Christiane Martel
Birthday: 1932-01-18
Place of Birth: Piennes, France
Biography: Christiane Martel (born Christiane Magnani on 18 January 1932) is a French actress and beauty queen who became the second woman to win Miss Universe in 1953. Martel was crowned Miss France by outgoing titleholder Claude Godart and represented France at Miss Universe 1953 where she became the second Miss Universe. She was crowned by actress, Julie Adams as Miss Universe 1952, Armi Kuusela of Finland gave up her crown. Martel's runners-up in the 1953 pageant was Myrna Hansen of the USA, followed by delegates of Japan, Mexico, and Australia. Shortly after her reign, Martel embarked on a successful career in international films, appearing in movies such as Yankee Pasha, So This Is Paris, Abajo el Telón, the 1956 version of Corazón salvaje (playing the villain Aimée), Viva el Amor!, Rosa Blanca and her last film to date, 1961's Leoni al Sole.
Movies
Tipi da spiaggia
Four penniless friends wich Belong to a small commedy theatre go to taormina a famous Italian beach ...
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Juana Gallo
Peasant woman leads a regiment during the final days of the Mexican Revolution. Also, romantic entan...
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Drop the Curtain
Cantinflas, who owns a cleaning business, cleans the windows of the house of a famous French actress...
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El Padre Pistolas
Feature on the adventures that develop the most perfect of false priest....
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The Little Savage
The most fearsome pirate in epic deeds and fierce battles. Betrayed and abandoned on an island, disc...
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Póker de reinas
A musical comedy about a group of pretty girls who meet in Mexico and decide to break into showbiz a...
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Infierno de almas
Mauricio flees from the police and takes refuge in the apartment of Ivonne, who gives him blood to s...
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Leoni al sole
The endless summer of a group of thirty-something neapolitans at Positano....
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¡Viva el amor!
Man wants to dump wife for a new girlfriend; all three end up weekending in Acapulco together along ...
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Señoritas
Four young women facing "crises," mostly centered around the crucially-important issue of preserving...
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Yo pecador
Biopic of a 1930s operatic tenor who ended up becoming a Franciscan monk and joining the priesthood....
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Hundred girls
Don Manuel is a successful bathing suit designer that decides to retire tired of his business. While...
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Wild Heart
On the Caribbean island of Martinique, two half-brothers are involved in the entanglements of a friv...
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Bataclán mexicano
International showgirl engineers a green-card marriage for herself to avoid being deported....
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Rosa blanca
An international oil company comes into conflict with a Mexican ranch owner who refuses to sell his ...
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Una lección de amor
An older gentleman takes responsibility for molding a young showgirl's career; there seems to be a r...
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Impaciencia del corazón
Young army officer gets involved with two sisters; one of them's a chronic invalid and her family ha...
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