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| Born | Yvonne Warren February 17, 1938 London, England |
| Spouse(s) | Leslie Bricusse |
Yvonne Romain (born Yvonne Warren, 17 February 1938, London) is a British film and television actress of the late 1950s and 1960s. Events 1500 - Battle of Hemmingstedt. 1600 - Philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de' Fiori Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Leslie Bricusse (born 29 January 1931) is a British lyricist and composer Events 1500 - Battle of Hemmingstedt. 1600 - Philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de' Fiori Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located
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Early career
This raven-haired former photographic model was a graduate of the Italia Conti Academy and from the age of twelve appeared in children's shows and repertory. The Italia Conti Academy is Britain's oldest theatre arts training school. She started appearing in British films in her late teens. Her exotic, dark looks and 38-22-36 figure saw her often cast in supporting roles as Italian or Spanish maidens in war films and comedies. However, it is for her roles in numerous British horror films that she is perhaps most remembered. She enjoyed parts in Corridors of Blood (1958), where she starred alongside Boris Karloff and Christopher Lee, and also in Circus of Horrors (1960). Boris Karloff ( 23 November, &ndash 2 February,) was an English actor who emigrated to Canada in the 1910s Christopher Frank Carandini Lee CBE, CStJ (born 27 May 1922 is a two-time Screen Actors Guild Award-nominated Saturn Award-winning English Actor Circus of Horrors is a 1960 British Horror film directed by Sidney Hayers. She was also to star in the later Devil Doll (1964), about a malevolent ventriloquist's dummy. Disambiguation For the 1936 film directed by Tod Browning, see The Devil-Doll Devil Doll is a 1964 suspense film about
However, Romain is probably best known for The Curse of the Werewolf (1961) where she starred with Oliver Reed in his first major role. The Curse of the Werewolf is a 1961 British film based on the novel The Werewolf of Paris by Guy Endore. Robert Oliver Reed (13 February 1938 &ndash 2 May 1999 was an English Actor known for his burly screen presence In the movie, Romain plays a mute servant girl who spurns the advances of the sadistic Marques. She is thrown into a prison cell with a deranged beggar, who proceeds to rape her. As a result, she later gives birth on Christmas day to future lycanthrope Leon (Reed), though the effort kills her.
Hammer studio's publicity stills for 'Werewolf' capitalised on Romain's obvious charms by having her photographed in typical 'scream queen' poses alongside a made-up Reed. This is despite the fact that she and Reed share no actual screen time.
Perhaps her biggest role was in another Hammer production, Captain Clegg, aka Night Creatures (US title), playing alongside Peter Cushing and Oliver Reed again, this time as his fiancée. Captain Clegg is a 1962 Hammer Film Productions film In the United States, it is known as Night Creatures. Peter Wilton Cushing, OBE (26 May 1913—11 August 1994 was an English actor known for his many appearances in Hammer Films, in which he played Baron Frankenstein She also appeared alongside Sean Connery twice, in Action of the Tiger (1957), and the gangster film The Frightened City (1961), where she shared equal billing with the pre-Bond star. Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born August 25 1930) is an Academy Award - Golden Globe - and BAFTA Award -winning Scottish The Frightened City is a 1961 British Film about extortion rackets and gang warfare in the West End of London
Oliver Reed would be Romain's most frequent co-star, though. The two appeared together again in an episode of The Saint, and for a fourth and final time in The Brigand of Kandahar (1965). The Saint was a long-running ITC Mystery Spy thriller, airing in Britain on ITV between 1962 and 1969
Later career
Soon after, Romain relocated to LA and starred alongside Ann-Margret in The Swinger (1966), and Elvis Presley in Double Trouble (1967), which she herself calls a 'dreadful movie' [1], though she enjoyed the experience. Ann-Margret (born April 28 1941 is a Swedish -born American actress singer
After a break from the screen, Romain emerged from semi-retirement as the title character in the Anthony Perkins/Stephen Sondheim-scripted mystery thriller The Last of Sheila (1973). Anthony Perkins ( April 4, 1932 – September 12, 1992) was an Academy Award -nominated Golden Globe -winning American Stephen Joshua Sondheim (born March 22 1930 is an American musical and film composer and lyricist winner of an Academy Award, multiple Tony Awards (seven The Last of Sheila is a 1973 mystery film directed by Herbert Ross, written by Anthony Perkins and Stephen Sondheim, and starring Richard Benjamin This is her last screen role to date.
She married the film composer Leslie Bricusse, who provided the lyrics for the classic James Bond themes Goldfinger and You Only Live Twice, and later turned down a seven-year contract with Federico Fellini because it meant working away from her Hollywood-based husband and young son. Leslie Bricusse (born 29 January 1931) is a British lyricist and composer James Bond 007 is a Fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve Novels and two Short story Goldfinger is the soundtrack for the 3rd James Bond film of the same name. You Only Live Twice (1967 is the fifth Spy film of the British James Bond series and stars Sean Connery as the Federico Fellini, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI ( January 20 1920 &ndash October 31 1993) was an Italian Film
References
1. http://www.bitememagazine.com/yvonne-romain.html
External links
- Yvonne Romain at the Internet Movie Database
- Yvonne Romain at Hammer Glamour
- Brief interview with Yvonne Romain
- Yvonne Romain Fans on MySpace
- Ultimate Yvonne Romain Yahoo Group
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