Annie Belle
| Annie Belle | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Annie Brilland 10 December 1956 Paris, France |
| Other names | Annie-Belle Annie Bell Annie Briand |
| Occupation | Actress (former) Social worker |
| Years active | 1974–1989 |
| Partner(s) | Al Cliver (1975–1978) |
Annie Brilland (born 10 December 1956) is a French actress and social worker. Her acting career began in 1974 and throughout the seventies, has had a series of varied roles in both French and Italian cinema, working with such directors as Jean Rollin,Ruggero Deodato and Joe D'Amato.
Belle was born in Paris, France and came from a family of engineers. Acting may have seemed to be an odd career choice for her when she was young but she was quite a natural at it. Belle's acting career began to take shape when she attended the Rue Blanche acting school in Paris under master Virilo. Belle explained this in an interview for the Italian book 99 Donne in the Nineties.
Belle had starred in her first role before she had turned eighteen, in the 1974 Jean Rollin film Tout le Monde il en a Deux (Bacchanales Sexuelles) in which she only had a small role, but a memorable one. Rollin had loved working with Belle so he had decided to cast her in his 1975 film Lévres de Sang (Lips of Blood) and that had been her only times working with the director. Not long after filming Lévres de Sang, Belle moved to Italy and for a brief time became one of the most in demand actresses in Italian exploitation cinema, with having starred in three major films in 1976 alone: Forever Emmanuelle,Blue Belle and Velluto Nero. Blue Belle was one of the key points in Belle's career, a film in which she had a co-writing credit on, calling the director of the movie - Massimo Dallamano "a great professional and a talented man". One of Belle's most controversial films was Velluto Nero. Belle remembers Forever Emmanuelle as a "not very good" film.
In the early 1980s, Belle starred in Italian films The House on the Edge of the Park, which Belle remembers as being very "cruel" and also very "interesting" and two Joe D'Amato films, Absurd and L'alcova.
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