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{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
| name = Sylvia Kristel
| name = Sylvia Kristel
| image = Sylvia Kristel 926-2274.jpg
| image = Sylvia Kristel (1973).jpg
| image_size = 235px
| caption = Sylvia Kristel in 1973
| birth_name = Sylvia Maria Kristel
| caption = Kristel in 1973
| alt =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1952|9|28|df=y}}
| birth_name = Sylvia Maria Kristel
| birth_place = [[Utrecht (city)|Utrecht, Netherlands]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2012|10|17|1952|9|28|df=y}}<ref name=BBC-art>{{citation|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19990457|title=BBC News - Sylvia Kristel, star of Emmanuelle, dies|publisher=Bbc.co.uk|date=18 October 2012|accessdate=18 October 20128}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1952|9|28|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Utrecht]], Netherlands
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2012|10|17|1952|9|28|df=y}}<ref name=BBC-art>{{citation|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19990457|title=Sylvia Kristel, star of Emmanuelle, dies|work=[[BBC News]]|date=18 October 2012|access-date=18 October 2012}}</ref>
| death_place = [[The Hague]], Netherlands<ref name=britannica>{{citation|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sylvia-Kristel|title=Sylvia Kristel – Dutch actress|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica|access-date=10 February 2018}}</ref>
| death_place = [[Amsterdam, Netherlands]]
| burial_place = Utrecht, Netherlands<ref name=AFP />
| occupation = [[Actress]], [[Model (person)|model]], [[memoirist]]
| children = Arthur Kristel
| occupation = {{hlist|Actress|model|memoirist}}
| years_active = 1973–2010
| known_for = ''[[Emmanuelle (1974 film)|Emmanuelle]]''<br />''[[Emmanuelle 2]]''<br />''[[Goodbye Emmanuelle|Emmanuelle 3]]''<br />''[[Private Lessons (1981 film)|Private Lessons]]''
| partner = [[Ian McShane]] (1977–1982)
| spouse = [[Hugo Claus]] (1973–1977 div.)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://sg.news.yahoo.com/emmanuelle-actress-sylvia-kristel-dies-aged-60-094226915.html | title=Erotic icon 'Emmanuelle' actress Sylvia Kristel dies | date=18 October 2012 }}</ref><br>Alan Turner (1982–1982 div.)<br>Philippe Blot (1986–1991 div.)
}}
}}
'''Sylvia Maria Kristel''' (28 September 1952 &ndash; 17 October 2012)<ref name=Xfin-AP-art>{{cite web|last=Corder|first=Mike|title='Emmanuelle' star Sylvia Kristel dies at age 60|url=http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/entertainment/20121018/EU.Netherlands.Obit.Kristel/|publisher=The Associated Press, Xfinity.com|accessdate=18 October 2012}}</ref> was a [[Dutch people|Dutch]] actress who performed in over 50 movies, and was best known for playing the lead character in four of the seven ''[[Emmanuelle]]'' films.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/2676/Cultuur/article/detail/3333629/2012/10/18/Actrice-Sylvia-Kristel-60-overleden.dhtml?utm_source=dailynewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20121018&utm_content=|title=Actrice Sylvia Kristel (60) overleden|date=18 October 2012|work=[[de Volkskrant]]|accessdate=18 October 2012}}</ref><ref>[http://movies.nytimes.com/person/39401/Sylvia-Kristel The New York Times]</ref>
'''Sylvia Maria Kristel''' (28 September 1952{{spaced ndash}} 17 October 2012)<ref name=Xfin-AP-art>{{cite web|last=Corder|first=Mike|title='Emmanuelle' star Sylvia Kristel dies at age 60|url=http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/entertainment/20121018/EU.Netherlands.Obit.Kristel/|publisher=The Associated Press, Xfinity.com|access-date=18 October 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020073416/http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/entertainment/20121018/EU.Netherlands.Obit.Kristel/|archive-date=20 October 2012}}</ref> was a Dutch actress and model who appeared in over 50 films. She was the eponymous character in five of the seven [[Emmanuelle]] films, including originating the role with ''[[Emmanuelle (1974 film)|Emmanuelle]]'' (1974).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.volkskrant.nl/film/actrice-sylvia-kristel-60-overleden~a3333661/|title=Actrice Sylvia Kristel (60) overleden|date=18 October 2012|work=[[de Volkskrant]]|access-date=26 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Sylvia Kristel |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/39401/Sylvia-Kristel/biography |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023094402/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/39401/Sylvia-Kristel/biography |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=[[The New York Times]] |author=Hal Erickson |author-link=Hal Erickson (author) |year=2012 |archive-date=23 October 2012}}</ref>


==Early life==
==Early life==
Kristel was born in [[Utrecht (city)|Utrecht, Netherlands]], the elder daughter of an innkeeper, Jean-Nicholas Kristel, and his wife Piet.<ref>[http://www.filmreference.com/film/57/Sylvia-Kristel.html Profile at Filmreference.com]</ref><ref>[http://au.movies.yahoo.com/Sylvia+Kristel/biography/119033/family Sylvia Kristel: Family and Companions], Yahoo! Movies profile</ref> In her 2006 autobiography, ''Nue'', she claimed to have been sexually abused by an elderly hotel guest when she was nine years old, an experience she otherwise refused to discuss. Her parents divorced when she was fourteen years old after her father abandoned the family for another woman. "It was the saddest thing that ever happened to me", she said of the experience of her parents' separation. {{Citation needed|date=October 2012}}
Kristel was born in [[Utrecht]], the Netherlands; she was the elder daughter of an innkeeper, Jean-Nicholas Kristel, and his wife Pietje Hendrika Lamme.<ref name=yahoo_119033>{{cite web|url=http://au.movies.yahoo.com/Sylvia+Kristel/biography/119033/family|title=Sylvia Kristel: Family and Companions|work=Yahoo! Movies}}{{dead link|date=September 2016}}</ref> In her 2006 autobiography, ''Nue'', she stated that she was sexually abused by an elderly hotel guest when she was nine years old, an experience she otherwise refused to discuss. Her parents divorced when she was 14 years old, after her father abandoned the family for another woman. "It was the saddest thing that ever happened to me," she said of the experience of her parents' separation.<ref name=archive_978000725695>{{cite book|last=Kristel|first=Sylvia|title=Undressing Emmanuelle: A Memoir|year=2007|publisher=Fourth Estate|location=London|isbn=978-0-00-725695-2|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780007256952}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
Kristel began modeling when she was 17 years old. In 1971, before becoming famous, she took part in auditions for the female lead (a role ultimately played by [[Maria Schneider (actress)|Maria Schneider]]) in [[Bernardo Bertolucci]]'s 1972 film ''[[Last Tango in Paris]]''.
[[File:Sylvia Kristel in 1974.jpg|thumb|left|Promotional photo of Sylvia Kristel in ''[[Emmanuelle]]'', 1974]]


