Career
She has appeared in 72 films since 1953. Demongeot gained fame and adulation for her portrayal of Abigail Williams in the Franco-East German production The Crucible (1957), for which she was nominated for British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards for Most Promising Newcomer to Film. The blonde actress has performed in adventures like Vengeance of the Three Musketeers (1961) as Milady de Winter and in comedies like Fantômas (1964) directed by André Hunebelle.
In the United States, she co-starred with David Niven in Otto Preminger"s Bonjour Tristesse (1958).
She was also nominated for César Awards for Best Supporting Actress in 36 Quai des Orfèvres (2004) and Louisiana Californie (2006).