Hélène Chanel

Biography

Hélène Chanel, born Hélène Stoliaroff on June 12, 1941 in Deauville, France, began her acting career as a model before making her film debut in 1959 opposite Ugo Tognazzi in "Les dragueurs". She went on to appear in notable European co-productions of Sword and sandal, Eurospy, and Spaghetti Westerns throughout the 1960s. Chanel's name was used under various aliases during this period due to an Italian publicity mix-up.