Martine Carol

Martine Carol
Carol in 1953 (Studio Harcourt)
Born
Marie-Louise Jeanne Nicolle Mourer

(1920-05-16)16 May 1920
Saint-Mandé, France
Died6 February 1967(1967-02-06) (aged 46)
Monte Carlo, Monaco
Other namesMarise Arley, Martine Carole, Marie-Louise Maurer
OccupationActress
Years active1941–1967
Spouses
(m. 1948; div. 1953)
(m. 1954; div. 1959)
André Rouveix
(m. 1959; div. 1962)
Mike Eland
(m. 1966)

Martine Carol (born Marie-Louise Jeanne Nicolle Mourer; 16 May 1920 – 6 February 1967) was a French film actress. She frequently was cast as an elegant blonde seductress. During the late 1940s and early 1950s, she was the leading sex symbol and a top box-office draw of French cinema, and she was considered a French version of America's Marilyn Monroe. One of her more famous roles was as the title character in Lola Montès (1955), directed by Max Ophüls, in a role that required dark hair. However, by the late 1950s, roles for Carol had become fewer, partly because of the introduction of Brigitte Bardot.