Aubry, Cécile (1928–)
Aubry, Cécile (1928–)
French actress. Name variations: Cecile Aubry. Born Anne-Marie-José Bénard in Paris, France, Aug 3, 1928; m. a Moroccan prince (later div.); children: Mehdi El Glaoui (actor).
Discovered by Henri-Georges Clouzot, starred in his highly popular film Manon, based on a modernization of Abbé Prévost's novel Manon Lescaut (1949); other films include The Black Rose (US, 1950), Barbe-Bleu (Bluebeard, 1951), Bonjour la Chance (1954), and The Reluctant Thief (Italian, 1955); went on to write and illustrate children's books and produce for children's tv.
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