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Michèle Mercier is an actress, singer, dancer and writer. She was born on January 1, 1939 in Nice. She is known for her film career, where she has worked with renowned directors such as François Truffaut, Jean-Pierre Melville, Jacques Deray, Dino Risi, Mario Monicelli, Mario bava, Peter Collinson et Ken Annakin. Among her male partners, we find Marcello Mastroianni, Vittorio Gassman, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Gabin, Charles Aznavour, Robert Hossein, Charles Bronson, Tony Curtis et Charlton Heston. She has appeared in over fifty films and is best known for her starring role in the film series “Angélique, Marquise of Angels".
Michèle Mercier began her career as a dancer and worked with ballet companies such as the Ballets of Roland Petit and Eiffel Tower Ballets. Alongside her dancing career, she studied drama under the direction of Solange Sicard His first birth name, Jocelyne Yvonne Renée Mercier, was shortened to become Michèle Mercier when she began her film career. She adopted this name in homage to her younger sister named Michèle, died at the age of five from typhoid fever.
Michèle Mercier achieved great popularity as a sex symbol in the 1960s, notably through her role asAngélique in the eponymous film series. Throughout her career, she sought to free herself from the image of this emblematic character who marked her career.
