
Acting
Born December 15, 1935 · Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Yvonne Monlaur (*December 15, 1939 † April 18, 2017) was a retired French film actress of the late 1950s and 1960s best known for her roles in the Hammer horror films. Her father's a White Russian count; her mother's a ballet dancer. She starred in the 1958 Italian film Three Strangers in Rome which was amongst Claudia Cardinale's earliest films and in 1960 in the horror film Circus of Horrors alongside prominent actors in British film such as Anton Diffring and Donald Pleasence. In 1960, she also starred in the Hammer horror film The Brides of Dracula alongside other noted British actors of the day Peter Cushing and Freda Jackson and in The Terror of the Tongs (1961) with Christopher Lee. Monlaur screentested for the role of Domino Derval in the 1965 James Bond film Thunderball. The role eventually went to another French actress, Claudine Auger. After a string of German and Italian films, Monlaur left films to return to Paris. Now she continues to live there. Of late she has attended a few film conventions, which have included salutes to Hammer films. Description above from the Wikipedia article Yvonne Monlaur, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Legend of Hammer: Vampires
2008

Jerry Cotton: Tip Not Included
1966

Mission to Caracas
1965

Anche l'inferno trema
1965

Skies Above
1965

License to Kill
1964

Night of Lust
1963

Because, Because of a Woman
1963

Le temps des copains
1963

Time to Remember
1962

Ladies' Man
1962

The Hawk of the Caribbean
1962

Dying as Hierarchs
1961

The Terror of the Tongs
1961

It Started in Naples
1960

The Brides of Dracula
1960

Circus of Horrors
1960

Inn for Trouble
1960

La cento chilometri
1959

Destinazione Sanremo
1959

Quel tesoro di papà
1959

Spavaldi e innamorati
1959

Adventure in Capri
1959

3 Strangers in Rome
1958

Love at First Sight
1958

Non sono più guaglione
1957

Les Lavandières du Portugal
1957

The Twilight Girls
1957

Honoré de Marseille
1956

Mannequins of Paris
1956

Thirteen at the Table
1955