Tina Aumont | |
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Born | Maria Christina Aumont February 14, 1946
Hollywood,
California, U.S. |
Died | October 28, 2006
Port-Vendres,
Occitanie, France | (aged 60)
Resting place | Montparnasse Cemetery |
Other names | Tina Marquand |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1966–2000 |
Spouse | |
Parent(s) |
Jean-Pierre Aumont Maria Montez |
Relatives | François Villiers (uncle) |
Maria Christina "Tina" Aumont (February 14, 1946 – October 28, 2006) was an American actress. She was the daughter of French actor Jean-Pierre Aumont and Dominican actress Maria Montez. She made her acting debut in the British film Modesty Blaise (1966), but later had a prominent career as a leading lady in Italian films.
Aumont was billed as Tina Marquand (her married name) in four films, including Joseph Losey's Modesty Blaise (1966). She was photographed by Angelo Frontoni ( it) [1] in 1968, when she had ankle/floor length hair, and some semi-nude pictures from this session were published in Playboy in 1969. [2] [3] She worked in Italian cinema with, among others, Alberto Sordi ( Scusi, lei è favorevole o contrario?, 1966), Tinto Brass ( The Howl, 1970 and Salon Kitty, 1975), Sergio Martino ( Torso, 1973), Mauro Bolognini ( Drama of the Rich, 1974), Francesco Rosi ( Illustrious Corpses, 1975), and Federico Fellini ( Fellini's Casanova, 1976). She also played Lonetta, the Indian maiden, in Texas Across the River (1967), Luciana in Malicious (1973) and Valentina in A Matter of Time (1976) starring Liza Minnelli. She starred in Lifespan (1975) with Klaus Kinski. [4]
In 2000, she retired from film work. In 2006, she suffered a pulmonary embolism and died in Port-Vendres, Pyrénées-Orientales, France, aged 60. [5]
Tina Aumont | |
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Born | Maria Christina Aumont February 14, 1946
Hollywood,
California, U.S. |
Died | October 28, 2006
Port-Vendres,
Occitanie, France | (aged 60)
Resting place | Montparnasse Cemetery |
Other names | Tina Marquand |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1966–2000 |
Spouse | |
Parent(s) |
Jean-Pierre Aumont Maria Montez |
Relatives | François Villiers (uncle) |
Maria Christina "Tina" Aumont (February 14, 1946 – October 28, 2006) was an American actress. She was the daughter of French actor Jean-Pierre Aumont and Dominican actress Maria Montez. She made her acting debut in the British film Modesty Blaise (1966), but later had a prominent career as a leading lady in Italian films.
Aumont was billed as Tina Marquand (her married name) in four films, including Joseph Losey's Modesty Blaise (1966). She was photographed by Angelo Frontoni ( it) [1] in 1968, when she had ankle/floor length hair, and some semi-nude pictures from this session were published in Playboy in 1969. [2] [3] She worked in Italian cinema with, among others, Alberto Sordi ( Scusi, lei è favorevole o contrario?, 1966), Tinto Brass ( The Howl, 1970 and Salon Kitty, 1975), Sergio Martino ( Torso, 1973), Mauro Bolognini ( Drama of the Rich, 1974), Francesco Rosi ( Illustrious Corpses, 1975), and Federico Fellini ( Fellini's Casanova, 1976). She also played Lonetta, the Indian maiden, in Texas Across the River (1967), Luciana in Malicious (1973) and Valentina in A Matter of Time (1976) starring Liza Minnelli. She starred in Lifespan (1975) with Klaus Kinski. [4]
In 2000, she retired from film work. In 2006, she suffered a pulmonary embolism and died in Port-Vendres, Pyrénées-Orientales, France, aged 60. [5]