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unusual facts about Femme fatale



Gertrude Astor

Her best known silent appearances were as the visiting stage star in Stage Struck (1925) with Gloria Swanson, as the vamp who plants stolen money on Harry Langdon in The Strong Man (1926), and as Laura LaPlante's wisecracking travelling companion in The Cat and the Canary (1927).

Pandora and the Flying Dutchman

Esperanza's small group of English expatriates revolves around Pandora Reynolds (Ava Gardner), an American nightclub singer and femme fatale.

The Bribe

Laughton and Price are splendidly hammy villains and Gardners nightclub singer is an innocent femme fatale in the manner of Rita Hayworth's Gilda.

The Pizza Underground

The group released its first music video in January 2014, parodying various Velvet Underground songs such as "All Pizza Parties" ("All Tomorrow's Parties"), "Pizza Gal" ("Femme Fatale"), and "Take a Bite of the Wild Slice" (Lou Reed's "Walk on the Wild Side").

The Unholy Wife

The film is about a femme fatale named Phyllis (Diana Dors) who tells her sordid story from her prison cell in flashback.


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Crème Simon

By the 1950s, Creme Simon took a heavier stance by leveraging on the drawing power of movie stars, from Dominique Wilms, a femme fatale in several French thriller and action movies in the 1950s to 60s; Christine Carère, Irène Tunc, and many other celebrities.

Elizabeth Melendez

She was voted "most evil female in a music video" or "Femme Fatale" at the Fangoria Awards in 2006 for Avenged Sevenfold's "Beast and the Harlot" where she played the Harlot.

Jacqueline Kalimunda

An alumnus of the Berlinale Talent Campus, Jacqueline Kalimunda produced and directed in 2012 Burning Down, a Focus Features Africa First short movie with Eriq Ebouaney (Brian de Palma’s Femme fatale, Raoul Peck’s Lumumba) and Cyril Guei.

Kelly Flint

Modern viewers will remember Flint's appearance as the tall, brunette femme fatale in the Three Stooges 1944 comedy No Dough Boys.

Mary Castle

The most frequently revived Mary Castle feature is probably her least prestigious: she played a gold-digging femme fatale opposite Huntz Hall and The Bowery Boys in the low-budget comedy Crashing Las Vegas (1956).

Nina Antonia

She has written articles and books about Johnny Thunders, the New York Dolls and The Only Ones and has contributed to Mojo and Spiral Scratch magazines, written liner notes for The Stooges live recording Studio Sessions and Nico's Femme Fatale CD, and appeared in the documentary New York Doll.