A stereotypical Nordic blonde (though she seemed to be always in a buzz cut), Yanti Somer emerged from nowhere to make some classic Italian sci fi. If you’re not familiar with that genre, it’s basically just rip-offs of Star Wars that flooded drive-in screens in the late ‘70s. Yanti also was in several spaghetti western comedies (if you can imagine such a thing). Sorry I couldn’t find more out there on her. She is beautiful, but also pretty darn obscure (heck, her Wikipedia entry’s in German). Her last movie was in 1982, and she seems to have completely disappeared since then.
Embarrassing Real Name: Kirsti Somersalo (though I’m not sure Yanti Somer is much of an improvement) Embarrassing Movies
War of the Planets *
Battle of the Stars * (not the TV show)
Star Odyssey *
War of the Robots *
Are You Engaged to a Greek Sailor or an Airline Pilot?
* - author has seen
Embarrassing Taglines
He's A Fun-of-a-Gun!
He Makes The Fastest Guns In The West...Die Laughing!
Hostile Alien Cyborgs in a Battle for the Universe
Robot Terror from Space!
Embarrassing Characters
Mayer’s Henchwoman
Liverpool’s Sister
Second Flaherty Secretary
Meela
Fascista
Whiffs of Scandal: Some nudes (that I, unfortunately, couldn’t find) Interesting Tidbits
Nickname growing up was Titti
Started out as a model in Paris, then later in Milan
Mylene Demongeot started out as a standard-issue French sex kitten, but moved to more serious roles later in her career. She’s actually been working for over 60 years, and has accumulated over 100 credits. Don’t worry, though – those credits do indeed include plenty of sword and sandal epics, Three Musketeer romances (a uniquely French kind of B movie), some Fantomas flicks (ditto), and other embarrassments.
Real Name: Marie-Helene Demongeot Embarrassing Movies
The Giant of Marathon
Vengeance of the Three Musketeers
Romulus and the Sabines
Beach Casanova
Big Man – The False Etruscan
Embarrassing Taglines
The strange and terrible combat of two men in a strange and terrible Mexican town
The moral bankruptcy of desperate youth brought stunningly, shockingly to the screen...
Startling! Shocking! Rips the Veil of Secrecy From Love's Most Shameful Sin!
Embarrassing Characters
Fanfan
Zizi
Zina von Raunacher
Wife in House 3
Interesting Tidbits
Was born cross-eyed
Her mother was Russian, her father was born in Italy, and the two met in Shanghai
Modeled for Pierre Cardin
Was nominated for two Cesars (the French equivalent of the Oscars)
Was made a Commander of the French Order of Arts & Letters
Prototypical French sex kitten Yvonne Monlaur sure got around. She made movies in France, Italy, Germany, and the U.K. (including a couple of Hammer flicks for that last one). She was only active for about twelve years, though, with her peak coming around 1960. She’s very active today, however, on the convention circuit, as well as having her own blog. By the way, it helps to parlez vous if you want to check out that last one.
Embarrassing Movies
Night of Lust
Circus of Horrors
Brides of Dracula *
Terror of the Tongs
* - author has seen
Embarrassing Taglines
Sexy... Secretive... Seductive...
Terror that grips you by the throat ... and never lets go!
In the privacy of a girls' school he sought his prey - turning innocent beauty into a thing of unspeakable horror!
Spectacular Towering Terror! One man's lust...made men into beasts, stripped women of their souls!
Embarrassing Characters
Nanda Colombo
Nennella
Shalee
Gyptis
Elvira
Interesting Tidbits
Father was a Russian count
Mother was a ballet dancer
89-56-89 (cm)
Was in a serious speedboat accident while filming
Lost out on the role of Domino in Thunderball to Claudine Auger
Not a bad actress, Belinda Lee also just so happened to be a “green-eyed blonde bombshell” (IMDb). Subsequently, she had a hard time avoiding being typecast as a “buxom, peroxide blonde.” Frustrated with such roles, she escaped to Italy, a particularly ironic destination, as that country is famous as a B movie mecca. She died heartbreakingly young, at age 25.
Game, anyone?
Embarrassing Real Birthplace: Budleigh Salterton, Devonshire (actually, rather a tony place) Cheesy Pageant Titles: Miss Deep Ocean of 1954, US Navy Embarrassing Movies
Nights of Lucretia Borgia
Way of the Wicked
Blood Feud
Satan Tempts with Love
Embarrassing Taglines
She climbed a ladder of lovers into a lap of luxury!
CLOSE ENOUGH TO KISS...OR KILL!
Ablaze With Thrills, Excitement and Dangers Such as the Screen Has Never Seen!
A Picture Best Understood By Adults!
Embarrassing Characters
Henet
Lucretia Borgia
Messalina
Aphrodite
Rosemarie Nittbritt, Prostitute
Whiffs of Scandal
Affairs
Suicide attempt
Last boyfriend was a pedophile
Unlikely Spouses & Boyfriends
Prince Filippo Orsini
King Farouk of Egypt
Untimely Demise: 25, in an auto accident
Interesting Tidbits
Nickame was "Billie"
Attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts
Was seriously injured when her hair caught on fire while filming a candle-lit scene
