
Yvonne Furneaux
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 11, 1926
- Died
- July 5, 2024 (aged 98)
- Birthplace
- Roubaix, France
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.
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Filmography

The World of Hammer
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 2 eps

Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie
Movie · as Matilda 'Tillie' Frankenstein

The Baron: The Man in a Looking Glass
Movie · as Selina Travis
Temptation in the Summer Wind
Movie · as Professor's Wife

In the Name of the Italian People
Movie · as Lavinia Santenocito

The Champagne Murders
Movie · as Christine Belling

The Baron
TV · 2 eps

Repulsion
Movie · as Hélène Ledoux

Hereward the Wake
TV · as Torfrida · 11 eps

The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse
Movie · as Gilda Larsen

The Lion of Thebes
Movie · as Helen of Troy

I 4 tassisti
Movie · as Corinna

I Am Semiramis
Movie · as Semiramis

Enough Rope
Movie · as Clara Saccard

Charge of the Black Lancers
Movie · as Jassa

Night Train to Milan
Movie · as Angela

The Count of Monte Cristo
Movie · as Mercédès

Manhunt
Movie · as Maria

Run with the Devil
Movie · as Marta

Il carro armato dell'8 settembre
Movie

We Like It Cold
Movie · as Rosalina

La Dolce Vita
Movie · as Emma

The Mummy
Movie · as Isobel Banning / Princess Ananka

Letter to heaven
Movie

Lui, lei e il nonno
Movie · as Hlen

Lisbon
Movie · as Maria Maddalena Masanet

Le Amiche
Movie · as Momina De Stefani

The Dark Avenger
Movie · as Marie

The Prince with the Red Mask
Movie · as Laura

Cross Channel
Movie · as Jacqueline Moreau

The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
TV · as Suzanne de Fleury · 1 ep

Crossed Swords
Movie · as Woman

The House of the Arrow
Movie · as Betty Harlowe

The Master of Ballantrae
Movie · as Jessie Brown

The Beggar's Opera
Movie · as Jenny Diver
The Genie
Movie · as Suzie

24 Hours of a Woman's Life
Movie · as Henriette

Meet Me Tonight
Movie · as Elena (segment "Ways and Means")



