Véra Clouzot was a Brazil

Brazil

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ian-born French

France

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 film actress and screenwriter.

Born as Véra Gibson-Amado in Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro

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, Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

, she became the wife of film director Henri-Georges Clouzot

Henri-Georges Clouzot

Henri-Georges Clouzot was a French film director, screenwriter and producer. He is best remembered for his work in the thriller film genre, having directed The Wages of Fear and Les Diaboliques, which are critically recognized to be among the greatest films from the 1950s...

. She made only three films, all directed by her husband, the most notable of which was the classic thriller, Les Diaboliques

Les Diaboliques (film)

Les Diaboliques , released as Diabolique in the United States and variously translated as The Devils or The Fiends, is a 1955 French black-and-white thriller feature film directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, starring Simone Signoret, Véra Clouzot and Paul Meurisse...

(1955).

Writer

She also wrote the screenplay for the film La Vérité

La Vérité (film)

The Truth is a 1960 French film directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.- Cast :*Brigitte Bardot as Dominique Marceau*Charles Vanel as Maître Guérin*Paul Meurisse as Maître Éparvier...

(1960), which was also directed by her husband.

Death

In 1960 she died in Paris

Paris

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, aged 46, from a heart attack

Myocardial infarction

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 and is buried in the Montmartre Cemetery

Montmartre Cemetery

Montmartre Cemetery is a cemetery in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France.-History:Cemeteries had been banned from Paris since the shutting down of the Cimetière des Innocents in 1786, as they presented health hazards...

.

Filmography

• The Wages of Fear (1953)
• Les Diaboliques
  Les Diaboliques (film)
  Les Diaboliques , released as Diabolique in the United States and variously translated as The Devils or The Fiends, is a 1955 French black-and-white thriller feature film directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, starring Simone Signoret, Véra Clouzot and Paul Meurisse...
  
  (1955)
• Les Espions
  Les Espions
  Les Espions is a 1957 French film directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot and written by Clouzot with Jerôme Géronim and Egon Hostovsky. The cast includes Gérard Sety, Peter Ustinov, Curd Jürgens, O.E. Hasse, Sam Jaffe, Martita Hunt and the director's wife, Véra Clouzot...
  
  (1957)

External links

• Véra Clouzot at Find A Grave
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