Martine Brochard

Martine Brochard
Brochard in Radiocorriere magazine, 1970
Born(1944-04-02)2 April 1944
Paris, German-occupied France
Died18 October 2025(2025-10-18) (aged 81)
Rome, Italy
OccupationsActress
Writer
Years active1968–2025
Spouses
  • Umberto Ceriani
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    ​
    (m. 1970; div. 1985)​
  • Franco Molè[1]
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    ​
    (m. 1986)​

Martine Brochard (2 April 1944 – 18 October 2025) was a French actress and writer.

Early life and career

Brochard and John Richardson in a scene from Eyeball (1975)

Born on 2 April 1944 in Paris,[2] Brochard debuted in 1968 in a minor role in François Truffaut's Baisers volés. In 1970, she moved to Italy, where she became a minor star in genre films, including poliziotteschi, commedia sexy all'italiana, and giallo films.[3] From the mid 70's, she regularly appeared in Italian TV-series and on stage.[3]

In 1995 and 1999, she released 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).[4]

Personal life and death

Brochard was married to the actor Umberto Ceriani with whom she had a son, Ferdinando Ceriani (born 1973), a theatre director. She then married Franco Molè (1939–2006) who was an actor, playwright, and director.

In 2003, Brochard was diagnosed with leukaemia, but later made a recovery.[5]

Brochard died at her residence in Morlupo, on 18 October 2025, at the age of 81.[1][6]

Filmography

Further reading

  • Vittorio Salerno. Martine Brochard. Lulu, 2011. ISBN 1470964953.

References

  1. ^ a b Redazione (18 October 2025). "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 19 October 2025.
  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. ^ a b 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 (19 October 2025). "È venuta a mancare l'attrice francese Martine Brochard: moglie del ternano Franco Molè". ternitoday.it (in Italian). Retrieved 19 October 2025.
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