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Espanita Cortez(1921-2014)

Actress

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A Parisian student, Gérard Morere, sets off to recover a lost treasure contained in a sunken Phoenician ship near an island off the coast of Corsica. With funds supplied by his fellow students, Gérard convinces a smuggler named Eric (played by Jess Franco favourite Howard Vernon) to be his transportation. Whilst diving for the treasure off the picturesque Lavezzi islands, Gérard gets to know Manina (Brigitte Bardot), the attractive daughter of the local lighthouse keeper...

Notable for being one of Bardot's first on-screen performances, five years before her appearance in And God Created Woman launched her to super-stardom, Manina, The Lighthouse-Keeper's Daughter is presented here for the first time ever on Blu-ray.

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Manina, la fille sans voiles (1952)

Espanita Cortez was born on 7 August 1921 in Ville d'Avray, Hauts-de-Seine, France. She was an actress, known for Les 3 mousquetaires : 1ère époque - Les Ferrets de la reine (1961), Monsieur Fabre (1951) and Monsieur Taxi (1952). She died on 14 March 2014 in Vernon, Eure, France.

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Known for

Les 3 mousquetaires : 1ère époque - Les Ferrets de la reine (1961)

Les 3 mousquetaires : 1ère époque - Les Ferrets de la reine

6.6

Dona Estefania(as Espanita Cortes)

1961

Monsieur Fabre (1951)

6.8

L'impératrice Eugénie

1951

Monsieur Taxi (1952)

6.3

L'aventurière italienne

1952

Blaubart (1951)

6.5

Mercedes, die Spanierin

1951

Credits

Actress

Les 3 mousquetaires : 2ème époque - La Vengeance de Milady
6.5
- Donna Estefania (as Espanita Cortes)
- 1961
Les 3 mousquetaires : 1ère époque - Les Ferrets de la reine
6.6
- Dona Estefania (as Espanita Cortes)
- 1961
Le théâtre de la jeunesse
8.2
TV Series
- Juana
- 1961
La femme et le pantin
5.5
- Maria Teresa
- 1958
Chassez le naturel
Short
- 1953
Orient Express
6.8
TV Series
- 1953
Manina, la fille sans voiles
5.4
- La Franchucha
- 1952
Monsieur Taxi
6.3
- L'aventurière italienne
- 1952
Blaubart
6.5
- Mercedes, die Spanierin
- 1951
Monsieur Fabre
6.8
- L'impératrice Eugénie
- 1951
Barbe-Bleue
5.9
- Carmen Esmeralda Dulcinée de la Yotta
- 1951
Clara de Montargis
- 1951
Méfiez-vous des blondes
4.9
- La danseuse espagnole
- 1950
Le chanteur inconnu
6.0
- 1947

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MANINA (The Lighthouse-Keeper's Daughter) New & Exclusive Trailer

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Personal details

Alternative name
- Espanita Cortes
Born
- August 7, 1921
- Ville d'Avray, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Died
- March 14, 2014
- Vernon, Eure, France

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