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Christine Boisson Dies: ‘Emmanuelle’, ‘Exterior, Night’ Actress Was 68
Boisson had just left school when Just Jaeckin cast her in his 1974 erotic classic as the sexually adventurous teenager Marie-Ange
Boisson had just left school and was still a minor when Just Jaeckin cast her in his 1974 erotic classic as the sexually adventurous teenager Marie-Ange who introduces Emmanuelle (Sylvia Kristel), to the shady libertine figure of Mario. After a being cast in a handful of smaller roles purely on the basis of her physique, Boisson decided to go back to school and studied acting at France ’s prestigious Conservatoire. Over the course of her 40-year career, Boisson ratcheted up more than 50 film credits including Michelangelo Antonioni’s Identification of a Woman(1984), Daniel Schmid’s Jenatsch(1987), Jacques Bral’s Exterior, Night, Yves Boisset’s Radio Rave(1989), Olivier Assayas’ A New Life(1993), Peter Kassovitz’s Bonjour Tristesse(1995), Maîwenn’s All About Actresses(2009) and Eric Valette’s State Affairs(2009).
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