Michèle Mercier

1939-

Biography: life and films

Michèle Mercier is a French actress whose birth name is Jocelyne Yvonne Renée Mercier. She was born in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France on 1st January 1939.

Her best films as an actor include François Truffaut's crime-thriller Tirez sur le pianiste (1960), Mario Bava's thriller I tre volti della paura (1963), Jean-Pierre Melville's L'Aîné des Ferchaux (1963), Robert Hossein's Une corde, un Colt (1969) and Ken Annakin's The Call of the Wild (1972).

Michèle Mercier has so far appeared in 55 films.

She has most frequently worked with the following directors: Bernard Borderie (6 films), Denys de La Patellière (3), Christian-Jaque (3), Massimo Franciosa (2), Mario Monicelli (2), Mario Bava (2), Luigi Zampa (2), Luciano Salce (2), Domenico Paolella (2) and Dino Risi (2).

Her most frequent genres include: drama (18 films), comedy (18), history (8), comedy-drama (5), Thriller (4), romance (3), Fantasy (3), crime-thriller (2), comedy-romance (2) and Horror (2).

Our average rating for Michèle Mercier over all films is: 2.7

Filmography

Key: a = actor

J'avais sept filles (1954) [a]

Donnez-moi ma chance (1957) [a]

Retour de manivelle (1957) [a]

Ein Engel auf Erden (1959) [a]

Le Notti di Lucrezia Borgia (1959) [a]

La Brune que voilà (1960) [a]

La Ligne de mire (1960) [a]

Le Saint mène la danse (1960) [a]

Tirez sur le pianiste (1960) [a]

Fury at Smugglers' Bay (1961) [a]

Goodbye Again (1961) [a]

Il Giustiziere dei mari (1961) [a]

Le Meraviglie di Aladino (1961) [a]

Gli Anni ruggenti (1962) [a]

Le Prigioniere dell'isola del diavolo (1962) [a]

Frenesia dell'estate (1963) [a]

I Mostri (1963) [a]

I tre volti della paura (1963) [a]

Il Giovedi (1963) [a]

L'Aîné des Ferchaux (1963) [a]

La Pupa (1963) [a]

Symphonie pour un massacre (1963) [a]

A Global Affair (1964) [a]

Alta infedelta (1964) [a]

Amore in quattro dimensioni (1964) [a]

Angélique, marquise des anges (1964) [a]

Casanova '70 (1965) [a]

Le Tonnerre de Dieu (1965) [a]

Merveilleuse Angélique (1965) [a]

Via Veneto (1965) [a]

Angélique et le roy (1966) [a]

Come imparai ad amare le donne (1966) [a]

I Nostri mariti (1966) [a]

La Seconde vérité (1966) [a]

Soleil noir (1966) [a]

Indomptable Angélique (1967) [a]

Le Plus vieux métier du monde (1967) [a]

Angélique et le sultan (1968) [a]

Le Calde notti di Lady Hamilton (1968) [a]

Une corde, un Colt (1969) [a]

Une veuve en or (1969) [a]

You Can't Win 'Em All (1970) [a]

Macédoine (1971) [a]

Nella stretta morsa del ragno (1971) [a]

Per amore o per forza (1971) [a]

Roma bene (1971) [a]

The Call of the Wild (1972) [a]

Götz von Berlichingen mit der eisernen Hand (1979) [a]

Jeans Tonic (1984) [a]

La Rumbera (1998) [a]

Celles qui aimaient Richard Wagner (2011) [a]



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