Colette Marchand

Birth Name:

Colette Janine Marchand

Birth Place:

Paris, France

Profession

Actress

Began her dancing career at the Paris Opera Ballet, where she had also trained
A classically trained dancer, she appeared in a number of ballets staged by Roland Petit during the 1940s and 1950s, including "L'Oeuf à la Coque" and "Les Demoiselles de la Nuit․"
Best known as a prima ballerina and actress who played Marie Charlet in 1952's "Moulin Rouge․"
First appeared on Broadway in the musical revue "Two on the Aisle" in 1951
Director Orson Welles wrote the scenario for Roland Petit's 1953 ballet "The Lady in the Ice" with her in mind for the title role

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