Sylvia Kristel, star of Emmanuelle, dies

The convent-educated actress was arguably the first star of adult cinema

Dutch actress Sylvia Kristel, who starred in the 1974 erotic French film Emmanuelle, has died aged 60.

"She died during the night during her sleep," her agent, Marieke Verharen, told the AFP news agency.

The actress, who had cancer, was admitted to hospital in July after suffering a stroke.

Emmanuelle, which told the story of a sexually promiscuous housewife, spawned numerous sequels and played in a cinema on the Champs-Elysees for 11 years.

Released in 1974, the soft-focus French film was one of the first erotic movies to be shown in mainstream cinemas.

Kristel herself attributed its success to the changing censorship laws of the era.

"In a lot of countries the light went on, and that contributed very much to the success," she said.

In the UK, however, the film was eventually given the restricted X-rating, having suffered heavy cuts. The unedited version did not appear in the country until 2007.

http://www.bbc.co.uk...t-arts-19990457

-- BBC 2012-10-18

Actually it is Thai related... The author of the book that the movie was based on was 1/2 Thai and 1/2 French.

A few days ago I stumbled on the Emmanuelle TV Channel on the Thaicom C-band satellite and had good hopes that it was related to the movie.

Unfortunately the concept of the tv channel seemed to be the exact opposite.

Fame in a moment of time related to the desires of the majority of the viewing audiences. Pioneers of porn. RIP Sylvia.

i remember her best in Private Lessons (1981)

i was a lad at the time (about the same age as the kid in the film) and the scene at around 23min into the film, was every boys fantasy..

the full film is on here on YouTube

Cheers Sylvia.. from a fan.

Thailand-related as the movie that made her famous also immortalized the Thai ping-pong ball show.

Emmanuelle was shot almost entirely in Bangkok and Chiang Mai, with memorable scenes at the long-gone Siam Inter-Continental Hotel.

She was hot in the movie as I remember only being a wee lad.

For anyone who feels compelled to sign the Condolence Register for Sylvia Kristel, please visit this link:

http://www.condoleance.nl/13939

Cheers,

Jaap

The movies had nothing on the original books, which are my favourites written by a Thai/half Thai and which I discovered later my parents had... but Sylvia was hot, yes. R.I.P.

The movies had nothing on the original books, which are my favourites written by a Thai/half Thai and which I discovered later my parents had... but Sylvia was hot, yes. R.I.P.

The book was very probably written by her husband, Louis-Jacques Rollet -Andriane, a french diplomat

http://www.scoopy.org/laure.htm

The movies had nothing on the original books, which are my favourites written by a Thai/half Thai and which I discovered later my parents had... but Sylvia was hot, yes. R.I.P.

Probable the best parts ended up on the cutting room floor after the censors had their wicked way...

RIP Sylvia.

The Eurasian woman Emmanuelle is based upon, Marayat Rollet-Andriane (born in Bangkok in 1932 as Marayat Bibidh), is apparently still alive and resident here.

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Her French husband used the pen name Emmanuelle Arsan to write the original novels. Marayat herself used the same name for the credits in two films she appeared in, The Sand Pebbles (1966, with Steve McQueen) and Laure (1976). Laure was was later rereleased as Forever Emmanuelle.

"The convent-educated actress was arguably the first star of adult cinema"

I think Linda Lovelace might have something to say about that.

"The convent-educated actress was arguably the first star of adult cinema"

I think Linda Lovelace might have something to say about that.

Doubt it. She's dead.

From beyond the grave then.