Myriam Bru (born 20 April 1930,

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)Some sources cite 1930 as Bru's year of birth. is a French retired actress and the wife of German actor

Horst Buchholz Horst Werner Buchholz (4 December 1933 – 3 March 2003) was a German actor who appeared in more than 60 feature films from 1951 to 2002. During his youth, he was sometimes called "the German James Dean". He is perhaps best known in English- ...

, to whom she was married from 1958 until his death in 2003. She appeared in 16 films between 1952 and her marriage in 1958, when she retired from acting to raise her two children, one of whom is German actor Christopher Buchholz. After a small uncredited role in

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's '' Rendezvous in July'' (1949), she had her first credited role in

Richard Pottier Richard Pottier (6 June 1906, in Graz – 2 November 1994, in Le Plessis-Bouchard) was a film director in France. He was born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire as Ernst Deutsch. Selected filmography * ''If I Were Boss (1934 film), If I Were Boss'' ( ...

's crime story ''Ouvert contre X'' (''The Case Against X'') (1952). Later the same year, she made her first Italian film,

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's debut film as director: ''Eran trecento… '' (''They Were 300''). The following years, she appeared in a number of Italian films, including two of

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's films about famous composers, ''

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'' (1953) and ''

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'' (1954), and

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's '' Vacanze a Ischia'' (1957), where she played opposite director

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. In 1957, she went to Germany to do her first German film for veteran director Rolf Hansen: ''

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'' (based on

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's novel ''

''). On the set she met the German heartthrob

, and the following year they married in London. Her last film, made shortly before she married, was

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's prison film '' ...And the Wild Wild Women'', in which she played a female prisoner. Later in life, after her children were grown up, she became a theatrical agent in Paris.Flickr: ''Myriam Bru, Horst Buchholz''
Linked 2014-02-17

Partial filmography

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The Case Against X ''The Case Against X'' (French: ''Ouvert contre X'') is a 1952 French crime thriller film directed by Richard Pottier and starring Yves Deniaud, Elina Labourdette and Yves Vincent. https://www.unifrance.org/film/2002/ouvert-contre-x It was shot ...

'' (1952) * '' They Were Three Hundred'' (1952) * ''

'' (1953) * '' I Always Loved You'' (1953) * ''

What Scoundrels Men Are! ''What Scoundrels Men Are!'' () is a 1932 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Mario Camerini. The film was a great success, De Sica and Lia Franca became stars and the song '' Parlami d'amore Mariù'' was a hit. Rare in Italian ...

'' (1953) * '' The Two Orphans'' (1954) * ''

House of Ricordi ''House of Ricordi'' () is a 1954 French-Italian historical film, historical biographical melodrama film based on the early history of the Italian music publishing house Casa Ricordi. It is directed by Carmine Gallone and stars Märta Torén, Mar ...

'' (1954) * ''

The Lovers of Manon Lescaut ''The Lovers of Manon Lescaut'' () is a 1954 French-Italian historical melodrama film directed by Mario Costa and starring Myriam Bru, Franco Interlenghi and Roger Pigaut.Goble p.375 It is based on the 1731 novel ''Manon Lescaut'' by Antoine Fran ...

'' (1954) * ''

Of Life and Love ''Of Life and Love'' () is a 1954 Italian comedy film directed by Aldo Fabrizi, Giorgio Pastina, Mario Soldati and Luigi Zampa. Plot The film tells four episodes from stories written by Luigi Pirandello (from the work: ''Novelle per un anno'') ...

'' (1954) * '' 100 Years of Love'' (1954) * ''

Appassionatamente ''Appassionatamente'' (i.e. "Passionately") is a 1954 Italian historical melodrama film directed by Giacomo Gentilomo and starring Amedeo Nazzari and Myriam Bru. It is loosely based on the drama play ''La Dame de Saint-Tropez'' by Auguste Anicet- ...

'' (1954) * '' Il padrone sono me'' (1955) * ''

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'' (1957) * ''

'' (1958)

References

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Giuseppe Palmas' pictures of Myriam Bru
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bru, Myriam French film actresses 1932 births Living people Jewish French actresses French people of Jewish descent Actresses from Paris 20th-century French actresses