Colette Marchand, Oscar Nominee for John Huston's 'Moulin Rouge,' Dies at 90
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Colette Marchand, the French ballerina who earned a supporting actress Oscar nomination for playing a streetwalker in the 1952 John Huston film Moulin Rouge, has died. She was 90.
Marchand died June 5 at her home in Bois-le-Roi, France, her nephew told The New York Times.
Marchand, who came to fame in Roland Petit's ballets starting in the 1940s, portrayed the real-life model Marie Charlet, who torments love-sick French painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (played by best actor nominee Jose Ferrer), in Moulin Rouge.
She lost out at the Academy Awards to Gloria Grahame of the Hollywood-set drama The Bad and the Beautiful.
The alluring Marchand also appeared on film in the 1954 releases Hungarian Rhapsody, At the Order of the Czar and Romantic Youth, a short, impressionistic work in which she showcased her skills as a shop owner's mannequin that comes to life.
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Colette Marchand, the French ballerina who earned a supporting actress Oscar nomination for playing a streetwalker in the 1952 John Huston film Moulin Rouge, has died. She was 90.
Marchand died June 5 at her home in Bois-le-Roi, France, her nephew told The New York Times.
Marchand, who came to fame in Roland Petit's ballets starting in the 1940s, portrayed the real-life model Marie Charlet, who torments love-sick French painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (played by best actor nominee Jose Ferrer), in Moulin Rouge.
She lost out at the Academy Awards to Gloria Grahame of the Hollywood-set drama The Bad and the Beautiful.
The alluring Marchand also appeared on film in the 1954 releases Hungarian Rhapsody, At the Order of the Czar and Romantic Youth, a short, impressionistic work in which she showcased her skills as a shop owner's mannequin that comes to life.
