Corrine Marchand began her career as a vocalist, singing in nightclubs, operettas and revues. In addition, she was a successful photographic model who eventually made her motion picture debut as an oriental dancer in Cadet Rousselle (1954). After several years playing minor parts, she hit the big time as the sad, pensive titular protagonist of Agnès Varda's Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962). In the role of the beautiful, vain and superstitious Parisian pop singer Cléo Victoire who confronts her mortality, Marchand was spot-on casting and gave a performance which is still regarded as iconic in the French New Wave cinema of the sixties. 'Cleo' was further enhanced by Marchand's charming rendition of Michel Legrand's "Sans Toi", "La Joyeuse" and "La Menteuse". The actress never had another role to match this, despite significant leads in several international and French productions like Nunca pasa nada (1963), The Hour of Truth (1965), Les Sultans (1966), the Italo western Man from Nowhere (1966), the dour Charles Bronson thriller Rider on the Rain (1970) and the rollicking gangland crime drama Borsalino (1970). Aside from her work as an actress, Marchand developed a lucrative side project as an apiarist, following her graduation from the Charenton School of Beekeeping

Filmography

• 2017Orchestra Class — La mère de Simon
• 2005Innocence — The director
• 1994The Perfume of Yvonne — Tilleuls Patron
• 1987Bandits — La Sainte Femme
• 1984Louisiana — Anne Mac Gregor
• Capitaine X — Mme Leroy-Boucher
• 1982Nestor Burma, détective de choc — Clara Nox
• 1979Hothead — Mrs. Sivardière
• 1975Hot Acts of Love — Agnès
• Les Grands Détectives — La reine
• 1974The Purloined Letter — The Queen
• Un curé de choc — Martine
• 1972Le Cygne — La reine des neiges
• 1972Liza — Giorgio's wife
• 1972The Artless One — Élisabeth
• 1972Travels with My Aunt — Louise
• the famous escapes — Anne D'autriche
• 1970Borsalino — Mrs. Rinaldi
• 1970Rider on the Rain — Tania
• 1967Le canard en fer blanc — Marie
• 1967Loose in the Trigger — Valérie
• 1967Vacances pour Jessica — Jessica
• 1966Arizona Colt — Jane
• 1966The Sultans — Mireille
• 1965The Hour of Truth — Dahlia
• 1963Nothing Ever Happens — Jacqueline
• 1962Cléo from 5 to 7 — Florence 'Cléo' Victoire
• 1962Liberté I — Anne
• 1962Lust — Girl on the Street (uncredited)
• 1962The Seven Deadly Sins — Girl on the Street (segment "La luxure") (uncredited)
• 1961Lola — Daisy
• 1959Stop the Massacre — Wanda
• 1958Gigi — Young Lady with White Sunshade (uncredited)
• 1954Cadet Rousselle — Une danseuse

Appearances as themselves (6)

• 2008The Beaches of Agnès — Self (archive footage)
• 2005Cléo from 5 to 7: Remembrances and Anecdotes — Self
• La Chance aux chansons — Self
• Spécial cinéma — Self
• Cadet Rousselle — Self
• Samedi soir — Self