Yvonne Furneaux
Born: 1926-05-11 in Roubaix, France
Died: 2024-07-05
Known For: Acting
Biography
Yvonne Furneaux (born Elisabeth Yvonne Scarcherd on May 11, 1926, in Roubaix, France) was a French film actress who gained international recognition throughout the 1950s and 1960s. Known for her striking presence and dramatic versatility, she starred in a range of films across Europe, including iconic roles in Federico Fellini’s La Dolce Vita and Roman Polanski’s Repulsion. Her career spanned over three decades with 38 credited performances in both cinema and television.
Filmography
1994
- The World of Hammer as Self (archive footage)
1984
- Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie as Matilda 'Tillie' Frankenstein
1972
- The Man in a Looking Glass as Selina Travis
- Temptation in the Summer Wind as Professor's Wife
1971
- In the Name of the Italian People as Lavinia Santenocito
1967
- The Champagne Murders as Christine Belling
1966
1965
- Repulsion as Hélène Ledoux
- Hereward the Wake as Torfrida
1964
- The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse as Gilda Larsen
- The Lion of Thebes as Helen of Troy
1963
- Enough Rope as Clara Saccard
- I Am Semiramis as Semiramis
- I 4 tassisti as Corinna
1962
- Charge of the Black Lancers as Jassa
- Night Train to Milan as Angela
1961
- The Count of Monte Cristo as Mercédès
- Manhunt as Maria
1960
- La Dolce Vita as Emma
- Il carro armato dell'8 settembre
- We Like It Cold as Rosalina
- Run with the Devil as Marta
1959
- The Mummy as Isobel Banning / Princess Ananka
- Letter to heaven
- Lui, lei e il nonno as Hlen
1958
- Wuthering Heights as Cathy
1956
- Lisbon as Maria Maddalena Masanet
1955
- Le Amiche as Momina De Stefani
- The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel as Suzanne de Fleury
- The Dark Avenger as Marie
- Cross Channel as Jacqueline Moreau
- The Prince with the Red Mask as Laura
1954
- Crossed Swords as Woman
1953
- The Beggar's Opera as Jenny Diver
- The Master of Ballantrae as Jessie Brown
- The Genie as Suzie
- The House of the Arrow as Betty Harlowe
1952
- 24 Hours of a Woman's Life as Henriette
- Meet Me Tonight as Elena (segment "Ways and Means")