Cathy Rosier (2 January 1945 – 17 May 2004) was a French model and actress.
Life
Rosier was born on 2 January 1945 in Martinique, French West Indies. She was the daughter of the Martiniquais writer and painter Yva (née de Montaigne) and her husband, politician and mathematics instructor Thélus Léro.[1][2] She is perhaps best known for her role as the pianist Valerie in Jean-Pierre Melville's Le Samouraï (1967).
She also released her own musical album, entitled Cathy Banana.[3]
Rosier died on 17 May 2004 in Marrakesh, Morocco, from a ruptured aorta.
References
- ↑ Vété-Congolo, Hanétha (2016). "Léro, Yva (1912–2007)". In Knight, Franklin W.; Gates, Jr, Henry Louis (eds.). Dictionary of Caribbean and Afro–Latin American Biography. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-199-93580-2. – via Oxford University Press's Reference Online (subscription required)
- ↑ Thurenne, François (25 September 2007). "Décès d'Yva Léro, la lutte féministe en deuil" [Death of Yva Léro, feminists in mourning] (in French). Fort de France, Martinique: DOMactu. Archived from the original on 19 October 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
- ↑ "Cathy Banana". discogs.com.
External links
- Cathy Rosier at IMDb
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