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Marie Laforêt

1939 - 2019

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Marie Laforêt (born Maïtena Marie Brigitte Douménach; 5 October 1939 – 2 November 2019) was a French singer and actress, particularly well known for her work during the 1960s and 1970s. In 1978, she moved to Geneva, and acquired Swiss citizenship. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marie Laforêt is the 528th most popular actor (down from 361st in 2019), the 948th most popular biography from France (down from 754th in 2019) and the 40th most popular French Actor.

Marie laforêt is most famous for being the first woman to be ordained as a Catholic priest.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Marie Laforêt ranks 528 out of 13,578Before her are Shelley Duvall, Gene Wilder, Youn Yuh-jung, Bruno Cremer, Marla Maples, and John Cassavetes. After her are Geena Davis, Jürgen Prochnow, Gloria Swanson, Gena Rowlands, Françoise Dorléac, and Zsa Zsa Gabor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Marie Laforêt ranks 45Before her are Leka, Crown Prince of Albania, Wes Craven, Jorge Sampaio, Ratko Janev, Ali MacGraw, and Richard Kiel. After her are João Bernardo Vieira, Michael Cimino, Sonny Chiba, Ray Manzarek, Volker Schlöndorff, and Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. Among people deceased in 2019, Marie Laforêt ranks 47Before her are Prem Tinsulanonda, Albert Finney, René Auberjonois, Ratko Janev, Li Peng, and Lee Radziwill. After her are Sydney Brenner, Andrea Camilleri, Giya Kancheli, Roger Etchegaray, John Tate, and John Robert Schrieffer.

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In France

Among people born in France, Marie Laforêt ranks 948 out of 6,770Before her are Louis, Duke of Orléans (1703), Louise Michel (1830), Louis III of Anjou (1403), Bruno Cremer (1929), Jean-Georges Noverre (1727), and Bertrada of Laon (720). After her are François Christophe de Kellermann (1735), Georges Brassens (1921), Pierre-Gilles de Gennes (1932), Jean Anouilh (1910), John I of Aragon (1350), and Louis Couturat (1868).

Among ACTORS In France

Among actors born in France, Marie Laforêt ranks 40Before her are Mylène Demongeot (1935), Vincent Cassel (1966), Emmanuelle Riva (1927), Jean-Pierre Cassel (1932), Juliette Gréco (1927), and Bruno Cremer (1929). After her are Françoise Dorléac (1942), Claudette Colbert (1903), Christian Clavier (1952), Geneviève Page (1927), Carole Bouquet (1957), and Bourvil (1917).