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Colette Marchand: French dancer and actress (1925-2015).
Born (died at age 90).
Colette Marchand has 2 credits in our database.
Filmography (2)
Biography
Colette Janine Marchand (29 April 1925 – 5 June 2015) was a French prima ballerina and actress. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1952 for her performance as Marie Charlet in Moulin Rouge, directed by John Huston. During the height of her dance career she was considered one of the great dancers in Europe, known as Les jambes (The Legs), along with Violetta Elvin, Zizi Jeanmaire, Yvette Chauviré, Janine Charrat, and Margot Fonteyn. Marchand traveled around the world as a dancer and danced with many of the great ballet dancers of the 1940s and 1950s.
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Colette Marchand was born on and passed away on at the age of 90.
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Colette Marchand has 2 credits in our database. Notable titles include Hungarian Rhapsody (1954), At the Order of the Czar (1954).
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