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Corinne Cléry

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Corinne Cléry
Corinne Clery in 1973
Born
Corinne Marie-Madeleine Geneviève Pierrette Picolo[1]

(1950-03-23) 23 March 1950 (age 74)
Paris, France
Other namesCorinne Piccoli
OccupationActress
Years active1967–present

Corinne Marie-Madeleine Geneviève Pierrette Picolo[1] (born 23 March 1950), better known as Corinne Cléry, is a French actress. Her breakthrough role was as the title character in Story of O (1975), based on the novel of the same name. She subsequently had significant career in Italian cinema, and also played Corinne Dufour in the James Bond film Moonraker (1979).

Early life and career

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Cléry was born on 23 March 1950 near Paris and raised in Saint-Germain-en-Laye.[2] She began her acting career in the late 1960s under the name Corinne Piccoli. Her first important film was Joël Le Moigne's Les Poneyttes with Johnny Hallyday and DJ Hubert Wayaffe, whom she married at the end of the filming, aged 17.[3]

Cléry first came to prominence in the movie Story of O (1975) (Histoire d'O). She also modelled for the cover of French magazine Lui in which she is holding a huge copy of the novel upon which the film is based.

Cléry is also known for playing Bond girl Corinne Dufour, antagonist Hugo Drax's assistant, in the 1979 James Bond film Moonraker. She also starred with Bond girl Barbara Bach (who played Anya Amasova in The Spy Who Loved Me) and Richard Kiel (who played Bond villain Jaws) in the film The Humanoid (1979). Following Moonraker, she appeared in several Italian language films. She also starred in the films Covert Action, Hitch Hike with actor David Hess, Sergio Corbucci's The Con Artists with Adriano Celentano and Anthony Quinn, and the science fiction film Yor, the Hunter from the Future.

Cléry became a housemate in the second season of Grande Fratello VIP, the Italian adaptation of Celebrity Big Brother.

She considers herself anti-communist and atheist.[4]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1967 Les Poneyttes Poneytte aka Corinne
1975 Story of O O
1976 The Con Artists Charlotte
1976 Il sergente Rompiglioni Figlia del colonnello
1976 Sturmtruppen La donna
1976 Natale in casa d'appuntamento Senine
1976 Plot of Fear Jeanne
1977 Three Tigers Against Three Tigers The Nanny
1977 Hitch Hike Eve Mancini
1977 Kleinhoff Hotel Pascale Rota
1978 Covert Action Anne Florio
1979 The Humanoid Barbara Gibson
1979 Moonraker Corinne Dufour
1979 I viaggiatori della sera Ortensia
1980 Eroina (Tunnel[clarification needed]) Pina
1980 I Hate Blondes Angelica
1981 Last Harem Sara
1983 Yor, the Hunter from the Future Ka-Laa
1984 Summer Games Lisa Donelli
1986 Yuppies Francesca
1986 The Devil's Honey Carol Simpson
1986 Via Montenapoleone Chiara
1988 The Gamble Jacqueline
1988 Rimini Rimini - Un anno dopo Carla Formigoni
1990 Occhio alla perestrojka Angela Bonetti
1990 Vacanze di Natale '90 Alessandra
1991 L'avvoltoio può attendere Alexandra
1991 Forever Julia
1991 28° minuto Paola
1992 Non chiamarmi Omar Luisa Tavoni
1994 Donna di cuori Vania
1995 Le Roi de Paris Betty Favart
1995 A Dio piacendo Valeria
2000 Alex l'ariete Ernestina
2001 Prigionieri di un incubo
2002 Il diario di Matilde Manzoni
2007 Il peso dell'aria Anna
2016 Attesa e cambiamenti
2018 Beyond the Mist Rosa Carlini
2019 W Gli Sposi Suor Clementina
2020 Free - Liberi Erica
2021 Ritorno al Crimino Contessa Roccapadula
2021 Io e Angela Madre Arturo

References

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  1. ^ a b "CLÉRY Corinne (Actrice Française) | Bd-cine.com". www.bd-cine.com. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  2. ^ Jouffa, François; Tony Crawley (2003). L'âge d'or du cinéma érotique et pornographique: 1973-1976 (in French). Paris: Ramsay. p. 134. ISBN 2-84114-677-4.
  3. ^ "Corinne Clery Biographie". nanarland.com (in French). Archived from the original on 13 May 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  4. ^ Giordano, Lucio (15 September 2023). "Mi hanno considerato una peccatrice, ma non conosco il peccato perché io non credo". Dipiù (in Italian). No. 37. pp. 86–89.
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