Martine Carol Net Worth is
$1 Million

Mini Biography

France’s main sex siren of the first 50s, this lesser-remembered post-war French pastry pre-dated bombshell Brigitte Bardot by a couple of years but her short reign didn’t compare and hasn’t resided up to the Bardot period. The cult mystique isn’t there also after dying mysteriously and fairly young. Martine was created Marie-Louise Mourer on, may 16, 1920 (some referrals indicate 1922), but small is well known of her years as a child. A chance ending up in comedian Andre Luguet steered her toward a profession in the theater. Qualified by Rene Simon, she produced her 1940 stage debut with “Phedre” billed as Maryse Arley. She consequently caught the attention of Henri-Georges Clouzot who employed her for his film “The Kitty,” predicated on the novel by Colette, however the task was scrapped. However, she do attract interest in the film Wolf Plantation (1943), which requires benefit of her photogenic beauty and simplicity before the camcorder despite a restricted acting capability. A pin-up goddess and support celebrity through the entire 40s, Martine also made an appearance within the stage from the Theater from the Renaissance. A torrid affair with professional Georges Marechal, who was simply married to celebrity Dany Robin at that time, finished disastrously and she attempted suicide by firmly taking an alcoholic beverages/medication overdose and tossing herself in to the Seine River. She was kept by a taxi cab driver who followed her there. Ironically, the disappointed details encircling her suicide attempt restored the fascination viewers acquired with Martine until that point. In 1950 she have scored her first large film success using the French Trend epic Caroline Cherie (without doubt prompted by her semi-nude moments and taunting, kittenish sexuality) and she was off and working on the container workplace. Her film romps had been typically performed tastefully with an erotic twinge of innocence and soft sexuality plus an intermittent bubble bath tossed in as male bait. She continuing spectacularly with a range of costumed teasers such as for example Lovable Creatures (1952), Sins from the Borgias (1953), Madame du Barry (1954) and Nana (1954), all led and directed by second hubby Christian-Jacque, whom she wedded in 1954. A genuine feast for the eye and perhaps one of the most gorgeous stars of her period, Martine afterwards divorced the movie director because of professional issues and lengthy separations. One last unforgettable part would arrive to her as the name role in Utmost Ophüls’s Lola Montès (1955) portraying a circus performer who have entrances throughout her. From the middle 50s, Bardot got replaced Martine for the goddess pedestal as well as the voluptuous blonde’s profession went right into a serious decrease. Although such adult tasks as Empress Josephine in The Fight of Austerlitz (1960) while others adopted, nothing revived viewers interest. Frustrated, Martine converted alarmingly reclusive while another relationship to French doctor Andre Rouveix also soured by 1962. Issues with drug abuse and a serious incident in the 60s also curtailed her profession significantly. Her last film Hell Can be Empty was manufactured in 1963 however, not released until 1967. One last relationship to fourth spouse Mike Eland, an British businessman and friend of 1st hubby Steve Crane, appeared hopeful, but on Feb 6, 1967, Martine passed away of cardiac arrest at age group 46 in the toilet of a resort in Monaco. Her spouse discovered her. Papers hinted at a feasible medication overdose but nothing at all was ever tested. She was buried in the cemetery of Cannes.

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