Kristel began modeling when she was seventeen. She entered the Miss TV Europe contest in 1973 and won. Multilingual, she spoke Dutch, English, French, German and Italian. She gained international attention in 1974 for playing the title character in the [[soft porn|softcore]] film ''[[Emmanuelle (film)|Emmanuelle]]'' which remains one of the most successful French films ever produced. After the success of ''Emmanuelle'', she often played roles that capitalised on that sexually provocative image, most notably starring in an adaptation of ''[[Lady Chatterley's Lover (film)|Lady Chatterley's Lover]]'' (1981), and a nudity-filled [[biopic]] of the [[World War I]] spy in ''[[Mata Hari (1985 film)|Mata Hari]]''. Her Emmanuelle image followed her to the United States, where she played Nicole Mallow, a maid who seduces a teenage boy, in the 1981 sex comedy ''[[Private Lessons (1981 film)|Private Lessons]]''.<ref>[http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9D0CE2DC103BF933A0575BC0A967948260 ''The New York Times'' review of ''Private Lessons'']</ref> Another mainstream American film appearance was a brief comic turn in the ''[[Get Smart]]'' revival film ''[[The Nude Bomb]]'' in 1980.
In 1973, she won the Miss TV Europe contest. She spoke Dutch, English, German, and Italian fluently, and several other languages to a lesser extent. Kristel gained international attention in 1974 for playing the title character in the [[soft porn|softcore]] film ''[[Emmanuelle (1974 film)|Emmanuelle]]'', which remains one of the most successful French films ever produced.
[[File:Sylvia Kristel 1990.jpg|thumb|right|Kristel at the [[1990 Cannes Film Festival]].]]


After the success of ''Emmanuelle'', Kristel was often cast in films capitalizing on a similar sexually provocative image and in roles involving nudity. Notably, she starred in
Although ''[[Private Lessons (1981 film)|Private Lessons]]'' was one of the highest grossing independent films of 1981 (ranking #28 in US Domestic Gross),<ref>[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=1981&p=.htm 1981 Yearly Box Office Results]</ref> Kristel reportedly saw none of the profits and continued to appear in movies and last played Emmanuelle in the early 1990s. In May 1990 she appeared in the television series ''My Riviera'', filmed at her home in [[St Tropez]] and offering insights of her life and motivations in an interview with writer-director [[Michael Feeney Callan]]. In 2001, she played a small role in ''Forgive me'', Dutch filmmaker [[Cyrus Frisch]]'s debut. In May 2006, Kristel received an award at the [[Tribeca Film Festival]], New York for directing the animated short film ''Topor and Me'', written by Ruud Den Dryver. The award was presented by [[Gayle King]]. After a hiatus of eight years, she acted in the film, ''Two Sunny Days'' (2010), and that same year, she played the mother of the Trio Lescano in the TV series ''The Swing Girls''. {{Citation needed|date=October 2012}}
[[Lady Chatterley's Lover (1981 film)|a 1981 film adaptation]] of ''[[Lady Chatterley's Lover]]''; and in the title role of ''[[Mata Hari (1985 film)|Mata Hari]]'' (1985), a biographical film about the World War I spy. She also appeared in lesser-known art house films by prominent French directors [[Claude Chabrol]] and [[Roger Vadim]] during the 1970s; and starred in ''[[The Margin (film)|
La Marge]]'' (1976), a French box office success co-starring [[Joe Dallesandro]] and directed by [[Walerian Borowczyk]].

Her typecast image as Emmanuelle would follow her into film roles in the United States. After her brief comic turn in the ''[[Get Smart]]'' revival film ''[[The Nude Bomb]]'' in 1980, Kristel starred in the sex comedy ''[[Private Lessons (1981 film)|Private Lessons]]'' (1981) as Nicole Mallow, a maid who seduces a teenage boy.<ref name=NYT>{{cite web|work=[[The New York Times]]|title=Private Lessons (1980) Risque Comedy, 'Private Lessons'|first=John|last=Corry|date=30 August 1981|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9D0CE2DC103BF933A0575BC0A967948260}}</ref> Although ''Private Lessons'' was one of the highest-grossing independent films of 1981 (ranking 28th in overall domestic box office receipts in the U.S.),<ref>[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=1981&p=.htm 1981 Yearly Box Office Results]. [[Box Office Mojo]].</ref> Kristel reportedly saw none of the profits. She continued to appear in films and last played Emmanuelle in the early 1990s.

In addition to her early tryout for ''Last Tango,'' Kristel would often come close to having leading or supporting parts in several other major films over the first two decades of her career. She was cast as Stella in [[Roman Polanski]]'s '' [[The Tenant]]'' (1976) but was replaced by [[Isabelle Adjani]] after one day of shooting. In 1977, she was an early choice to star as Hattie in [[Louis Malle]]'s controversial period drama ''[[Pretty Baby (1978 film)|Pretty Baby]]'' (1978), but the role eventually went to [[Susan Sarandon]]. Several years later, Malle asked her to play Ingrid in ''[[Damage (1992 film)|Damage]]'', his 1992 drama of sexual obsession, but Kristel was unavailable at the time and [[Miranda Richardson]] was cast. She was friends with [[Sergio Leone]], who wanted her for the role of Carol while casting ''[[Once Upon a Time in America]]'' (1984); the producers did not agree and the part went to [[Tuesday Weld]]. In 1982, she was turned down by [[Tony Scott]] for the role of Miriam in ''[[The Hunger (1983 film)|The Hunger]]'' (1983); [[Catherine Deneuve]] won the part. She also was considered for the role of Lois Lane in ''[[Superman (1978 film)|Superman]]'' (1978), which went to [[Margot Kidder]]; and she unsuccessfully tried to win a role as a Bond Girl in four [[James Bond]] movies: ''[[The Spy Who Loved Me (film)|The Spy Who Loved Me]]'' (1977), ''[[Moonraker (film)|Moonraker]]'' (1979), ''[[For Your Eyes Only (film)|For Your Eyes Only]]'' (1981) and ''[[Octopussy]]'' (1983).

