Yvonne FurneauxYvonne Furneaux (born Elisabeth Yvonne Scarcherd; 11 May 1928, Lille

Lille

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, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France

France

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) is a French

France

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 film actress.

Personal life

Yvonne Furneax started her acting career in England in 1952. At first she started with a few minor productions. Later she participated in many great international productions and worked with famous actors and actresses like Catherine Deneuve

Catherine Deneuve

Catherine Deneuve is a French actress. She gained recognition for her portrayal of aloof and mysterious beauties in films such as Repulsion and Belle de jour . Deneuve was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1993 for her performance in Indochine; she also won César Awards for that...

 in the movie Repulsion

Repulsion

Repulsion is a 1965 British psychological thriller film directed by Roman Polanski, based on a scenario by Gérard Brach and Roman Polanski. It was Polanski's first English language film, and was shot in Britain, as such being his second film made outside his native Poland. The cast includes...

. Later on she married Jaques Natteau, who died on 17 April 2007, leaving Furneaux a widow. Now she is retired from her acting career and lives in Lausanne

Lausanne

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, Switzerland

Switzerland

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.

Selected filmography

• The House of the Arrow
  The House of the Arrow (1953 film)
  The House of the Arrow is a 1953 British mystery film directed by Michael Anderson and starring Oskar Homolka, Robert Urquhart and Yvonne Furneaux. It is based on the novel The House of the Arrow by A. E. W...
  
  (1953)
• Le Amiche
  Le amiche
  Le Amiche is a 1955 Italian black-and-white drama film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni. It is adapted from Cesare Pavese's 1949 novella Tra donne sole and centers on Roman couturier Clelia , who leaves Rome to work at a boutique in Torino.-Production:The script for Le Amiche is adapted from a...
  
  (1955)
• The Dark Avenger
  The Dark Avenger
  The Dark Avenger is a 1955 film directed by Henry Levin. The screenplay was written by Daniel P. Ullman and Phil Park who was uncredited. The film starred Errol Flynn, Joanne Dru and Peter Finch...
  
  (1955)
• Lisbon
  Lisbon (film)
  Lisbon is a 1956 American crime film produced and directed by Ray Milland and starring Milland, Maureen O'Hara, Claude Rains, Edward Chapman, and Jay Novello. An American smuggler based in Lisbon is hired to rescue a wealthy industrialist from behind the Iron Curtain.The film was shot on location...
  
  (1956)
• The Mummy
  The Mummy (1959 film)
  The Mummy is a 1959 Technicolor British Hammer Horror film starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing.Though the title suggests Universal Pictures' 1932 film of the same name, the film actually derives its plot and characters entirely from two later Universal films, The Mummy's Hand and The Mummy's...
  
  (1959)
• La Dolce Vita
  La Dolce Vita
  La Dolce Vita is a 1960 comedy-drama film written and directed by the critically acclaimed director Federico Fellini. The film is a story of a passive journalist's week in Rome, and his search for both happiness and love that will never come...
  
  (1960)
• I am Semiramis
  I am Semiramis
  Io Semiramide is a 1963 film about Semiramis, a semi-legendary queen of the Neo-Assyrian Empire.This film was directed by Primo Zeglio.-Cast:*Yvonne Furneaux as "Semiramis"...
  
  (1963)
• Repulsion
  Repulsion
  Repulsion is a 1965 British psychological thriller film directed by Roman Polanski, based on a scenario by Gérard Brach and Roman Polanski. It was Polanski's first English language film, and was shot in Britain, as such being his second film made outside his native Poland. The cast includes...
  
  (1965)