Greta Vaillant (born Josette Vaillant In Rennes, Brittany, France; 1 January 1942 – 7 April 2000) was a French actress and author. She was sometimes credited as Greta Vayan and Gretta Vaillont. Vaillant made her film debut in 1968, as main actress of '' Balsamus, l'uomo di Satana'', the debut film of director

Pupi Avati Giuseppe Avati, better known as Pupi Avati (born 3 November 1938), is an Italian film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is known to horror film fans for his two '' giallo'' masterpieces, '' The House with Laughing Windows'' (1976) and '' ...

and actor Gianni Cavina. She worked again with Avati in '' House of Pleasure for Women'' and ''Tutti defunti... tranne i morti'', and appeared in a number of Italian genre films, mainly commedie sexy all'italiana. In 1992 she was the main actress in the

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Federico Fellini Federico Fellini (; 20 January 1920 – 31 October 1993) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He is known for his distinctive style, which blends fantasy and baroque images with earthiness. He is recognized as one of the greatest and ...

. In 2000 Vaillant wrote her only novel, ''Le géant des sable''; she died of a heart attack a few weeks after its publication.

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* 1942 births 2000 deaths French film actresses French women novelists 20th-century French actresses 20th-century French novelists 20th-century French women writers {{France-film-actor-1940s-stub