Christiane Martel
Date of birth: 1932-01-18
Place of birth: Piennes, France
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Christiane Aleman, Cristina Martel, Christiane Magnani
Biography
Christiane Martel (born Christiane Magnani on 18 January 1932) is a French actress and beauty queen who became the second woman to win Miss Universe in 1953. Martel was crowned Miss France by outgoing titleholder Claude Godart and represented France at Miss Universe 1953 where she became the second Miss Universe. She was crowned by actress, Julie Adams as Miss Universe 1952, Armi Kuusela of Finland gave up her crown. Martel's runners-up in the 1953 pageant was Myrna Hansen of the USA, followed by delegates of Japan, Mexico, and Australia. Shortly after her reign, Martel embarked on a successful career in international films, appearing in movies such as Yankee Pasha, So This Is Paris, Abajo el Telón, the 1956 version of Corazón salvaje (playing the villain Aimée), Viva el Amor!, Rosa Blanca and her last film to date, 1961's Leoni al Sole.
Movie Credits
Tipi da spiaggia
1959-11-12
Four penniless friends wich Belong to a small commedy theatre go to taormina a famous Italian beach
El cine mexicano de fiesta
1958-09-01
Juana Gallo
1961-05-21
Peasant woman leads a regiment during the final days of the Mexican Revolution. Also, romantic entan
Drop the Curtain
1955-08-31
Cantinflas, who owns a cleaning business, cleans the windows of the house of a famous French actress
Adam and Eve
1956-11-15
Version of the story of Adam and Eve.
El Padre Pistolas
1961-05-10
Feature on the adventures that develop the most perfect of false priest.
The Little Savage
1959-03-01
The most fearsome pirate in epic deeds and fierce battles. Betrayed and abandoned on an island, disc
Póker de reinas
1960-05-19
A musical comedy about a group of pretty girls who meet in Mexico and decide to break into showbiz a
Infierno de almas
1960-01-01
Mauricio flees from the police and takes refuge in the apartment of Ivonne, who gives him blood to s
Estampida
1959-09-09
Leoni al sole
1961-12-22
The endless summer of a group of thirty-something neapolitans at Positano.
¡Viva el amor!
1958-02-22
Man wants to dump wife for a new girlfriend; all three end up weekending in Acapulco together along
Señoritas
1959-01-15
Four young women facing "crises," mostly centered around the crucially-important issue of preserving
Yo pecador
1959-09-20
Biopic of a 1930s operatic tenor who ended up becoming a Franciscan monk and joining the priesthood.
Hundred girls
1957-02-02
Don Manuel is a successful bathing suit designer that decides to retire tired of his business. While
Wild Heart
1956-06-07
On the Caribbean island of Martinique, two half-brothers are involved in the entanglements of a friv
Bataclán mexicano
1956-08-30
International showgirl engineers a green-card marriage for herself to avoid being deported.
Rosa blanca
1961-07-19
An international oil company comes into conflict with a Mexican ranch owner who refuses to sell his
Una lección de amor
1956-10-25
An older gentleman takes responsibility for molding a young showgirl's career; there seems to be a r
So This Is Paris
1954-12-15
Three sailors on leave head for Paris with one thing on their minds.
Impaciencia del corazón
1960-08-07
Young army officer gets involved with two sisters; one of them's a chronic invalid and her family ha
Yankee Pasha
1954-04-17
Tale of an adventurer trying to rescue a damsel kidnapped by pirates.