable for her collaboration with Jean Rollin, appearing in a number of his films, ...
. Catherine has appeared in several Rollin films with Marie-Pierre including his vampire classics ''
The Nude Vampire'' and ''
Lips of Blood'' and his erotic films ''Bacchanales Sexuelles'' and ''Hard Penetrations''. She appeared in several other Rollin films, such as ''La comtesse Ixe'', ''Sexual Vibrations'' and ''The Fiancée of Dracula'' (2002), final film.
Rollin originally wanted Castel to appear in his earlier films ''
The Shiver of the Vampires'' and ''
Requiem for a Vampire'', but she became pregnant and the roles were offered to Marie-Pierre.
Other
She was a make-up artist for ''La comtesse Ixe'' and ''Phantasmes''. She has been credited in films as "Cathy Tricot", "Catherine Tricot" and "Cathy Castel".
Filmography
* 1969: ''
La Vampire Nue
''La Vampire Nue'' ( English: ''The Nude Vampire'', ''The Naked Vampire'') is a 1970 film directed by Jean Rollin. It concerns a suicide cult led by a mysterious man known as "The Master".
Plot
In a strange laboratory, three men in weird masks t ...
'' (''The Nude Vampire'') - 'Georges' servant'
* 1974: ''Tout le mondeil en a deux'' (''Bacchanales Sexuelles'') - 'Une souris'
* 1975: ''Le Journal érotique d'un bûcheron'' (''Erotic Diary'') (later hardcore insert)
* 1975: ''
Lévres de Sang'' (''Lips of Blood'') - 'Jumelle Vampire'
* 1975: ''Suce moi vampire'' (''Suck Me Vampire'') - 'Jumelle Vampire' (hard version of ''Lévres de Sang'')
* 1975: ''À bout de sexe'' - 'La vendeuse'
* 1975: ''Les dépravées du plaisir'' (''Le gibier'')
* 1975: ''Phantasmes'' (''Once Upon a Virgin'')
* 1976: ''Introductions'' (''Les weekends d'un couple pervers'')
* 1976: ''Douces pénétraitions'' (''La Romancière lubrique'') - 'Une soubrette'
* 1976: ''La comtesse Ixe''- 'Une invitée'
* 1976: ''Amours collectives'' - 'Cathy'
* 1976: ''Apothéose porno''
* 1977: ''Coctail porno''
* 1977: ''
René la canne'' (''Rene the Cane'')
* 1977: ''Hard Penetration''
* 1977: ''Vibrations Sexuelles'' (''Sexual Vibrations'')
* 1977: ''Saute-moi dessus''
* 1977: ''Les queutardes''
* 1977: ''Désirs et perversions''
* 1982: ''Les Bachelières en chaleur'' (archive footage)
* 1984: ''Les Débordements vicieux de Stella'' (archive footage)
* 1989: ''Impudeur lesbiennes'' (direct-to-video)
* 2002: ''La fiancée de Dracula'' (''The Fiancee of Dracula'') - 'Soeur à la corde à sauter'
* 2007: ''La Nuit des horloges'' (archive footage)
References
External links
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1949 births
2018 deaths
People from Villejuif
French film actresses
French film directors
Twin actresses
French twins
20th-century French actresses
French women film directors
French pornographic film actresses