Janine Reynaud - Biography

Gorgeously statuesque and voluptuous redhead knockout Janine Reynaud was born in 1930. She began her career as a model for designer Jean Patou. Janine started acting in movies in the mid 60s. She achieved her greatest enduring cult popularity with her alluring and captivating portrayal of kinky and enigmatic nightclub stripper Lorna Green in Jesus Franco's offbeat and intriguing experimental erotic masterpiece "Succubus." Reynaud went on to play sexy sleuth Diana in the delightfully silly spy spoofs "Kiss Me, Monster" and "The Case of the Two Beauties," which were also directed by Franco. Janine appeared in thirteen films with her actor/writer/director husband Michel Lemoine; they were especially effective together as a predatory swinging libertine couple in the steamy "Forbidden Passions." Reynaud's other memorable roles include the sexually repressed Adelaide in "Frustrations," the temperamental Lara in the compelling giallo murder mystery thriller "The Case of the Scorpion's Tale," a prostitute in the oddball spaghetti Western "Blindman," and libidinous fashion model Francis in the racy "Les Desaxees." Alas, Janine Reynaud quit acting in the mid 70s and now lives in America.