Kristel also rejected the female leading roles in ''[[The Story of Adele H.]]'' (1975), ''[[King Kong (1976 film)|King Kong]]'' (1976),'' [[Logan's Run (film)|Logan's Run]]'' (1976), ''[[Caligula (film)|Caligula]] ''(1979), ''[[Body Heat]]'' (1981), ''[[Blade Runner]]'' (1982), ''[[Scarface (1983 film)|Scarface]]'' (1983), ''[[Dune (1984 film)|Dune]]'' (1984), ''[[Body Double]]'' (1984) and ''[[Blue Velvet (film)|Blue Velvet]]'' (1986).
In 1992, her friend [[Gérard Depardieu]], wanting to help secure her comeback, unsuccessfully tried to persuade the producers of ''[[1492: Conquest of Paradise]]'' to cast her as [[Isabella I of Castile|Queen Isabella I]], ultimately played by [[Sigourney Weaver]].

In May 1990, she appeared in the television series ''My Riviera,'' filmed at her home in [[Saint-Tropez]] and offering insights on her life and motivations in an interview with writer-director [[Michael Feeney Callan]]. In 2001, she had a small role in ''Forgive Me'', Dutch filmmaker [[Cyrus Frisch]]'s debut. In May 2006, Kristel received an award at the [[Tribeca Film Festival]] in New York, for directing the animated short film ''Topor and Me,'' written by Ruud Den Dryver. The award was presented by [[Gayle King]].

After a hiatus of eight years, she appeared in the film ''Two Sunny Days'' (2010) and, that same year, in her last acting role, she played Eva de Leeuw in the Italian TV movie ''The Swing Girls''.<ref>{{Citation|title=The Swing Girls (TV Movie 2010) - IMDb|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1634527/fullcredits|access-date=2021-08-14}}</ref>

In June 2021 it was announced that actress [[Sylvia Hoeks]] will play Sylvia Kristel in a biopic of her life and career.<ref name=deadline_1234774898>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/06/blade-runner-2049s-sylvia-hoeks-uta-1234774898/|title='Blade Runner 2049's Sylvia Hoeks Signs With UTA|first1=Justin|last1=Kroll|date=14 June 2021}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
[[File:Undressing Emmanuelle.jpg|right|thumb|Cover of ''Undressing Emmanuelle'', English language translation of autobiography]]
[[File:Sylvia Kristel 1990.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Kristel at the [[1990 Cannes Film Festival]]]]
In September 2006 Kristel's autobiography ''Nue'' (''Nude'') was published in France. It was translated into English as ''Undressing Emmanuelle: A Memoir'', by Fourth Estate, 2 July 2007 (ISBN 978-0007256952), in which she told of a turbulent personal life blighted by addictions to drugs, alcohol, and her quest for a father figure, which resulted in some harmful relationships with older men. The book received some positive reviews.<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/jul/22/biography.features1 Guardian]</ref><ref>[http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/non-fiction/article2036437.ece Timesonline.co.uk]</ref>
In September 2006, Kristel's autobiography ''Nue'' (''Nude'') was published in France. The writing was translated into English as ''Undressing Emmanuelle: A Memoir'', by Fourth Estate, 2 July 2007, in which she described a turbulent personal life that was blighted by addictions to drugs and alcohol, and her quest for a father figure, which resulted in some destructive relationships with older men. The book received some positive reviews.<ref name=theguardian_20070722_biography>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/jul/22/biography.features1 |work=[[The Guardian]]|title=Sylvia bares her soul |first=Carole |last=Cadwalladr |date=21 July 2007}}</ref>


