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, a young woman with family and financial troubles in

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's '' Il Magistrato'' and Valerio Zurlini's ''

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'' (1959), in which her character was left by

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. Her best remembered role was in

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'', with a script by

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), where she played an Austrian princess. Her final screen appearance was in Le voleur de crimes (Crime Thief), directed by

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. They lived for a number of years in Brazil before returning to live in

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in the south of France. They had a son, Lorenzo Lancia. Gianni Lancia died in 2014. Sassard died on 17 July 2021, at the age of 81.

Selected filmography

*''Je plaide non coupable'' (1956) *'' Guendalina'' (1957) * '' March's Child'' (1958) *'' Three Murderesses'' (1958) *'' Everyone's in Love'' (1959) *'' The Magistrate'' (1959) *''

'' (1959) *'' Ferdinando I, re di Napoli'' (1959) *'' My Son, the Hero'' (1962) *'' Freddy and the Song of the South Pacific'' (1962) *'' Seasons of Our Love'' (1966) *''

'' (1967) *'' Les Biches'' (1968) *''Le Voleur de crimes'' (1969)

References

External links

* 1940 births 2021 deaths French film actresses Actresses from Nice, France {{France-film-actor-1940s-stub