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
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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. 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.

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).

In 2003, Brouchard was diagnosed and treated for leukaemia.

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

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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