Christiane Martel (born Christiane Magnani on 18 January 1932) is a French actress and beauty queen who became the second woman to win Miss Universe in 1953.
Martel was crowned Miss France by outgoing titleholder Claude Godart and represented France at Miss Universe 1953 where she became the second Miss Universe. She was crowned by actress, Julie Adams as Miss Universe 1952, Armi Kuusela of Finland gave up her crown.
Martel’s runners-up in the 1953 pageant was Myrna Hansen of the USA, followed by delegates of Japan, Mexico, and Australia.
Shortly after her reign, Martel embarked on a successful career in international films, appearing in movies such as Yankee Pasha, So This Is Paris, Abajo el Telón, the 1956 version of Corazón salvaje (playing the villain Aimée), Viva el Amor!, Rosa Blanca and her last film to date, 1961’s Leoni al Sole.
Christiane Martel Biography / Wiki
| Name | Christiane Martel |
| Also Know | Christiane Aleman, Cristina Martel |
| Gender | Female |
| Known For | Acting |
| Place of Birth | Piennes, France |
| Date of Birth | January 18, 1932 |
| Age(as in 2023 Feb) | 91 |
| Deathday |
Christiane Martel Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| Adam and Eve | Eva / Eve | 1956-11-15 | Version of the story of Adam and Eve…. |
| Póker de reinas | 1960-05-19 | A musical comedy about a group of pretty girls who meet in Mexico and decide to break into showbiz and make a pact and promise not to get involved wit… | |
| Señoritas | 1959-01-15 | Four young women facing “crises,” mostly centered around the crucially-important issue of preserving their virginity in a variety of purity-oath threa… | |
| Bataclán mexicano | 1956-08-30 | International showgirl engineers a green-card marriage for herself to avoid being deported…. | |
| Una lección de amor | 1956-10-25 | An older gentleman takes responsibility for molding a young showgirl’s career; there seems to be a romantic link between them, but she has lots of sid… | |
| Infierno de almas | Yvonne | 1960-01-01 | Mauricio flees from the police and takes refuge in the apartment of Ivonne, who gives him blood to save his life. Carlos the policeman who is in love … |
| El Padre Pistolas | 1961-05-10 | Feature on the adventures that develop the most perfect of false priest…. | |
| The Little Savage | Nanoa Ribaud | 1959-03-01 | The most fearsome pirate in epic deeds and fierce battles. Betrayed and abandoned on an island, discover a fabulous treasure and fight to the death to… |
| Estampida | MarÃa Santos | 1959-09-09 | … |
| The White Rose | Georgette | 1961-07-19 | An international oil company comes into conflict with a Mexican ranch owner who refuses to sell his land, resorting to a devious scheme to try to take… |
| Tipi da spiaggia | Barbara Patton | 1959-11-12 | Four penniless friends wich Belong to a small commedy theatre go to taormina a famous Italian beach resort willing to marry Barbara a famous multimill… |
| ¡Viva el amor! | 1958-02-22 | Man wants to dump wife for a new girlfriend; all three end up weekending in Acapulco together along with a gentleman the wife meets enroute, and all f… | |
| Drop the Curtain | Lulu Duval | 1955-08-31 | Cantinflas, who owns a cleaning business, cleans the windows of the house of a famous French actress. While carrying out his work he observes how a ma… |
| Wild Heart | Aimée de Molnar | 1956-06-07 | On the Caribbean island of Martinique, two half-brothers are involved in the entanglements of a frivolous and calculating young woman…. |
| Impaciencia del corazón | 1960-08-07 | Young army officer gets involved with two sisters; one of them’s a chronic invalid and her family has protected and sheltered her from all possible ha… | |
| Yo pecador | 1959-09-20 | Biopic of a 1930s operatic tenor who ended up becoming a Franciscan monk and joining the priesthood…. | |
| El cine mexicano de fiesta | Self | 1958-09-01 | … |
| So This Is Paris | Christiane | 1954-12-15 | Three sailors on leave head for Paris with one thing on their minds…. |
| Yankee Pasha | Harem girl (as Miss Universe France) | 1954-04-17 | Tale of an adventurer trying to rescue a damsel kidnapped by pirates…. |
| Juana Gallo | Ninón | 1961-05-21 | Peasant woman leads a regiment during the final days of the Mexican Revolution. Also, romantic entanglements…. |
Credit: TMDB
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