Tina Aumont

Maria Christina "Tina" Aumont (February 14, 1946 – October 28, 2006) was a French and American actress. She was the daughter of French actor Jean-Pierre Aumont and Dominican actress Maria Montez. She made her acting debut in the British film Modesty Blaise, but later had a prominent career as a leading lady in Italian films.

Career Aumont was billed as Tina Marquand (her married name, after she married French actor Christian Marquand, aged 17, in 1963) in four films, including Joseph Losey's Modesty Blaise (1966).

She was photographed by Angelo Frontoni (it) in 1968, when she had ankle/floor length hair, and some semi-nude pictures from this session were published in Playboy in 1969.

She worked in Italian cinema with, among others, Alberto Sordi (Scusi, lei è favorevole o contrario?, 1966), Tinto Brass (The Howl, 1970 and Salon Kitty, 1975), Sergio Martino (Torso, 1973), Mauro Bolognini (Drama of the Rich, 1974), Francesco Rosi (Illustrious Corpses, 1975), and Federico Fellini (Fellini's Casanova, 1976). She also played Lonetta, the Indian maiden, in Texas Across the River (1966), Luciana in Malicious (1973) and Valentina in A Matter of Time (1976) also starring Liza Minnelli. She starred in Lifespan (1975) with Klaus Kinski.

Death In 2000, she retired from film work. In 2006, she suffered a pulmonary embolism and died in Port-Vendres, Pyrénées-Orientales, France aged 60.

Partial filmography

Modesty Blaise (1966) - Nicole The Game Is Over (1966) - Anne Sernet Texas Across the River (1966) - Lonetta Pardon, Are You For or Against? (1966) - Romina Man, Pride and Vengeance (1967) - Carmen / Conchita Your Turn to Die (1967) - Dolly Partner (1968) - Salesgirl Alibi (1969) - Filli Satyricon (1969) - Circe Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence (1969) - Marcella Come ti chiami, amore mio? (1969) Metello (1970) - Idina The Howl (1970) - Anita Annigoni Corbari (1970) - Ines Necropolis (1970) The Virgin's Bed (1970) - Prisoner Il sergente Klems (1971) - Leila White Sister (1972) - Mrs. Ricci Arcana (1972) - Brenda Master of Love (1972) - Dirce Torso (1973) - Daniela / college student Malicious (1973) - Luciana Storia de fratelli e de cortelli (1973) - Mara Blu Gang e vissero per sempre felici e ammazzati (1973) - Polly Les hautes solitudes (1974) - Tina The Murri Affair (1974) - Rosa Bonetti Il trafficone (1974) - Laura Lifespan (1975) - Anna The Divine Nymph (1975) - Woman at party (uncredited) The Messiah (1975) - Adulteress La principessa nuda (1976) - Gladys Illustrious Corpses (1976) - The prostitute Salon Kitty (1976) - Herta Wallenberg Giovannino (1976) - Nelly A Matter of Time (1976) - Valentina Fellini's Casanova (1976) - Henriette / Casanova's lover A Simple Heart (1977) - Virginia La deuxième femme (1978) - Herself Holocaust parte seconda: i ricordi, i deliri, la vendetta (1980) - Dorothea's Mother Rebelote (1984) - La bouchère Les frères Pétard (1986) ZEN - Zona Espansione Nord (1988) Sale comme un ange (1991) - (scenes deleted) Nico-Icon (1995) - (documentary) Les deux orphelines vampires (1997) - La Goule Giulia (1999) - La Mère / Mother Victoire (2000) La mécanique des femmes (2000) - (final film role)