Brigitte Borghese (born Tamar ElKayam; 2 January 1951 – 6 February 2012) was a Morocco-born French actress. She is best known for her roles in Jean Rollin's Les Trottoirs de Bangkok and Operation Las Vegas.
Early life Brigitte Borghese was born in 1951 in Morocco. She decided on being an actress from an early age and moved to Paris, France, where she trained at René Simon's Cours Simon drama school.
Career Borghese made her acting debut in Menahem Golan's 1969 film Margo Sheli. She has appeared in adult and traditional films. During the seventies she had roles in several films, her first being, a part in the adult feature Je prends la chose... du bon côté!, La bonzesse, Tout le monde il en a deux, her first time working with French director Jean Rollin, the fantasy horror Tendre Dracula, with Peter Cushing and Alida Valli, ...et mourir de désir, Les petites saintes y touchent, Les bijoux de famille, Le commando des chauds lapins, and L'hippopotamours.
She is perhaps best known for her role as gang leader 'Rita' in Jean Rollin's 1984 film Les Trottoirs de Bangkok, her second time working with the director. Her final appearance in a Rollin film was in the comedy Ne prends pas les poulets pour des pigeons.
It was during the eighties that Borghese's acting career began to cease. In the nineties, she had the leading role in the action film Operation Las Vegas, with Richard Harrison. In 1998, Borghese again played a leading role in the American/French television film Brooklyn Cop. Following her role in Brooklyn Cop, Borghese was to again work with director N.G. Mount in his next film Britta the Torture, but the project remains unfinished.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes 1969 Margo Sheli 1973 Je prends la chose... du bon côté! 1974 La bonzesse Marie-Paule 1974 Tout le monde il en a deux Malvina 1974 Tender Dracula La secrétaire du producteur 1974 ...et mourir de désir Nelly 1974 Les petites saintes y touchent Joan, la leader du MLF 1975 Les bijoux de famille 1975 Le commando des chauds lapins 1976 L'hippopotamours Paméla 1984 Les Brésiliennes du Bois de Boulogne 1984 Les Trottoirs de Bangkok Rita The Sidewalks of Bangkok 1985 Le facteur de Saint-Tropez Hélène de Lespinasse 1985 Ne prends pas les poulets pour des pigeons 1987 La peau de l'ours n'est pas à vendre 1990 Operation Las Vegas Britta 1992 Trepanator Kim Direct-to-video 1995 Le syndrome d'Edgar Poe Morella Direct-to-video 1998 Brooklyn Cop Television film
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Brigitte Borghese biography