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Sylvia Kristel
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Dutch actress, model, recording artist (1952-2012)
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Sylvia Maria Kristel was a Dutch actress born in Utrecht on September 28, 1952. She began her work period in 1973 and continued until 2010. Her notable work includes the role of Emmanuelle in the film Emmanuelle, which falls within the erotica genre. She was a citizen of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and spoke Dutch as her native language.
Kristel died in The Hague on October 17, 2012, from natural causes due to esophageal and lung cancer. She was buried in Utrecht. She had one child and was unmarried partners with Ian McShane, Hugo Claus, and Michel Polnareff.
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Film & TV
Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
Sylvia Maria Kristel was a Dutch model, singer and actress, who appeared in over 50 films. She was the eponymous character in five of the seven Emmanuelle films, including originating the role in 1974.
Known for
- Emmanuelle in Ontario — Emmanuelle (archival footage)2025
- D'Emmanuelle à Emmanuelle — Self - actress (archive footage)2024
- Emmanuelle: Queen of French Erotic Cinema — Self2021
- Fifty Shades of Erotica — (archive footage)2015
- Celebrity Nude Revue: Easy 80's Volume 1 — Self (archive footage)2011
- Two Sunny Days — Angela2010
- The Swing Girls — Eva de Leeuw2010
- Parradox — herself2010
- Celebrity Nude Revue: The Saucy 70's Volume 1 — Self2010
- Lucia en de liefde2009
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Country
- Netherlands
- Active from
- 1952
- Active to
- 2012
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 241
- Total plays
- 737
Tags
Sylvia Maria Kristel (28 September 1952 – 17 October 2012) was a Dutch actress who performed in over 50 movies, and was best known for playing the lead character in four of the seven Emmanuelle films. She sang "Hey, A Letter Came Today" on the soundtrack for the movie "Naakt over de Schutting". <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Sylvia+Kristel">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Maria
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Place of birth
- Utrecht
- Place of death
- The Hague
- Occupation
- animator
- Languages spoken
- Dutch
- Native language
- Dutch
- Notable work
- Emmanuelle
- Genre
- erotica
- Image
- Sylvia Kristel in galerie Zandvoort, 1998 (cropped).jpg
- Number of children
- 1
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- Commons category
- Sylvia Kristel
- date of birth
- 1952-09-28
- date of death
- 2012-10-18
- cause of death
- lung cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- unmarried partner
- Michel Polnareff
- start of work period
- 1973-00-00
- name in native language
- Sylvia Kristel
- end of work period
- 2010-00-00
- birth name
- Sylvia Maria Kristel
- place of burial
- Utrecht
- notable role
- Emmanuelle
- has works in the collection
- Eye Filmmuseum
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Encyclopedic overview
Sylvia Maria Kristel (28 September 1952 – 17 October 2012) was a Dutch actress and model who appeared in over 50 films. She was the eponymous character in five of the seven Emmanuelle films, including originating the role with Emmanuelle (1974).
Early life
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