French actress Mylène Demongeot died in Paris, France on
December 1, 2022, after a recurrence of her ongoing battle with primary
peritoneal carcinoma which was diagnosed in early October. She was 87. Born
Marie-Hélène Demongeot on September 29, 1935, she spent her childhood in Nice,
before moving to Paris with her family at the age of 13. A fan of the piano,
she finally turned to cinema in 1953. Also a model, she posed for photographer
Henry Coste with whom she fell in love. At the age of 21, she was spotted by
director Raymond Rouleau for the role of Abigail in the film “The Witches of
Salem”. She married Henry Coste in 1958, before divorcing in 1968. She was
often compared to Brigitte Bardot because of their blondness, Mylène Demongeot
decided to turn to foreign cinema. She became particularly famous in Italy in
1959 with “The Battle of Marathon”, as well as in Bolignini's “The Boys”.
During her career, Mylène Demongeot played opposite such big names in cinema as
Jean Marais in “Fantomas”, Yves Montand, Roger Moore, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Gérard
Depardieu and Dirk Bogarde. Demongeot appeared in two Euro-westerns: 1961’s
“The Singer Not the Song” opposite Dirk Bogarde and John Mills and the 1885 TV
series ‘The Adventures of Smoke Bellew’.
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