Yvonne Romain

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Yvonne Romain (* 17th February 1938 in London as Yvonne Warren ) is a British actress and a photo model . She played in films like The Curse of Siniestro , The Whip or Sheila .

life and career

Yvonne Romain was born in London in 1938 as Yvonne Warren. The black-haired former model owes her exotic, dark appearance to her Maltese descent. Romain was a graduate of the Italia School of Acting, and from the age of twelve she was already appearing in children's and talent shows. When she was 18, she made her screen debut as the Italian girl in Jay Lewis' comedy The Baby on the Battleship , starring John Mills and Richard Attenborough .

In British horror films such as Corridors of Blood or The Red Shadow , she only played minor supporting roles. Romain's breakthrough as a leading actress came in 1961 with Terence Fisher's film drama The Curse of Siniestro at the side of Oliver Reed . In the same year she starred alongside Herbert Lom and Sean Connery in the crime film The Whip by director John Lemont .

Then you saw Yvonne Romain in 1962 in Peter Graham Scott's The Gang of Captain Clegg and in 1964 in Jim O'Connolly's crime thriller Rauchwaden as a partner of Peter Vaughan .

In John Gilling's adventure film The Last of Fort Kandahar , she was seen again alongside Oliver Reed .

Since the 1960s, engagements in television series increased , for example in: Secret Mission for John Drake , Top Secret , Miss Adventure , Simon Templar , The Third Man , or THE Cat - Artist and Detective .

After Romain had moved to Los Angeles in 1966 , she reduced her film career and took a break for several years after the comedy Zoff for Two Norman Taurog in 1967, where she was seen alongside Elvis Presley .

In 1973 she played her last film role in the prominent thriller Sheila by director Herbert Ross , alongside international stars such as Richard Benjamin , Dyan Cannon , James Coburn , James Mason , Ian McShane , Joan Hackett and Raquel Welch .

Yvonne Romain's film career spans over 35 international feature films, television films and television series. She has been married to the film composer and lyricist Leslie Bricusse since 1958 . The two have a son from their marriage.

Filmography (selection)

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Yvonne Romain in: Film-Dienst , Volume 54, issues 14-19, Catholic Institute for Media Information, Catholic Film Commission for Germany, 2001, page xxvi
personal data
SURNAME Romain, Yvonne
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Warren, Yvonne (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British actress
DATE OF BIRTH February 17, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH London , England , UK