Brigitte Borghese (born Tamar ElKayam; 2 January 1951 – 6 February 2012)[1] was an Morocco-born French actress. She is best known for her roles in Jean Rollin's Les Trottoirs de Bangkok and Operation Las Vegas.[2]

Brigitte Borghese
Born
Tamar ElKayam

(1951-01-02)2 January 1951[1]
Died6 February 2012(2012-02-06) (aged 61)[1]
Paris, France
OccupationActress
Years active1969–1998
Spouse
Richard Berneron
(m. 1975; div. 1979)

Early life

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Brigitte Borghese was born in 1951 in Morocco. She decided on being an actress from an early age and moved to Paris, France, where she trained at René Simon's Cours Simon drama school.[3]

Career

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Borghese made her acting debut in Menahem Golan's 1969 film Margo Sheli.[4] She has appeared in adult and traditional films. During the seventies she had roles in several films, her first being, a part in the adult feature Je prends la chose... du bon côté!, La bonzesse, Tout le monde il en a deux, her first time working with French director Jean Rollin, the fantasy horror Tendre Dracula, with Peter Cushing and Alida Valli, ...et mourir de désir, Les petites saintes y touchent, Les bijoux de famille, Le commando des chauds lapins, and L'hippopotamours.[4]

She is perhaps best known for her role as gang leader 'Rita' in Jean Rollin's 1984 film Les Trottoirs de Bangkok, her second time working with the director. Her final appearance in a Rollin film was in the comedy Ne prends pas les poulets pour des pigeons.

It was during the eighties that Borghese's acting career began to cease. In the nineties, she had the leading role in the action film Operation Las Vegas, with Richard Harrison. In 1998, Borghese again played a leading role in the American/French television film Brooklyn Cop. Following her role in Brooklyn Cop, Borghese was to again work with director N.G. Mount in his next film Britta the Torture, but the project remains unfinished.[4]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1969 Margo Sheli
1973 Je prends la chose... du bon côté!
1974 La bonzesse Marie-Paule
1974 Tout le monde il en a deux Malvina
1974 Tender Dracula La secrétaire du producteur
1974 ...et mourir de désir Nelly
1974 Les petites saintes y touchent Joan, la leader du MLF
1975 Les bijoux de famille
1975 Le commando des chauds lapins
1976 L'hippopotamours Paméla
1984 Les Brésiliennes du Bois de Boulogne
1984 Les Trottoirs de Bangkok Rita The Sidewalks of Bangkok
1985 Le facteur de Saint-Tropez Hélène de Lespinasse
1985 Ne prends pas les poulets pour des pigeons
1987 La peau de l'ours n'est pas à vendre
1990 Operation Las Vegas Britta
1992 Trepanator Kim Direct-to-video
1995 Le syndrome d'Edgar Poe Morella Direct-to-video
1998 Brooklyn Cop Television film

References

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  1. ^ a b c "DE BORGHESE Brigitte". deces.matchid.io. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Décès de Brigitte Borghese". Archived from the original on 2014-03-15. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  3. ^ "Brigitte Borghese". norbert.moutier.free.fr. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  4. ^ a b c "Brigitte Borghese in Hippopotamours". leblogdemonsieurbier.com. 26 November 2010. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
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