Oldfart
10-18-2012, 07:50 PM
Dutch actress Sylvia Kristel, best known for her roles in soft-porn films in the 1970s, particularly the French hit Emmanuelle, has died in Amsterdam at the age of 60, according to her agent.
Over a 30-year career, Kristel starred in more than 50 international feature films.
But she shot to fame in 1974 with Emmanuelle, an erotic story set in Bangkok about a bored housewife, her husband, and their many companions.
That was followed by work with directors including Alain Robbe-Grillet, Claude Chabrol and Roger Vadim.
Later films included The Nude Bomb (1980) and Private Lessons (1981).
She also starred in a 1981 film version of the DH Lawrence novel Lady Chatterley's Lover.
"She was known for her erotic work, but she could do a lot more than that," her agent Marieke Verharen said.
"She is the most famous Dutch actress ever."
Before falling ill recently, she had been preparing for a role in an Amsterdam theatre production of the Tim Firth play Calendar Girls.
Her last film role was in a 2010 Italian television production about a trio of Dutch female singers who were popular in inter-war Italy.
Kristel is survived by her son Arthur, from her relationship with the Belgian novelist Hugo Claus.
AFP
Over a 30-year career, Kristel starred in more than 50 international feature films.
But she shot to fame in 1974 with Emmanuelle, an erotic story set in Bangkok about a bored housewife, her husband, and their many companions.
That was followed by work with directors including Alain Robbe-Grillet, Claude Chabrol and Roger Vadim.
Later films included The Nude Bomb (1980) and Private Lessons (1981).
She also starred in a 1981 film version of the DH Lawrence novel Lady Chatterley's Lover.
"She was known for her erotic work, but she could do a lot more than that," her agent Marieke Verharen said.
"She is the most famous Dutch actress ever."
Before falling ill recently, she had been preparing for a role in an Amsterdam theatre production of the Tim Firth play Calendar Girls.
Her last film role was in a 2010 Italian television production about a trio of Dutch female singers who were popular in inter-war Italy.
Kristel is survived by her son Arthur, from her relationship with the Belgian novelist Hugo Claus.
AFP