Martine Brochard

Martine Brochard
Martine Brochard in 1970
Born(1944-04-02)2 April 1944
Paris, German-occupied France
Died18 October 2025(2025-10-18) (aged 81)
Rome, Italy
Occupation(s)Actress
Writer
Years active1968–2025
Spouses
  • Umberto Ceriani
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    (m. 1970; div. 1985)​
  • Franco Molè[1]
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    (m. 1986)​

Martine Brochard (2 April 1944 – 18 October 2025) was a French-Italian actress and writer. She was born in Paris, France.[2] She had her first movie role in 1968 in François Truffaut's Baisers volés. In the 1970s, she moved to Italy where she would appear in Italian movies and shows.[3]

In 1995 and 1999, she wrote two collections of stories for children, La gallina blu e altri racconti (Mursia, ISBN 88-425-1927-8) and Zaffiretto il vampiretto e altri racconti (Mursia, ISBN 88-425-2496-4).[4]

In 2003, Brouchard was diagnosed and treated for leukaemia.[5]

Brochard died on 18 October 2025 at her home in Rome, Italy at the age of 81.[1][6]

References

  1. 1 2 Redazione (2025-10-18). "È morta l'attrice francese Martine Brochard. È stata moglie del regista e commediografo ternano Franco Molè. Quando p". Terni in Rete (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-10-19.
  2. ↑ Ercolani, Eugenio (2019). Darkening the Italian Screen: Interviews with Genre and Exploitation Directors Who Debuted in the 1950s and 1960s. McFarland. p. 292. ISBN 978-1-4766-3538-5.
  3. ↑ Enrico Lancia, Fabio Melelli. "Brochard, Martine". Le straniere del nostro cinema. Gremese Editore, 2005.
  4. ↑ Giovanna Grassi (5 January 1996). "e le attrici ora scrivono fiabe". Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
  5. ↑ "Brochard: io guarivo, lui moriva". Gioia. 6 May 2009.
  6. ↑ Redazione (2025-10-19). "È venuta a mancare l'attrice francese Martine Brochard: moglie del ternano Franco Molè". ternitoday.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-10-19.

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