French actress Christine Boisson dies aged 68 - star of hit French cinema classic Emmanuelle
French actress Christine Boisson, who made her big break on the silver screen as a teenager in the French cinema classic Emmanuelle, has died at the age of 68.
The film star passed away in Paris, according to Deadline. Her cause of death has not been released publicly.
Boisson was known to film fans as Marie-Ange in the 1974 film Emmanuelle. The role shot her to fame in her home country at only 17 years old.
The talented actress trained at the Conservatoire in France following her famous film role. She went on to pick up more than 50 credits during her 40-year career.
Other appearances included in Identification of a Woman in 1984, Radio Rave in 1898 and State Affairs in 2009. Boisson was also an accomplished stage actress, appearance in productions of works by the likes of William Shakespeare and Tennessee Williams.
The actress made the headlines for her personal life in 2010 after it was reported that firefighters had prevented her from committing suicide from her fifth-floor apartment. Boisson later said in an interview that she had threatened the act during an argument with her partner at the time and had not intended to go through with it.