Rita Renoir

Rita Renoir (19 January 1934 – 4 May 2016) was a French strip-teaser and actress. Biography Renoir was the Vedette of the Crazy Horse Saloon, in Paris, between the 1950s and 1960s, becoming one of the most famous European strip-teasers. In 1964 Renoir was chosen by Michelangelo Antonioni to play the role of Emilia in The Red Desert, and the following year she made her theatrical debut in René de Obaldia's Du vent dans les branches de sassafras, alongside Michel Simon. In 1967 Renoir was the lead actress in Jean-Jacques Lebel's representation of the Pablo Picasso's drama Le Désir Attrapé par la Queue (Desire Caught by the Tail). Filmography 1953 : Les Compagnes de la nuit 1958 : Le Sicilien 1962 : Commandant X (TV) 1963 : Mondo di notte n. 3 1963 : Dragées au poivre 1964 : Ni figue ni raisin (TV) 1964 : The Red Desert 1966 : Chappaqua 1967 : Fantômas contre Scotland Yard 1970 : Cannabis 1975 : Le Futur aux trousses 1981 : Sois belle et tais-toi 1982 : The Angel 1984 : Lire c'est vivre : Élie Faure, Vélasquez et les Ménines (TV)