Her first major relationship was with Belgian author [[Hugo Claus]], twenty three years her senior, with whom she had a son, Arthur (born 1975). Kristel left her husband for British actor [[Ian McShane]], a decade her senior, whom she had met on the set of the 1979 film ''The Fifth Musketeer''. They moved in together in Los Angeles where he had promised to help her launch her American career. However their five year affair would lead to no significant career break for Kristel but a relationship she describes in her autobiography as ''"awful - he was witty and charming but we were too much alike"''. About two years into the relationship she began using cocaine. This proved to be her downfall, though at the time she thought of it as a ''"supervitamin, a very fashionable substance, without danger, but expensive, far more exciting than drowning in alcohol - a fuel necessary to stay in the swing."'' Interviewed in 2006 for the documentary ''Hunting Emmanuelle'', she describes how, nurturing an expensive [[cocaine]] habit, she made a number of poor decisions, including selling her interest in ''[[Private Lessons (1981 film)|Private Lessons]]'' to her agent for $150,000; the film would gross more than $26 million domestically. Since McShane, she married twice, first to an American businessman which ended after five months, and then to film producer Phillippe Blot. She spent a decade with Belgian radio producer Fred De Vree, until his death. {{Citation needed|date=October 2012}}
She had her first major relationship with Belgian author [[Hugo Claus]], who was more than two decades her senior. Their union from 1973 to 1977 produced her only child, a son named Arthur, who was born in 1975. She left her husband for British actor [[Ian McShane]], whom she had met in 1976 on the set of the film ''[[The Fifth Musketeer]]'' (1979).<ref name=independent_6262633>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/interview-sylvia-kristel-the-worlds-most-famous-porn-star-6262633.html |title=Interview: Sylvia Kristel, the world's most famous porn star – Features, Film & TV | work=[[The Independent]] | location=London |first=Deborah |last=Ross |date= 30 June 2007| access-date=12 January 2014 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111120234748/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/interview-sylvia-kristel-the-worlds-most-famous-porn-star-6262633.html |archive-date = 20 November 2011}}</ref> They moved in together in [[Los Angeles]], where he had promised to help launch her American career. However, their five-year affair led to no significant career break for Kristel, but a relationship she describes in her autobiography as "awful{{spaced ndash}} he was witty and charming, but we were too much alike." She began using [[cocaine]] about two years into their relationship. This proved her downfall, although at the time she thought of it as a "supervitamin, a very fashionable substance, without danger, but expensive, far more exciting than drowning in alcohol{{spaced ndash}} a fuel necessary to stay in the swing."<ref name=theguardian_20070722_biography/> Sylvia Kristel also had a year-long relationship with French singer [[Michel Polnareff]].<ref name=youtube_20160430>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yzgMIaXhac |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/5yzgMIaXhac| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=Michel Polnareff On n'est pas couché 30 avril 2016 #ONPC|last=n'est pas couché|date=30 April 2016|access-date=2 March 2019|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
[[File:Sylvia Kristel in galerie Zandvoort, 1998 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Kristel in 1998]]
Kristel was interviewed in 2006 for the documentary ''Hunting Emmanuelle.'' She described how she made a number of poor decisions due to an expensive cocaine addiction. One of those mistakes included selling her interest in ''Private Lessons'' to her agent for US$150,000; the film grossed more than US$26&nbsp;million domestically. After McShane, she married twice, first in 1982 to Alan Turner, an American businessman. That marriage ended after five months, and she later married film producer Philippe Blot (1986–1991). She then spent a decade with Belgian radio producer [[Freddy de Vree|Fred De Vree]], until his death in 2004.<ref name=dnaindia_1754014>[https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-sylvia-kristel-dies-at-60-trapped-by-the-erotic-film-that-made-her-name-1754014 Sylvia Kristel dies at 60, trapped by the erotic film that made her name] Retrieved 18 May 2019</ref>

Her authorized biography was written by Dutch journalist Suzanne Rethans and was published in September 2019. It took Rethans more than three years to write it. Titled ''Begeerd en Verguisd'' ({{translation|Desired and Vilified}}), it has not yet been translated into English.<ref name=nieuwsblad_20191008>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20191008_04651957|title=De echte 'Emmanuelle' verslond mannen, maar hield eigenlijk niet van seks|website=Nieuwsblad|date=8 October 2019|lang=nl|trans-title=The real 'Emmanuelle' devoured men, but didn't really like sex|first=Paul|last=Demeyer}}</ref>


==Illness and death==
==Illness and death==
Kristel was a heavy cigarette smoker from the age of 11. She was diagnosed with [[throat cancer]] in 2001, and underwent three courses of [[chemotherapy]] and surgery after the disease spread to her lungs.<ref name=heraldscotland_836495>{{cite web|title=No regrets|date=30 June 2007|first=Brian|last=Donaldson|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/no-regrets-1.836495|work=[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Herald]]}}</ref> On 12 June 2012, she suffered a stroke and was hospitalized in critical condition.<ref name=express_330470>{{cite web|title=Emmanuelle star Sylvia Kristel suffers stroke|work=[[Daily Express]]|date=3 July 2012 |url=http://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/330470/Emmanuelle-star-Sylvia-Kristel-suffers-stroke}}</ref> Four months later, she died in her sleep at age 60 from [[esophageal cancer|esophageal]] and lung cancer.<ref>[http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2012/1018/breaking29.html "''Emmanuelle'' star Sylvia Kristel dies"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022160039/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2012/1018/breaking29.html |date=22 October 2012 }}. ''[[The Irish Times]]'', 18 October 2012.</ref> Kristel is buried at her place of birth in Utrecht, the Netherlands.<ref name=AFP>{{cite web | url = https://sg.news.yahoo.com/actress-sylvia-kristel-buried-netherlands-171728683.html | title = Actress Sylvia Kristel buried in Netherlands | date = 26 October 2012 | website = [[Agence France-Presse]] via [[Yahoo! News]] | access-date = 18 April 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418202620/https://sg.news.yahoo.com/actress-sylvia-kristel-buried-netherlands-171728683.html | archive-date = 18 April 2020}}</ref>
[[image:Sylvia Kristel cropped.jpg|thumb|Sylvia Kristel in 2009]]
A heavy smoker of unfiltered cigarettes from the age of eleven, Kristel was diagnosed with [[throat cancer]] in 2001 and underwent three courses of [[chemotherapy]], and surgery after the disease spread to her lungs.<ref>[http://www.heraldscotland.com/no-regrets-1.836495 Heraldscotland.com]</ref> On 12 June 2012, she suffered a stroke and was hospitalized in a critical condition.<ref>[http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/330470/Emmanuelle-star-Sylvia-Kristel-suffers-stroke "''Emmanuelle'' star Sylvia Kristel suffers stroke"]</ref> She died in her sleep, aged 60, on 17 October 2012, from [[esophageal cancer|esophageal]] and [[lung cancer]].<ref>[http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2012/1018/breaking29.html "''Emmanuelle'' star Sylvia Kristel dies"] Irish Times, 18 October 2012.</ref> She was survived by her son, Arthur Claus, and her younger sister, Marianne.


