Cathy Rosier
Cathy Rosier (2 January 1945 – 17 May 2004) was a French model and actress.
Cathy Rosier

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- Full name
- Catherine Isabelle Léro.
- Born
- 1945. · Fort-de-France.
- Died
- 2004. · Marrakech.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- actress, model and musician.
- Languages
- French.
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Cathy Rosier (2 January 1945 – 17 May 2004) was a French model and actress.
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Rosier was born on 2 January 1945 in Martinique, French West Indies. She was the daughter of the Martiniquais writer and painter Yva (née de Montaigne) and her husband, politician and mathematics instructor Thélus Léro. She is perhaps best known for her role as the pianist Valerie in Jean-Pierre Melville's Le Samouraï (1967). She also released her own musical album, entitled Cathy Banana. Rosier died on 17 May 2004 in Marrakesh, Morocco, from a ruptured aorta.
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She also worked under the name Cathy Rosier. Her recorded language was French. She was the child of Thélus Léro and Yva Léro. She married Jean-Paul Cara. Other recorded relations include Olivier Raoux.
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1945
Cathy Rosier born at Fort-de-France.
2004
Cathy Rosier died at Marrakech.
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- 1.Article fr auteur1=André Marc Belvon Le rêve perdu de Cathy Rosier France-Antilles France Antilles Martinique numéro= 19/01/2024 8-9 e-issn= lire en https://www.martinique.franceantilles.fr/actualite/societe/memoire-sensible/le-reve-perdu-de-cathy-rosier-971064.php consulté le=19 janvier 2024 id= .
- 2.L'Écho républicain de la Beauce et du Perche, .
- 3.Cathy Rosier : le destin tragique de la partenaire d'Alain Del. - Télé Star. www.telestar.fr. 2018-08-21.
- 4.Paris Match , 17 juillet 1976 : « Cathy "La Chérie noire" doit maintenant lutter seule ».
- 5.Cathy Rosier. cinememorial.com.
- 6.Rosier Cathy (1945-2004). www.appl-lachaise.net.
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Cathy Rosier is recorded at birth as Catherine Isabelle Léro. Recorded as actress, model and musician.
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