Corinne Marie-Madeleine Geneviève Pierrette Picolo[1] (born 23 March 1950), better known as Corinne Cléry, is a French actress. Her breakthrough role was as the title character in Story of O (1975), based on the novel of the same name. She subsequently had significant career in Italian cinema, and also played Corinne Dufour in the James Bond film Moonraker (1979).
Corinne Cléry | |
|---|---|
 Corinne Clery in 1973 | |
| Born | Corinne Marie-Madeleine Geneviève Pierrette Picolo[1] 23 March 1950 Paris, France |
| Other names | Corinne Piccoli |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1967–present |
Early life and career
editCléry was born on 23 March 1950 near Paris and raised in Saint-Germain-en-Laye.[2] She began her acting career in the late 1960s under the name Corinne Piccoli. Her first important film was Joël Le Moigne's Les Poneyttes with Johnny Hallyday and DJ Hubert Wayaffe, whom she married at the end of the filming, aged 17.[3]
Cléry first came to prominence in the movie Story of O (1975) (Histoire d'O). She also modelled for the cover of French magazine Lui in which she is holding a huge copy of the novel upon which the film is based.
Cléry is also known for playing Bond girl Corinne Dufour, antagonist Hugo Drax's assistant, in the 1979 James Bond film Moonraker. She also starred with Bond girl Barbara Bach (who played Anya Amasova in The Spy Who Loved Me) and Richard Kiel (who played Bond villain Jaws) in the film The Humanoid (1979). Following Moonraker, she appeared in several Italian language films. She also starred in the films Covert Action, Hitch Hike with actor David Hess, Sergio Corbucci's The Con Artists with Adriano Celentano and Anthony Quinn, and the science fiction film Yor, the Hunter from the Future.
Cléry became a housemate in the second season of Grande Fratello VIP, the Italian adaptation of Celebrity Big Brother.
She considers herself anti-communist and atheist.[4]
Filmography
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Les Poneyttes | Poneytte aka Corinne | |
| 1975 | Story of O | O | |
| 1976 | The Con Artists | Charlotte | |
| 1976 | Il sergente Rompiglioni | Figlia del colonnello | |
| 1976 | Sturmtruppen | La donna | |
| 1976 | Natale in casa d'appuntamento | Senine | |
| 1976 | Plot of Fear | Jeanne | |
| 1977 | Three Tigers Against Three Tigers | The Nanny | |
| 1977 | Hitch Hike | Eve Mancini | |
| 1977 | Kleinhoff Hotel | Pascale Rota | |
| 1978 | Covert Action | Anne Florio | |
| 1979 | The Humanoid | Barbara Gibson | |
| 1979 | Moonraker | Corinne Dufour | |
| 1979 | I viaggiatori della sera | Ortensia | |
| 1980 | Eroina (Tunnel[clarification needed]) | Pina | |
| 1980 | I Hate Blondes | Angelica | |
| 1981 | Last Harem | Sara | |
| 1983 | Yor, the Hunter from the Future | Ka-Laa | |
| 1984 | Summer Games | Lisa Donelli | |
| 1986 | Yuppies | Francesca | |
| 1986 | The Devil's Honey | Carol Simpson | |
| 1986 | Via Montenapoleone | Chiara | |
| 1988 | The Gamble | Jacqueline | |
| 1988 | Rimini Rimini - Un anno dopo | Carla Formigoni | |
| 1990 | Occhio alla perestrojka | Angela Bonetti | |
| 1990 | Vacanze di Natale '90 | Alessandra | |
| 1991 | L'avvoltoio può attendere | Alexandra | |
| 1991 | Forever | Julia | |
| 1991 | 28° minuto | Paola | |
| 1992 | Non chiamarmi Omar | Luisa Tavoni | |
| 1994 | Donna di cuori | Vania | |
| 1995 | Le Roi de Paris | Betty Favart | |
| 1995 | A Dio piacendo | Valeria | |
| 2000 | Alex l'ariete | Ernestina | |
| 2001 | Prigionieri di un incubo | ||
| 2002 | Il diario di Matilde Manzoni | ||
| 2007 | Il peso dell'aria | Anna | |
| 2016 | Attesa e cambiamenti | ||
| 2018 | Beyond the Mist | Rosa Carlini | |
| 2019 | W Gli Sposi | Suor Clementina | |
| 2020 | Free - Liberi | Erica | |
| 2021 | Ritorno al Crimino | Contessa Roccapadula | |
| 2021 | Io e Angela | Madre Arturo |
References
edit- ^ a b "CLÉRY Corinne (Actrice Française) | Bd-cine.com". www.bd-cine.com. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
- ^ Jouffa, François; Tony Crawley (2003). L'âge d'or du cinéma érotique et pornographique: 1973-1976 (in French). Paris: Ramsay. p. 134. ISBN 2-84114-677-4.
- ^ "Corinne Clery Biographie". nanarland.com (in French). Archived from the original on 13 May 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
- ^ Giordano, Lucio (15 September 2023). "Mi hanno considerato una peccatrice, ma non conosco il peccato perché io non credo". Dipiù (in Italian). No. 37. pp. 86–89.
External links
edit- Official website
- Corinne Cléry at IMDb
- Cléry's profile for Moonraker at jamesbondmm.co.uk