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
# ''[[The Swing Girls]]'' (2010) (TV) .... Eva de Leeuw
# ''[[Two Sunny Days]]'' (2010) .... Angela
# ''[[Bank (2002 film)|Bank]]'' (2002) .... Wife
# ''[[Sexy Boys]]'' (2001) .... La sexologue
# ''[[De vriendschap]]'' (2001) .... Sylvia
# ''[[Vergeef me]]'' (2001) .... Chiquita (on stage)
# ''[[Die Unbesiegbaren (2000 film)|Die Unbesiegbaren]]'' (2000) (TV)
# ''[[Lijmen/Het Been]]'' (2000) .... Jeanne
# ''[[An Amsterdam Tale]]'' (1999) .... Alma
# ''[[Film 1]]'' (1999) .... Patron
# ''[[Harry Rents a Room]]'' (1999) .... Miss Pinky
# ''[[Gaston's War]]'' (1997) .... Miep Visser
# ''[[Die Sexfalle]]'' (1997) (TV) .... Nicole Fuchs
# "''[[Onderweg naar morgen]]''" (1994) Serie TV .... Trix Odijk (1996)
# "''[[De eenzame oorlog van Koos Tak]]''" (1996) - Tante Heintje (1996) Episodio TV
# ''[[Emmanuelle 7|Emmanuelle au 7ème ciel]]'' (1993) .... Emmanuelle
# ''[[Le secret d'Emmanuelle]]'' (1993) (TV)
# ''[[Beauty School]]'' (1993) .... Sylvia
# ''[[Le parfum d'Emmanuelle]]'' (1993) (TV) .... Emmanuelle
# ''[[Magique Emmanuelle]]'' (1993) (TV) .... Emmanuelle
# ''[[L'amour d'Emmanuelle]]'' (1993) (TV) .... Old Emmanuelle
# ''[[Emmanuelle à Venise]]'' (1993) (TV) .... Old Emmanuelle
# ''[[La revanche d'Emmanuelle]]'' (1993) (TV) .... Old Emmanuelle
# ''[[Éternelle Emmanuelle]]'' (1993) (TV) .... Old Emmanuelle
# ''[[Seong-ae-ui chimmuk]]'' (1992)
# ''[[Hot Blood]]'' (1990) .... Sylvia
# ''[[In the Shadow of the Sandcastle]]'' (1990) .... Angel
# ''[[Dracula's Widow]]'' (1988) .... Vanessa
# ''[[The Arrogant]]'' (1988) .... Julie
# ''[[Casanova (film 1987)|Casanova]]'' (1987) (TV) .... Maddalena
# ''[[Red Heat (1985 film)|Red Heat]]'' (1985) .... Sofia
# ''[[Mata Hari (1985 film)|Mata Hari]]'' (1985) .... Mata Hari
# ''[[The Big Bet]]'' (1985) .... Michelle
# ''[[Emmanuelle 4|Emmanuelle IV]]'' (1984) .... Sylvia / Emmanuelle
# ''[[Private School (film)|Private School]]'' (1983) .... Ms. Regina Copoletta
# ''[[Private Lessons (1981 film)|Private Lessons]]'' (1981) .... Nicole Mallow
# ''[[Lady Chatterley's Lover (film)|Lady Chatterley's Lover]]'' (1981) .... Lady Constance Chatterley
# ''[[The Million Dollar Face]]'' (1981) (TV) .... Brett Devereaux
# ''[[Un amore in prima classe]]'' (1980) .... Beatrice
# ''[[The Nude Bomb]]'' (1980) .... Agent 34
# ''[[The Concorde ... Airport '79]]'' (1979) .... Isabelle
# ''[[The Fifth Musketeer]]'' (1979) .... Maria Theresa
# ''[[Tigers in Lipstick|Letti selvaggi]]'' (1979) .... The Lady on the Bed/The Unhappy Wife
# ''[[Mysteries (1978 film)|Mysteries]]'' (1978) .... Dany Kielland
# ''[[Pastorale 1943]]'' (1978) .... Miep Algera
# ''[[Goodbye Emmanuelle]]'' (1977) .... Emmanuelle
# ''[[René la canne]]'' (1977) .... Krista
# ''[[Alice or the Last Escapade|Alice ou la dernière fugue]]'' (1977) .... Alice Caroll
# ''[[La marge]]'' (1976) .... Diana
# ''[[Une femme fidèle]]'' (1976) .... Mathilde Leroy
# ''[[Emmanuelle 2|Emmanuelle: L'antivierge]]'' (1975) .... Emmanuelle
# ''[[Le jeu avec le feu]]'' (1975) .... Diana Van Den Berg
# ''[[Un linceul n'a pas de poches]]'' (1974) .... Avril
# ''[[Der Liebesschüler]]'' (1974) .... Andrea
# ''[[Emmanuelle (film)|Emmanuelle]]'' (1974) .... Emmanuelle
# ''[[Naakt over de schutting]]'' (1973) .... Lilly Marischka
# ''[[Because of the Cats]]'' (1973) .... Hannie Troost
# ''[[Frank en Eva]]'' (1973) .... Sylvia


