Janine Reynaud(1930-2018)
- Actress
- Script and Continuity Department
Gorgeously statuesque and voluptuous redhead knockout Janine Reynaud
was born on August 13, 1930 in Paris, France. She began her career as a model for designer Jean Patou. Janine started acting in movies in the mid-1960's. She achieved her
greatest enduring cult popularity with her alluring and captivating
portrayal of kinky and enigmatic nightclub stripper Lorna Green in
Jesús Franco's offbeat and intriguing experimental erotic masterpiece
Les yeux verts du diable (1968). Reynaud went on to play sexy sleuth Diana in the
delightfully silly spy spoofs Rote Lippen, Sadisterotica (1969) and Küss mich, Monster (1969), which were also directed by Franco. Janine appeared in
thirteen films with her actor/writer/director husband Michel Lemoine;
they were especially effective together as a predatory swinging
libertine couple in the steamy Je suis une nymphomane (1971). Reynaud's other
memorable roles include the sexually repressed Adelaide in
Frustration (1971), the temperamental Lara in the compelling giallo murder
mystery thriller La queue du scorpion (1971), a prostitute in the
oddball spaghetti Western Blindman, le justicier aveugle (1971), and libidinous fashion model
Francis in the racy Les désaxées (1972). Alas, Janine quit acting in
the late 1970's. Reynaud died at age 87 on January 30, 2018 in France.
