Yvonne Furneaux, the Fifties and Sixties actress who appeared in Federico Fellini’s “La Dolce Vita” and Roman Polanski’s “Repulsion,” has died. She was 98.
“Yes, sadly it’s true, my mother did pass away,” her son Nicholas Natteau confirmed to Fox News Digital on Tuesday.
Furneaux handed away on July 5 at her residence in New Hampshire of problems from a stroke, Natteau confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter.
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Yvonne Furneaux handed away at her residence in New Hampshire of problems from a stroke. (Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images)
“Yes, sadly it’s true, my mother did pass away.”
Furneaux was born Elisabeth Yvonne Scatcherd to British dad and mom on May 11, 1926 in France. She and her household moved to England, the place she attended the Oxford college St. Hilda’s College and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Furneaux graduated in 1951.
Furneaux would go on to pursue appearing and used her mom’s maiden title as her stage title. She appeared in her first movies, “Meet Me Tonight” and “Affair in Monte Carlo” in 1952. In 1953, she appeared in “The Begger’s Opera” opposite Laurence Olivier. That identical 12 months, she performed Errol Flynn’s mistress in “The Master of Ballantrae.” Furneaux and Flynn additionally appeared collectively in 1954’s “Crossed Swords” and 1955’s “The Warriors.”
Yvonne Furneaux appeared in “La Dolce Vita,” which continues to be celebrated as certainly one of Federico Fellini’s biggest cinematic masterpieces. (Silver Screen Collection/Archive Photos/Getty Images)
Throughout her decadeslong profession, Furneaux starred in Italian, French, German and Spanish movies, The Hollywood Reporter famous.
She made her mark in 1955’s “Le Amiche,” which is acknowledged as Michelangelo Antonioni’s breakthrough film. In 1959, Furneaux was the feminine lead in the horror flick “The Mummy,” starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee.
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Yvonne Furneaux in a publicity pose for 1955’s “The Warriors.” (Screen Archives/Getty Images)
In 1960, Furneaux appeared in “La Dolce Vita,” which continues to be celebrated as certainly one of Fellini’s biggest cinematic masterpieces. Then in 1965, she took on a psychological thriller with Polanski’s “Repulsion,” the place she performed Catherine Deneuve’s older, disturbed sister.
Some of Furneaux’s different movies embrace 1956’s “Lisbon,” 1964’s “The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse,” in addition to 1967’s “The Champagne Murders.” She additionally made an look in a 1965 episode of the British TV sequence “Danger Man,” which starred Patrick McGoohan.
Yvonne Furneaux starred in Italian, French, German and Spanish movies. (John Drysdale/Keystone Features/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Furneaux’s final credited function was 1984’s “Frankenstein’s Great Aunt Tillie” earlier than she retired from movies. According to Italy’s Il Messaggero, she lived in Switzerland earlier than settling in the U.S.
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French-British actress Yvonne Furneaux and her husband, French cinematographer Jacques Natteau (1920-2007), circa 1962. (Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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The screen siren met French cinematographer Jacques Natteau on the set of 1961’s “The Story of The Count of Monte Cristo.” They married in 1962 and had been collectively till he died in 2007.
Survivors embrace Furneaux’s son, in addition to her daughter-in-law, Leiva, The Hollywood Reporter shared.