==References==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{{reflist}}
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|1973
|''[[Frank en Eva]]''
|Sylvia
|English title: ''Living Apart Together''
|-
|1973
|''[[Because of the Cats]]''
|Hannie Troost
|
|-
|1973
|''[[Naked Over the Fence]]''
|Lilly Marischka
|
|-
|1974
|''[[Emmanuelle (1974 film)|Emmanuelle]]''
|Emmanuelle
|
|-
|1974
|''[[Julia (1974 film)|Julia]]''
|Andrea
|
|-
|1974
|''No Pockets in a Shroud''
|Avril
|
|-
|1975
|''[[Playing with Fire (1975 film)|Playing with Fire]]''
|Diana Van Den Berg
|
|-
|1975
|''[[Emmanuelle 2|Emmanuelle II]]''
|Emmanuelle
|English title: ''Emmanuelle, The Joys of a Woman''
|-
|1976
|''[[Game of Seduction]]''
|Mathilde Leroy
|Directed by [[Roger Vadim]]
|-
|1976
|''[[The Margin (film)|La Marge]]''
|Diana
|English titles: ''The Streetwalker'' / ''The Margin''
|-
|1977
|''[[Alice or the Last Escapade]]''
|Alice Caroll
|Directed by [[Claude Chabrol]]
French title: ''Alice ou la dernière fugue''
|-
|1977
|''[[Rene the Cane]]''
|Krista
|
|-
|1977
|''[[Goodbye Emmanuelle|Emmanuelle 3]]''
|Emmanuelle
|English title: ''Goodbye Emmanuelle''
|-
|1978
|''[[Pastorale 1943]]''
|Miep Algera
|
|-
|1978
|''Mysteries''
|Dany Kielland
|
|-
|1979
|''[[Tigers in Lipstick]]''
|The Lady on the Bed / The Unhappy Wife
|
|-
|1979
|''{{sortname|The|Fifth Musketeer}}''
|Maria Theresa
|
|-
|1979
|''[[The Concorde... Airport '79]]''
|Isabelle
|
|-
|1980
|''{{sortname|The|Nude Bomb}}''
|Agent 34
|
|-
|1980
|''[[Love in First Class]]''
|Beatrice
|
|-
|1981
|''[[Private Lessons (1981 film)|Private Lessons]]''
|Nicole Mallow
|
|-
|1981
|''[[Lady Chatterley's Lover (1981 film)|Lady Chatterley's Lover]]''
|Lady Constance Chatterley
|
|-
|1983
|''[[Private School (film)|Private School]]''
|Ms. Regina Copoletta
|
|-
|1984
|''[[Emmanuelle 4]]''
|Sylvia / Emmanuelle
|
|-
|1985
|''[[Mata Hari (1985 film)|Mata Hari]]''
|[[Mata Hari]]
|
|-
|1985
|''[[Red Heat (1985 film)|Red Heat]]''
|Sofia
|
|-
|1985
|''{{sortname|The|Big Bet|nolink=1}}''
|Michelle
|
|-
|1988
|''{{sortname|The|Arrogant}}''
|Julie
|
|-
|1988
|''[[Dracula's Widow]]''
|Vanessa
|
|-
|1989
|''Hot Blood''
|Sylvia
|
|-
|1992
|''Silence of the Body(성애의침묵)''
|
|
|-
|1993
|''Beauty School''
|Sylvia
|
|-
|1993
|''[[Emmanuelle 7]]''
|Emmanuelle
|
|-
|1996
|''In the Shadow of the Sandcastle''
|Angel Kelley
|
|-
|1997
|''[[Gaston's War]]''
|Miep Visser
|
|-
|1999
|''Film 1''
|Patron
|
|-
|1999
|''{{sortname|An|Amsterdam Tale|nolink=1}}''
|Alma
|
|-
|1999
|''Harry Rents a Room''
|Miss Pinky
|Short
|-
|2000
|''[[Lijmen/Het Been]]''
|Jeanne
|
|-
|2001
|''Vergeef me''
|Chiquita (on stage)
|
|-
|2001
|''De vriendschap''
|Sylvia
|
|-
|2001
|''Sexy Boys''
|La sexologue
|
|-
|2002
|''Bank''
|Wife
|Video
|-
|2010
|''Two Sunny Days''
|Angela
|
|}


==Further reading==
===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
*{{cite book|title=Undressing Emmanuelle: A Memoir|trans_title=Nue|last=Kristel|first=Sylvia|origyear=2006 (French publication)|date=2 July 2007|publisher= Fourth Estate|isbn=978-0-00-725695-2|accessdate=}}
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|1979
|''[[The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson]]''
|Self
|Talk show guest appearance
|-
|1979
|''[[The Merv Griffin Show]]''
|Self
|Talk show guest appearance
|-
|1981
|''{{sortname|The|Million Dollar Face|nolink=1}}''
|Brett Devereaux
|TV film
|-
|1981
|''[[Friday Night, Saturday Morning]]''
|Self
|Talk show guest appearance
|-
|1982
|''[[The Don Lane Show]]''
|Self
|Talk show guest appearance
|-
|1985
|''Àngel Casas Show''
|Self
|Talk show guest appearance
|-
|1987
|''[[Casanova (1987 film)|Casanova]]''
|Maddalena
|TV film
|-
|1993
|''[[Emmanuelle]]''
|Old Emmanuelle
|TV films
|-
|1996
|''De eenzame oorlog van Koos Tak''
|"Tante Heintje"
|TV series
|-
|1996
|''[[Onderweg naar Morgen]]''
|Trix Odijk
|TV series
|-
|1997
|''Die Sexfalle''
|Nicole Fuchs
|TV film
|-
|2000
|''{{Ill|Mind Hunter (2000 film)|de|3=Die Unbesiegbaren (2000)|lt=Mind Hunter}}'' ({{aka}} ''Die Unbesiegbaren'')
|Elisabeth Lohmann
|TV film
|-
|2010
|''The Swing Girls''
|Eva de Leeuw
|TV film
|}

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}


==External links==
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*[http://www8.vn.nl/web/show/id=56314/contentid=491 Interview with Kristel (in Dutch)]
*[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2007/06/16/smkristel116.xml&page=1 Interview with Sylvia Kristel], ''[[Sunday Telegraph|The Daily Telegraph]]'', 16 June 2007
*[http://arts.independent.co.uk/film/features/article2711633.ece Interview: Sylvia Kristel, the world's most famous porn star] Interview with ''[[The Independent]]'', 2 July 2007
*[http://movies.nytimes.com/person/39401/Sylvia-Kristel Sylvia Kristel profile in the The New York Times'']
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Latest revision as of 19:27, 22 December 2024

Sylvia Kristel
Kristel in 1973
Born
Sylvia Maria Kristel

(1952-09-28)28 September 1952
Utrecht, Netherlands
Died17 October 2012(2012-10-17) (aged 60)[1]
The Hague, Netherlands[2]
Burial placeUtrecht, Netherlands[3]
Occupations
  • Actress
  • model
  • memoirist
Years active1973–2010
Known forEmmanuelle
Emmanuelle 2
Emmanuelle 3
Private Lessons
Spouse(s)Hugo Claus (1973–1977 div.)[4]
Alan Turner (1982–1982 div.)
Philippe Blot (1986–1991 div.)
PartnerIan McShane (1977–1982)
ChildrenArthur Kristel

Sylvia Maria Kristel (28 September 1952 – 17 October 2012)[5] was a Dutch actress and model who appeared in over 50 films. She was the eponymous character in five of the seven Emmanuelle films, including originating the role with Emmanuelle (1974).[6][7]

Early life

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Kristel was born in Utrecht, the Netherlands; she was the elder daughter of an innkeeper, Jean-Nicholas Kristel, and his wife Pietje Hendrika Lamme.[8] In her 2006 autobiography, Nue, she stated that she was sexually abused by an elderly hotel guest when she was nine years old, an experience she otherwise refused to discuss. Her parents divorced when she was 14 years old, after her father abandoned the family for another woman. "It was the saddest thing that ever happened to me," she said of the experience of her parents' separation.[9]

Career

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Kristel began modeling when she was 17 years old. In 1971, before becoming famous, she took part in auditions for the female lead (a role ultimately played by Maria Schneider) in Bernardo Bertolucci's 1972 film Last Tango in Paris.

