Silvia Solar Explained

Silvia Solar
Birth Name:Geneviève Couzain
Birth Date:20 March 1936
Birth Place:Paris, France
Death Place:Lloret de Mar, Spain
Occupation:Actress
Yearsactive:1957-1994
Spouse:Rogelio Madrid

Silvia Solar (20 March 19369 May 2011) was a French actress[1] and prolific minor star in Spanish cinema. The majority of her appearances were in the 1960s and 1970s.

Early life

Solar was born Geneviève Couzain in Paris.[2]

Career

Couzain won the title of "Miss France" at age 16. Shortly thereafter producer and director Henri Diamant-Berger cast Solar in her first film role.

Her career spanned from the late 1950s through the early 1990s, starring in dozens of comedies, romances, drama, crime and spy thrillers as well as horror films.[3] [4] She played a main role in the Italian horror film Eyeball in 1975.[5] That same year, she appeared alongside Paul Naschy in Night of the Howling Beast.[6] She starred in the film Devil's Kiss, which received mixed reviews.[7]

Personal

Solar was married to actor and former bullfighter Rogelio Madrid.[8] She died May 18, 2011, in Lloret de Mar, Spain.

Selected filmography

References

Notes and References

  1. Book: Sidney Pink. So You Want to Make Movies: My Life as an Independent Film Producer. registration. 1989. Pineapple Press. 978-0-910923-77-4.
  2. Book: Àngel Comas. Joan Bosch: el cine i la vida. 1 January 2006. Cossetània Edicions. 978-84-9791-180-1. 139–.
  3. Book: Antonio Lazaro-Reboll. Spanish Horror Film. 20 November 2012. Edinburgh University Press. 978-0-7486-3640-2. 22–.
  4. Book: Peter Normanton. The Mammoth Book of Slasher Movies. 18 October 2012. Little, Brown Book Group. 978-1-78033-041-9. 422–.
  5. Book: Mikel J. Koven. La Dolce Morte: Vernacular Cinema and the Italian Giallo Film. 2 October 2006. Scarecrow Press. 978-1-4616-6416-1. 52–.
  6. Book: John Stanley. Revenge of the Creature Features Movie Guide: An A to Z Encyclopedia to the Cinema of the Fantastic, Or, Is There a Mad Doctor in the House?. registration. 1988. Creatures at Large Press. 978-0-940064-04-1. 237.
  7. http://www.oh-the-horror.com/page.php?id=1348 "Devil's Kiss (1976)"
  8. Historia de nuestro cine - Los clarines del miedo (Presentación) . 3 May 2016 . 8 August 2019 . . es . Aguilar . Carlos . Elena S. Sánchez.
  9. http://www.popmatters.com/post/crimson-tests-even-those-most-committed-to-eurotrash-film/ "'Crimson' Tests Even Those Most Committed to Eurotrash Film"
  10. http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/32026/crimsonthecolorofterror.html "Crimson"
  11. http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/165049/paul-naschys-severed-head-leaves-crimson-stains-kino-lorber/ "Paul Naschy’s Severed Head Leaves Crimson Stains on Kino Lorber"
  12. Book: Mikel J. Koven. La Dolce Morte: Vernacular Cinema and the Italian Giallo Film. 2 October 2006. Scarecrow Press. 978-1-4616-6416-1. 52–.
  13. http://www.criticaloutcast.com/2013/10/horror-day-devils-kiss.html "Horror-A-Day: Devil's Kiss"
  14. http://odditycinema.com/2009/cannibal-terror-review/ "Cannibal Terror"

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