Pauline Lafont | |
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Born |
Pauline Aïda Simone Medveczky April 6, 1963 Nîmes, France |
Died | August 11, 1988 Barre-des-Cévennes, Lozère, France |
(aged 25)
Years active | 1975, 1982-1988 |
Pauline Lafont (April 6, 1963 – August 11, 1988) was a French actress. She was the daughter of film star Bernadette Lafont and Diourka Medveczky, a Hungarian sculptor.
Born Pauline Aïda Simone Medveczky in Nîmes, France, she died in a hiking accident in Barre-des-Cévennes, Lozère, France. Three months and ten days after she had set out, her body was found by a passing farmer at the foot of a cliff, four kilometres from her home. Investigators determined she had fallen more than ten metres and died instantly. Prior to the discovery of her body, her disappearance had triggered several rumours regarding her whereabouts.