In 1973, she won the Miss TV Europe contest. She spoke Dutch, English, German, and Italian fluently, and several other languages to a lesser extent. Kristel gained international attention in 1974 for playing the title character in the softcore film Emmanuelle, which remains one of the most successful French films ever produced.

After the success of Emmanuelle, Kristel was often cast in films capitalizing on a similar sexually provocative image and in roles involving nudity. Notably, she starred in a 1981 film adaptation of Lady Chatterley's Lover; and in the title role of Mata Hari (1985), a biographical film about the World War I spy. She also appeared in lesser-known art house films by prominent French directors Claude Chabrol and Roger Vadim during the 1970s; and starred in La Marge (1976), a French box office success co-starring Joe Dallesandro and directed by Walerian Borowczyk.

Her typecast image as Emmanuelle would follow her into film roles in the United States. After her brief comic turn in the Get Smart revival film The Nude Bomb in 1980, Kristel starred in the sex comedy Private Lessons (1981) as Nicole Mallow, a maid who seduces a teenage boy.[10] Although Private Lessons was one of the highest-grossing independent films of 1981 (ranking 28th in overall domestic box office receipts in the U.S.),[11] Kristel reportedly saw none of the profits. She continued to appear in films and last played Emmanuelle in the early 1990s.

In addition to her early tryout for Last Tango, Kristel would often come close to having leading or supporting parts in several other major films over the first two decades of her career. She was cast as Stella in Roman Polanski's The Tenant (1976) but was replaced by Isabelle Adjani after one day of shooting. In 1977, she was an early choice to star as Hattie in Louis Malle's controversial period drama Pretty Baby (1978), but the role eventually went to Susan Sarandon. Several years later, Malle asked her to play Ingrid in Damage, his 1992 drama of sexual obsession, but Kristel was unavailable at the time and Miranda Richardson was cast. She was friends with Sergio Leone, who wanted her for the role of Carol while casting Once Upon a Time in America (1984); the producers did not agree and the part went to Tuesday Weld. In 1982, she was turned down by Tony Scott for the role of Miriam in The Hunger (1983); Catherine Deneuve won the part. She also was considered for the role of Lois Lane in Superman (1978), which went to Margot Kidder; and she unsuccessfully tried to win a role as a Bond Girl in four James Bond movies: The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), Moonraker (1979), For Your Eyes Only (1981) and Octopussy (1983).

Kristel also rejected the female leading roles in The Story of Adele H. (1975), King Kong (1976), Logan's Run (1976), Caligula (1979), Body Heat (1981), Blade Runner (1982), Scarface (1983), Dune (1984), Body Double (1984) and Blue Velvet (1986). In 1992, her friend Gérard Depardieu, wanting to help secure her comeback, unsuccessfully tried to persuade the producers of 1492: Conquest of Paradise to cast her as Queen Isabella I, ultimately played by Sigourney Weaver.

In May 1990, she appeared in the television series My Riviera, filmed at her home in Saint-Tropez and offering insights on her life and motivations in an interview with writer-director Michael Feeney Callan. In 2001, she had a small role in Forgive Me, Dutch filmmaker Cyrus Frisch's debut. In May 2006, Kristel received an award at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York, for directing the animated short film Topor and Me, written by Ruud Den Dryver. The award was presented by Gayle King.

After a hiatus of eight years, she appeared in the film Two Sunny Days (2010) and, that same year, in her last acting role, she played Eva de Leeuw in the Italian TV movie The Swing Girls.[12]

In June 2021 it was announced that actress Sylvia Hoeks will play Sylvia Kristel in a biopic of her life and career.[13]

Personal life

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Kristel at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival

In September 2006, Kristel's autobiography Nue (Nude) was published in France. The writing was translated into English as Undressing Emmanuelle: A Memoir, by Fourth Estate, 2 July 2007, in which she described a turbulent personal life that was blighted by addictions to drugs and alcohol, and her quest for a father figure, which resulted in some destructive relationships with older men. The book received some positive reviews.[14]

She had her first major relationship with Belgian author Hugo Claus, who was more than two decades her senior. Their union from 1973 to 1977 produced her only child, a son named Arthur, who was born in 1975. She left her husband for British actor Ian McShane, whom she had met in 1976 on the set of the film The Fifth Musketeer (1979).[15] They moved in together in Los Angeles, where he had promised to help launch her American career. However, their five-year affair led to no significant career break for Kristel, but a relationship she describes in her autobiography as "awful – he was witty and charming, but we were too much alike." She began using cocaine about two years into their relationship. This proved her downfall, although at the time she thought of it as a "supervitamin, a very fashionable substance, without danger, but expensive, far more exciting than drowning in alcohol – a fuel necessary to stay in the swing."[14] Sylvia Kristel also had a year-long relationship with French singer Michel Polnareff.[16]

Kristel in 1998

Kristel was interviewed in 2006 for the documentary Hunting Emmanuelle. She described how she made a number of poor decisions due to an expensive cocaine addiction. One of those mistakes included selling her interest in Private Lessons to her agent for US$150,000; the film grossed more than US$26 million domestically. After McShane, she married twice, first in 1982 to Alan Turner, an American businessman. That marriage ended after five months, and she later married film producer Philippe Blot (1986–1991). She then spent a decade with Belgian radio producer Fred De Vree, until his death in 2004.[17]

Her authorized biography was written by Dutch journalist Suzanne Rethans and was published in September 2019. It took Rethans more than three years to write it. Titled Begeerd en Verguisd (transl. Desired and Vilified), it has not yet been translated into English.[18]

