Martine Brochard

French actress and writer

Martine Brochard
Martine Brochard in Radiocorriere magazine, 1970
Born	(1944-04-02) 2 April 1944 (age 80) Paris, France
Occupation(s)	Actress Writer
Years active	1968 – present

Martine Brochard (born 2 April 1944)^[1] is a French actress and writer.

Life and career

Born in Paris, Brochard debuted in 1968 in a minor role in François Truffaut's Baisers volés. In 1970, she moved to Italy, where she became a minor star in genre films, including poliziotteschi, commedia sexy all'italiana and giallo films.^[2] From the mid 70's, she regularly appeared in Italian TV-series and on stage.^[2]

In 1995 and 1999, she released two collection of stories for children, La gallina blu e altri racconti (Mursia, ISBN 88-425-1927-8) and Zaffiretto il vampiretto e altri racconti (Mursia, ISBN 88-425-2496-4).^[3]

In 2003, Brochard was diagnosed with leukemia, a disease from which she was able to recover.^[4]

Filmography

Baisers volés (1968)
La Main noire (1968)
Béru et ces dames (1968)
Le Socrate (1968)
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes (1968) TV
Le Survivant (1969) TV
Eine Rose für Jane (1970) TV
L'amour (1970)
I giovedì della signora Giulia (1970) TV
Trastevere (1971) (cut scenes)
All'ultimo minuto (1971) TV
Face aux Lancaster (1971) TV
Armiamoci e partite! (1971)
The Violent Professionals (1973)
La ragazza fuoristrada (1973)
The Nun and the Devil (1973)
No, the Case Is Happily Resolved (1973)
Story of a Cloistered Nun (1973)
La nottata (1974)
Il domestico (1974)
Prigione di donne (1974)
La governante (1974)
Savage Three (1975)
Il fidanzamento (1975)
Eyeball (1975)
Il solco di pesca (1975)
A Woman at Her Window (1976)
C'è una spia nel mio letto (1976)
Quel movimento che mi piace tanto (1976)
Frou-frou del tabarin (1976)
Mazurka Di Fine Estate (1977) TV
A Spiral of Mist (1977)
Mannaja (1977)
Stringimi forte papà (1977)
Disonora il padre (1978) TV
Bel-Ami (1979) TV
Il medium (1980)
L'ebreo fascista (1980)
Murder Obsession (Follia omicida) (1980)
Peccato originale (1981)
Notturno con grida (1981)
La sconosciuta (1982) TV
Investigatori d'Italia (1985) TV
L'attrazione (1987)
My First Forty Years (1987)
L'uomo che non voleva morire (1988) TV
I ragazzi della 3ª C (1988) TV
The Betrothed (1989) TV
La stanza delle parole (1990)
Le Gorille (1990) TV
Paprika (1991)
In camera mia (1992)
Catherine Courage (1993) TV
The Teddy Bear (1994)
The Voyeur (1994)
Lia, rispondi (1997)
Non lasciamoci più (1999) TV
La donna del delitto (2000)
Vento di ponente (2002) TV
Il bello delle donne (2002) TV
Sfiorarsi (2006): Odette
Il sangue e la rosa (2008) TV
Caldo criminale (2010) TV
Viso d'angelo (2011) TV
Colpi di fulmine (2012)

References

^ Ercolani, Eugenio (2019). Darkening the Italian Screen: Interviews with Genre and Exploitation Directors Who Debuted in the 1950s and 1960s. McFarland. p. 292. ISBN 978-1-4766-3538-5.
^ ^a ^b Enrico Lancia, Fabio Melelli. "Brochard, Martine". Le straniere del nostro cinema. Gremese Editore, 2005.
^ Giovanna Grassi (5 January 1996). "e le attrici ora scrivono fiabe". Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
^ "Brochard: io guarivo, lui moriva". Gioia. 6 May 2009.