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Acting

Françoise Blanchard

Born
Jun 6, 1954 · Aged 58
Died
May 24, 2013
Place of birth
Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne, France
Gender
Female
Movie credits
19
TV credits
5
Also known as (3)
  • Patricia Derec
  • Patricia Derek
  • Françoise Denise Aline Blanchard (birth name)

Biography

Françoise Denise Aline Blanchard was a French actress and dubbing artist. Before choosing acting as a career choice, Blanchard worked as a hand model. Throughout the 1970s, she would work in films with such directors as Michel Gérard, Jacques Peroni, Bruno Mattei and Richard Balducci, before being cast in what became her most notable role, in Jean Rollin's 1982 horror film "La morte vivante" ("The Living Dead Girl") as Catherine Valmont, a young woman who is resurrected following a spillage of toxic waste and must devour human blood in order to survive. She received praise for her…