Actress Mylène Demongeot died on December 1, 2022, at the age of 87. The actress suffered from cancer of the peritoneum, which had recurred since October.
[Mis à jour le 2 décembre 2022 à 21h36] Iconic actress of the 1950s and 1960s, Mylène Demongeot died on Thursday, December 1, 2022. The actress, who was known for her roles in The Witches of Salem, Fantomas or Camping, was 87 years old. Mylène Demongeot succumbed to a long illness, journalist and longtime friend of the actress Henry-Jean Servat told Free lunch. The actress had already mentioned her fight against cancer of the peritoneum, a recurrence since October 2022. Many actors who rubbed shoulders with Mylène Demongeot paid tribute to the deceased artist. “A star has gone out,” wrote the Élysée in a communicated released Friday, December 2. “Mylène Demongeot marked both the history of cinema and popular imagination. […] The President of the Republic and his wife salute the journey of a great figure of the seventh French art, who knew how to shine in all his genres to move all the French people”, continues the tribute.
Mylène Demongeot, whose real first name is Marie-Hélène, began her film career at the age of 17 in children of love. She became famous thanks to the movie The Witches of Salem, where she gives the reply to Yves Montand. She rose to the rank of sex symbol in the 1950s to 1960s. Fantomasshe embodies the character of Hélène facing Jean Marais and to Louis de Funès. In recent years, Mylène Demongeot has been talked about again with Camping : she embodies the wife of the regular of the Flots Bleus, played by Claude Brewer. We also find her in several supporting roles, such as in Cheater, The rooftops of Paris or even on television Bad heads, Captain Marleau Where Unfaithful. Her last role dates back to 2022, since she was in the cast of Retirement home with Kev Adams and Gerard Depardieu.
On the private side, Mylène Demongeot was married to the photographer Henry Coste whom she met in 1956 during a shoot. They marry two years later. But their union did not last and the couple divorced in 1968. Thereafter, Mylène Demongeot met the director Marc Simenon in 1966, who was none other than the son of the writer Georges Simenon. When they are both married, it’s love at first sight. After their respective divorces, they married in 1968. Marc Simenon died in an accident on October 24, 1999.
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Mylène Demongeot died this Thursday, December 1, 2022. She was 87 years old. It was his friend, Henry-Jean Servat, who announced the sad news to Free lunch : “She was a magnificent artist. She had spent her youth in Montpellier, she had married in the church of Palavas-les-Flots, she adored the region. She was committed to the protection of animals. It was a friend for over 40 years. She passed away after a long illness.” Mylène Demongeot had had a recurrence of peritoneal cancer for a few months.
In October 2022, Mylène Demongeot announced to France Sunday the recurrence of his peritoneal cancer. The peritoneum is a membrane that lines the inner walls of the abdomen. In case of cancer, the following organs can be affected: the stomach, the colon, the ovaries or the uterus. Generally, peritoneal cancer is secondary to another cancer. Several treatments can be attempted, based on surgery or chemotherapy. The chances of survival vary depending on the treatment, but like all cancers, cancer of the peritoneum can be fatal. According to the Lyon University Hospital, around 200 people are affected by peritoneal cancer each year in France.
In the columns of France Sunday, Mylène Demongeot said she was quite optimistic about her chances of recovery. After chemotherapy, she had decided to turn instead to immunotherapy, considered less invasive. “We have very good feedback, I’m hopeful! If so many people got away with it, why not me?” When the announcement of the recurrence of her cancer, Mylène Demongeot then said that she was experimenting with “a new protocol to treat this damn cancer”. The actress had already undergone a long sequence of chemotherapy in the summer of 2022. “I was so exhausted that I implored my doctors to stop everything” she told the weekly. Mylène Demongeot intended to continue to shoot in new projects in the cinema. Among these, a series of Retirement home where she already gave the reply to Kev Adams. It was inconceivable for her to stop working, she told France Sunday “I have absolutely no time to be sick”. She said she was in any case ready to fight against the disease: “I refuse to let myself be defeated, it would be letting him win the game and it is out of the question. I will fight until the end! I cannot die …”
Mylène Demongeot was also affected by the coronavirus. She had indeed announced that she had been infected with the coronavirus in March 2020. The actress had then fought the disease in the hospital for three weeks, but had finally come out. She believed in the press to have healed thanks to the treatment of Professor Raoult.
“I am devastated to have to share the flight to heaven this day of Mylène Demongeot, artist so dear and so pretty, magnificent actress, adored friend”, wrote the journalist Henri-Jean Servat, Thursday. The agent of the actress then confirmed this information. The actress, who starred in Camping, Fantomas or The Witches of Salem, was 87 years old. She suffered from cancer of the peritoneum. With her blonde hair and smiling face, Mylène Demongeot has often been compared to Brigitte Bardotwith whom she shared the fight for the defense of animals.
Thus, a few hours after the announcement of her death, Brigitte Bardot confided in the columns of Nice morning, assuring to regret the missing actress. “I’m stunned… I have a lot of pain… I loved him. […] We talked a lot. She was a great protector of animals”, confides Brigitte Bardot, who started at the same time as her in the cinema, in the 1950s. “We had a bond that has never been denied. We were twins within a year and a day. She was born on September 29 and I was 28!”, Details the actress. Mylène Demongeot had managed to bring together several generations of actors, since she had played alongside Kev Adams in 2022. On the set of C à vous , Thursday, December 1, the actor said, “It’s heartbreaking … It breaks my heart.”