Marie-Pierre Castel
{{Short description|French actress (1949–2013)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Marie-Pierre Castel
| image = File:Marie-pierre_castel.jpeg
| caption =
| birth_name = Marie-Pierre Yvonne Tricot
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1949|2|5|df=y}}
| birth_place = Villejuif, Val-de-Marne, France{{cite web| title=TRICOT Marie-Pierre Yvonne| url=https://deces.matchid.io/id/lDx9S6gLeS6v| website=deces.matchid.io| access-date=25 August 2022}}{{cite web| title=MARIE-PIERRE YVONNE TRICOT INSEE DEATH DATABASE| url=https://geneafrance.com/france/deces/?deces=30642367| website=geneafrance.com| access-date=27 August 2022| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201029185240/https://geneafrance.com/france/deces/?deces=30642367| archive-date=29 October 2020}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2013|2|10|1949|2|5|df=y}}
| occupation = Actress
| yearsactive = 1969–1977
| known_for = Requiem pour un Vampire
| relatives = Catherine Castel (sister)
| other_names = {{plainlist|
- Pony Tricot
- Pony Castel
}}
| website =
}}
Marie-Pierre Yvonne Tricot (5 February 1949 – 10 February 2013), known professionally as Marie-Pierre Castel, or Pony Tricot, was a French actress. She became notable for her collaboration with Jean Rollin, appearing in a number of his films, including, La vampire nue (1970), Le frisson des vampires (1970), Requiem pour un vampire (1971), and Lèvres de sang (1975).
Career
Castel started her career working in the beauty industry, as a barber, before deciding on acting as a career choice.{{Cite journal|last=Majeur|first=Sophie|date=1970–1973|title=Si jeune et déjà vampire! (So Young and Already a Vampire!)|url=https://escapistsadvisor.blogspot.com/2020/03/marie-pierre-castel-interview.html|journal=Unidentified Magazine|via=Escapist's Advisor: Gene Willow's Blog}} She made her screen debut in 1970, when she was cast in Jean Rollin's La vampire nue, appearing alongside her twin sister, Catherine, in the first of several roles which she would appear with her sister. The sisters were credited under their own surname of Tricot for their debut roles, but were subsequently known under the pseudonym name of 'Castel', a surname of their relatives.{{cite web| title=Cathy Tricot aka Catherine Castel Interview 2005| url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=73_bXbkCwcA&pp=ygUQY2F0aGVyaW5lIGNhc3RlbA%3D%3D| website=YouTube| date=8 June 2021| access-date=17 May 2023}} This was followed by more collaborations with Rollin, including Le frisson des vampires, and, in her first leading role, Requiem pour un Vampire, which is perhaps her most notable performance. Both films were intended to feature Catherine, but when she fell pregnant, Rollin had to find new girls to pair Marie-Pierre with.
Castel would continue to appear in a number of Rollin's films, such as, the comedy, Tout le monde il en a deux, and one of his most successful works, Lèvres de sang, which starred Jean-Loup Philippe and Annie Belle. Castel accepted work in several of Rollin's pornographic films, when the director was facing financial difficulty at the time while trying to make up the budget for his intended projects, turning to the adult film industry as a viable option; featuring in Phantasmes, Douces pénétrations, Introductions and in her final collaboration with Rollin, Suce moi vampire, which was an extended pornographic version of Lèvres de sang, with the hardcore scenes shot and inserted into the film in 1976.
She has also worked with directors, Jean-Marie Pallardy and Bernard Launois. Her final acting appearance was in the 1977 Francis Girod film, René la canne, starring Gérard Depardieu, Sylvia Kristel and Michel Piccoli.
Death
Filmography
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! English title ! Role ! Ref. |
|---|
| 1970
| The Nude Vampire | Georges' servant |
| 1971
| The Shiver of the Vampires | Servant |
| 1971
| Requiem for a Vampire | Marie |
| 1973
| Le journal érotique d'un bûcheron{{efn|Later hardcore insert.}} | Erotic Diary | |
| 1974
| Tout le monde il en a deux | Fly Me the French Way | Une souris |
| 1975
| Lips of Blood | Jumelle vampire | align="center"|{{cite web| title=Lèvres de sang| url=https://www.unifrance.org/film/6024/levres-de-sang| website=unifrance.org| access-date=14 May 2023}} |
| 1975
| Les dépravées du plaisir | The Depraved of Pleasure | |
| 1975
| Phantasmes | Once Upon a Virgin | La jumelle scout |
| 1976
| Douces pénétrations | Sweet Penetrations | Une soubrette | align="center"|{{cite web| title=Douces pénétrations| url=https://en.kinorium.com/112462/| website=en.kinorium.com| access-date=14 May 2023}} |
| 1976
| Introductions | Weekends of a Perverted Couple | Twin | align="center"|{{cite web| title=Introductions| url=https://en.kinorium.com/194073/| website=en.kinorium.com| access-date=14 May 2023}} |
| 1976
| Suce-moi vampire{{efn|Hardcore version of Lèvres de sang (Lips of Blood).}} | Suck Me Vampire | Jumelle vampire | align="center"|{{cite web| title=Suce-moi vampire| url=https://en.kinorium.com/590139/| website=en.kinorium.com| access-date=14 May 2023}} |
| 1977
| René la canne | Rene the Cane | | align="center"|{{cite web| title=René La Canne| url=https://en.unifrance.org/movie/196/rene-la-canne| website=unifrance.org| access-date=14 May 2023}} |
Notes
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References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0144590}}
- [https://escapistsadvisor.blogspot.com/2020/03/marie-pierre-castel-interview.html Article/interview with Marie-Pierre Castel] from around 1971-1973 in a French magazine
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Category:People from Villejuif
Category:French film actresses