Illness and death

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Kristel was a heavy cigarette smoker from the age of 11. She was diagnosed with throat cancer in 2001, and underwent three courses of chemotherapy and surgery after the disease spread to her lungs.[19] On 12 June 2012, she suffered a stroke and was hospitalized in critical condition.[20] Four months later, she died in her sleep at age 60 from esophageal and lung cancer.[21] Kristel is buried at her place of birth in Utrecht, the Netherlands.[3]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1973 Frank en Eva Sylvia English title: Living Apart Together
1973 Because of the Cats Hannie Troost
1973 Naked Over the Fence Lilly Marischka
1974 Emmanuelle Emmanuelle
1974 Julia Andrea
1974 No Pockets in a Shroud Avril
1975 Playing with Fire Diana Van Den Berg
1975 Emmanuelle II Emmanuelle English title: Emmanuelle, The Joys of a Woman
1976 Game of Seduction Mathilde Leroy Directed by Roger Vadim
1976 La Marge Diana English titles: The Streetwalker / The Margin
1977 Alice or the Last Escapade Alice Caroll Directed by Claude Chabrol

French title: Alice ou la dernière fugue

1977 Rene the Cane Krista
1977 Emmanuelle 3 Emmanuelle English title: Goodbye Emmanuelle
1978 Pastorale 1943 Miep Algera
1978 Mysteries Dany Kielland
1979 Tigers in Lipstick The Lady on the Bed / The Unhappy Wife
1979 The Fifth Musketeer Maria Theresa
1979 The Concorde... Airport '79 Isabelle
1980 The Nude Bomb Agent 34
1980 Love in First Class Beatrice
1981 Private Lessons Nicole Mallow
1981 Lady Chatterley's Lover Lady Constance Chatterley
1983 Private School Ms. Regina Copoletta
1984 Emmanuelle 4 Sylvia / Emmanuelle
1985 Mata Hari Mata Hari
1985 Red Heat Sofia
1985 The Big Bet Michelle
1988 The Arrogant Julie
1988 Dracula's Widow Vanessa
1989 Hot Blood Sylvia
1992 Silence of the Body(성애의침묵)
1993 Beauty School Sylvia
1993 Emmanuelle 7 Emmanuelle
1996 In the Shadow of the Sandcastle Angel Kelley
1997 Gaston's War Miep Visser
1999 Film 1 Patron
1999 An Amsterdam Tale Alma
1999 Harry Rents a Room Miss Pinky Short
2000 Lijmen/Het Been Jeanne
2001 Vergeef me Chiquita (on stage)
2001 De vriendschap Sylvia
2001 Sexy Boys La sexologue
2002 Bank Wife Video
2010 Two Sunny Days Angela

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1979 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Self Talk show guest appearance
1979 The Merv Griffin Show Self Talk show guest appearance
1981 The Million Dollar Face Brett Devereaux TV film
1981 Friday Night, Saturday Morning Self Talk show guest appearance
1982 The Don Lane Show Self Talk show guest appearance
1985 Àngel Casas Show Self Talk show guest appearance
1987 Casanova Maddalena TV film
1993 Emmanuelle Old Emmanuelle TV films
1996 De eenzame oorlog van Koos Tak "Tante Heintje" TV series
1996 Onderweg naar Morgen Trix Odijk TV series
1997 Die Sexfalle Nicole Fuchs TV film
2000 Mind Hunter [de] (a.k.a. Die Unbesiegbaren) Elisabeth Lohmann TV film
2010 The Swing Girls Eva de Leeuw TV film

References

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  1. ^ "Sylvia Kristel, star of Emmanuelle, dies", BBC News, 18 October 2012, retrieved 18 October 2012
  2. ^ "Sylvia Kristel – Dutch actress", Encyclopædia Britannica, retrieved 10 February 2018
  3. ^ a b "Actress Sylvia Kristel buried in Netherlands". Agence France-Presse via Yahoo! News. 26 October 2012. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Erotic icon 'Emmanuelle' actress Sylvia Kristel dies". 18 October 2012.
  5. ^ Corder, Mike. "'Emmanuelle' star Sylvia Kristel dies at age 60". The Associated Press, Xfinity.com. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  6. ^ "Actrice Sylvia Kristel (60) overleden". de Volkskrant. 18 October 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
  7. ^ Hal Erickson (2012). "Sylvia Kristel". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012.
  8. ^ "Sylvia Kristel: Family and Companions". Yahoo! Movies.[dead link]
  9. ^ Kristel, Sylvia (2007). Undressing Emmanuelle: A Memoir. London: Fourth Estate. ISBN 978-0-00-725695-2.
  10. ^ Corry, John (30 August 1981). "Private Lessons (1980) Risque Comedy, 'Private Lessons'". The New York Times.
  11. ^ 1981 Yearly Box Office Results. Box Office Mojo.
  12. ^ The Swing Girls (TV Movie 2010) - IMDb, retrieved 14 August 2021
  13. ^ Kroll, Justin (14 June 2021). "'Blade Runner 2049's Sylvia Hoeks Signs With UTA".
  14. ^ a b Cadwalladr, Carole (21 July 2007). "Sylvia bares her soul". The Guardian.
  15. ^ Ross, Deborah (30 June 2007). "Interview: Sylvia Kristel, the world's most famous porn star – Features, Film & TV". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 20 November 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  16. ^ n'est pas couché (30 April 2016). "Michel Polnareff – On n'est pas couché 30 avril 2016 #ONPC". Archived from the original on 12 December 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2019 – via YouTube.
  17. ^ Sylvia Kristel dies at 60, trapped by the erotic film that made her name Retrieved 18 May 2019
  18. ^ Demeyer, Paul (8 October 2019). "De echte 'Emmanuelle' verslond mannen, maar hield eigenlijk niet van seks" [The real 'Emmanuelle' devoured men, but didn't really like sex]. Nieuwsblad (in Dutch).
  19. ^ Donaldson, Brian (30 June 2007). "No regrets". The Herald.
  20. ^ "Emmanuelle star Sylvia Kristel suffers stroke". Daily Express. 3 July 2012.
  21. ^ "Emmanuelle star Sylvia Kristel dies" Archived 22 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine. The Irish Times, 18 October 2012.
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