Biography Michelle Mercier is full of dizzying ups and unexpected twists of fate. She was loved by the richest and most noble men, but she was always looking for true love and strong feelings.
Biography of actress Michel Mercier
Michel (real name Joslin) Mercier was born in a Franco-Italian family on January 1, 1939. Parents waited for the boy so that he could inherit his father's pharmaceutical company in Nice, but a girl appeared. Michelle Mercier's parents did not like Josselyn very much, but they had very tender feelings for the younger child, Michelle, who died as a teenager from typhus.
Josselyn grew up stubborn and purposeful. As a child, Michelle Mercier decided that she would become a ballerina, and threw all her strength to achieve the goal. She did a lot of work and was soon able to join the opera company in Nice. However, this did not suit the young and ambitious girl at all.
At 17, Joslin went to conquer Paris, and then London. But in capitals to build a career prima ballerina without ties with the directors or the protection of producers is not easy, and the second role has never suited Joslin. And soon she returns to Nice.
There, Michelle Mercier meets a friend of the family director of the movie "Turn the handle." He invites her to play the role of maid. Then there is a pseudonym: the producer did not like the name Josselyn Mercier and they suggested the girl to take the pseudonym Michelle. After this debut, followed a few secondary roles. Knowledge of languages (Michel Mercier is fluent in Italian, French, English and German) allowed the young actress to participate in international films.
World success Michelle Mercier brought a series of films about Angelica, based on the novels of Anna and Serge Golon. The first of them - "Angelica - Marquise of Angels" was released in 1964. Many famous actresses of the time tried to play Michelle, including Catherine Deneuve, Brigitte Bardot and Marina Vlady, but after seeing the young Michel in a white wig, the authors of the novels declared that this was Angelica. The series of films was a huge success, and Michelle Mercier became recognizable all over the world.
However, she did not like the prospect of being an actress of one role. She also acted in other roles and genres, she left for work in the USA, but, unfortunately, Michel Mercier did not have bright roles after Angelica.
Biography of Michelle Mercier: personal life
Officially Michelle Mercier was married twice and twice more was in a civil marriage . The first husband Michelle - director Andre Smaggi - was very jealous of his successful wife, harassed her with scandals and quibbles. The second marriage also ended in divorce . There were Michelle and several bright novels in her life. One of her lovers in a fit of jealousy even beat the actress, so she had to undergo several plastic surgeries to restore her appearance.
In the biography of Michelle Mercier there is no note of children. The actress herself said more than once that she regretted it. She was constantly in search of a man who could approach the role of father, but on her way such did not meet.
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Now the biography of Michelle Mercier consists of a quiet life in the suburbs of Cannes, as well as rare trips to film festivals and performances of retrospective films about Angelica. In 1999, the actress suffered a financial collapse, which forced her to put up for auction personal belongings and clothes Angelica from the film, which Michelle Mercier once bought from the studio. But the actress was able to survive this period and now leads a completely calm and measured life.
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