Yvonne Furneaux | |
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Furneaux in Le Amiche (1955)
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Born |
Elisabeth Yvonne Scatcherd 11 May 1928 Roubaix, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France |
Other names | Tessa Scatcherd |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1952–1984 |
Spouse(s) | Jacques Natteau (1962-2007) (his death) (one child) |
Yvonne Furneaux (born 11 May 1928, Roubaix, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France) is a French film actress.
Furneaux was born Elisabeth Yvonne Scatcherd to a French mother and English father and came to England in 1946 to study Modern Languages at St Hilda's College, Oxford, where she was known as "Tessa Scatcherd". She began her acting career in England in 1952 with a few minor productions. Later she participated in international productions and worked with Catherine Deneuve in the movie Repulsion (1965). Later, she married Jaques Natteau, who died on 17 April 2007. Now retired from her acting, she lives in Lausanne, Switzerland.