Summary
Maria Christina "Tina" Aumont (February 14, 1946 – October 28, 2006) was an American actress. She was the daughter of French actor Jean-Pierre Aumont and Dominican actress Maria Montez. She made her acting debut in the British film Modesty Blaise (1966), but later had a prominent career as a leading lady in Italian films.
Tina Aumont | |
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 Aumont in Fellini's Casanova (1976) | |
| Born | Maria Christina Aumont February 14, 1946 Hollywood, California, U.S. |
| Died | October 28, 2006 (aged 60) Port-Vendres, Occitanie, France |
| Resting place | Montparnasse Cemetery |
| Other names | Tina Marquand |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1966–2000 |
| Spouse | |
| Parent(s) | Jean-Pierre Aumont Maria Montez |
| Relatives | François Villiers (uncle) |
Career edit
Aumont was billed as Tina Marquand (her married name) in four films, including Joseph Losey's Modesty Blaise (1966). She was photographed by Angelo Frontoni (it)[1] in 1968, when she had ankle/floor length hair, and some semi-nude pictures from this session were published in Playboy in 1969.[2][3] She worked in Italian cinema with, among others, Alberto Sordi (Scusi, lei è favorevole o contrario?, 1966), Tinto Brass (The Howl, 1970 and Salon Kitty, 1975), Sergio Martino (Torso, 1973), Mauro Bolognini (Drama of the Rich, 1974), Francesco Rosi (Illustrious Corpses, 1975), and Federico Fellini (Fellini's Casanova, 1976). She also played Lonetta, the Indian maiden, in Texas Across the River (1967), Luciana in Malicious (1973) and Valentina in A Matter of Time (1976) starring Liza Minnelli. She starred in Lifespan (1975) with Klaus Kinski.[4]
Death edit
In 2000, she retired from film work. In 2006, she suffered a pulmonary embolism and died in Port-Vendres, Pyrénées-Orientales, France, aged 60.[5]
Partial filmography edit
- Modesty Blaise (1966) - Nicole
- The Game Is Over (1966) - Anne Sernet
- Texas Across the River (1966) - Lonetta
- Pardon, Are You For or Against? (1966) - Romina
- Man, Pride and Vengeance (1967) - Carmen / Conchita
- Your Turn to Die (1967) - Dolly
- Partner (1968) - Salesgirl
- Alibi (1969) - Filli
- Satyricon (1969) - Circe
- Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence (1969) - Marcella
- Come ti chiami, amore mio? (1969)
- Metello (1970) - Idina
- The Howl (1970) - Anita Annigoni
- Corbari (1970) - Ines
- Necropolis (1970)
- The Virgin's Bed (1970) - Prisoner
- Il sergente Klems (1971) - Leila
- Bianco, rosso e... (1972) - Mrs. Ricci
- Arcana (1972) - Brenda
- Racconti proibiti... di niente vestiti (1972) - Dirce
- Torso (1973) - Daniela / college student
- Malicious (1973) - Luciana
- Storia de fratelli e de cortelli (1973) - Mara
- Blu Gang e vissero per sempre felici e ammazzati (1973) - Polly
- Les hautes solitudes (1974) - Tina
- The Murri Affair (1974) - Rosa Bonetti
- Il trafficone (1974) - Laura
- Lifespan (1975) - Anna
- The Divine Nymph (1975) - Woman at party (uncredited)
- The Messiah (1975) - Adulteress
- La principessa nuda (1976) - Gladys
- Illustrious Corpses (1976) - The prostitute
- Salon Kitty (1976) - Herta Wallenberg
- Giovannino (1976) - Nelly
- A Matter of Time (1976) - Valentina
- Fellini's Casanova (1976) - Henriette / Casanova's lover
- A Simple Heart (1977) - Virginia
- La deuxième femme (1978) - Herself
- Holocaust parte seconda: i ricordi, i deliri, la vendetta (1980) - Dorothea's Mother
- Rebelote (1984) - La bouchère
- Les frères Pétard (1986)
- ZEN - Zona Espansione Nord (1988)
- Sale comme un ange (1991) - (scenes deleted)
- Les deux orphelines vampires (1997) - La Goule
- Giulia (1999) - La Mère / Mother
- La mécanique des femmes (2000) - (final film role)
References edit
External links edit
- Tina Aumont at IMDb
- Tina Aumont at Find a Grave
- Biography of Tina Aumont, including further readings Archived 2018-01-21 at the Wayback Machine
