Maria Christina Aumont (14 February 1946 – 28 October 2006), best known as Tina Aumont, was an American

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 actress.

She was of French

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 Jewish and Dominican

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 descent.
She was born in Hollywood, California

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, the daughter of actors Jean-Pierre Aumont

Jean-Pierre Aumont

-Early life:Aumont was born Jean-Pierre Philippe Salomons in Paris, the son of Suzanne and Alexandre Salomons, owner of La Maison du Blanc . His mother's uncle was well-known stage actor Georges Berr. His father was from a Dutch Jewish family and his mother's family were French Jews...

 and Maria Montez

María Montez

María Montez was a Dominican-born motion picture actress who gained fame and popularity in the 1940s as an exotic beauty starring in a series of filmed-in-Technicolor costume adventure films. Her screen image was that of a hot-blooded Latin seductress, dressed in fanciful costumes and sparkling...

. She married actor and film director Christian Marquand

Christian Marquand

Christian Marquand was a French director, actor and screenwriter working in French cinema. A native of Marseille, he was born to a Spanish father and an Arabic mother his sister was film director Nadine Trintignant, and he can be seen as a heartthrob in French movies of the 1950s.His first film...

 in 1963, at the age of 17.

She made her debut as Tina Marquand in Joseph Losey

Joseph Losey

Joseph Walton Losey was an American theater and film director. After studying in Germany with Bertolt Brecht, Losey returned to the United States, eventually making his way to Hollywood...

's 1966 movie Modesty Blaise

Modesty Blaise (1966 film)

Modesty Blaise was a comedic spy-fi motion picture produced in the United Kingdom and released worldwide in 1966. It was loosely based upon the popular comic strip Modesty Blaise by Peter O'Donnell, who wrote the original story and scenario upon which Evan Jones based his screenplay...

. She worked in Italian cinema with, among others, Alberto Sordi

Alberto Sordi

Alberto Sordi, also known as Albertone, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI was an Italian actor. He was also a film director and the dubbing voice of Oliver Hardy in the Italian version of the Laurel & Hardy films....

 (Scusi, lei è favorevole o contrario?, 1966), Tinto Brass

Tinto Brass

Giovanni Brass , better known as Tinto Brass, is an Italian filmmaker. He is noted especially for his work in the erotic genre, with films such as Così fan tutte , Paprika, Monella and Trasgredire...

 (L'urlo

The Howl

The Howl is a 1970 Italian comedy film directed by Tinto Brass. It was entered into the 20th Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Tina Aumont - Anita* Gigi Proietti - Coso* Nino Segurini - Berto Bertuccioli* Germano Longo...

, 1968 and Salon Kitty, 1975), Mauro Bolognini

Mauro Bolognini

Mauro Bolognini was an Italian film director of literate sensibility, known for masterful handling of period subject matter.-Biography:Mauro Bolognini was born in Pistoia, Tuscany....

 (Fatti di gente perbene, 1974), Francesco Rosi

Francesco Rosi

Francesco Rosi is an Italian film director. He is the father of actress Carolina Rosi.-Biography:After studying Law, but hoping to study film, Rosi entered the industry as an assistant to Luchino Visconti on La Terra trema...

 (Cadaveri eccellenti

Illustrious Corpses

Illustrious Corpses is a 1976 thriller film directed by Francesco Rosi and starring Lino Ventura. The film was screened at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival, but was not entered into the main competition...

, 1975), and Federico Fellini

Federico Fellini

Federico Fellini, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI , was an Italian film director and scriptwriter. Known for a distinct style that blends fantasy and baroque images, he is considered one of the most influential and widely revered filmmakers of the 20th century...

 (Fellini's Casanova

Fellini's Casanova

Fellini's Casanova is a 1976 Italian film by director Federico Fellini, adapted from the autobiography of Giacomo Casanova, the 18th century adventurer and writer....

, 1976).

In 2000 she retired from film work. She suffered a pulmonary embolism

Pulmonary embolism

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 and died in Port-Vendres

Port-Vendres

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, Pyrénées-Orientales

Pyrénées-Orientales

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, France

France

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at age 60.

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