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Marie Laforêt

Marie Laforêt

Acting

11939-10-052019-11-02 (age 80)Soulac-sur-Mer, Gironde, FranceFemale
IMDbaka Maïténa Marie Brigitte Douménach, Мари Лафоре

Biography

Marie Laforêt (born 5 October 1939 - November 2, 2019) is a French singer and actress. In 1978, she moved to Geneva, Switzerland and acquired Swiss citizenship. Her career began accidentally in 1959 when she replaced her sister at the last minute in a French radio talent contest Naissance d'une étoile (birth of a star) and won. Director Louis Malle then cast the young starlet in the film he was shooting at the time, Liberté, a project he finally abandoned, making Laforêt's first appearance on s…

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