Nicole Maurey died on March 11, 2016 (Played Elena Antonescu)

Flattered and honored to do so, James.

Nicole Maurey, the refined, red-headed French actress who appeared in a number of Hollywood films of the 50s, died March 11, 2016.

Although someone posted her death date on her IMDb site, so far no formal word of her passing has been noted elsewhere. However, it's been confirmed by friends in Britain and France, including the woman who helped nurse her in her final days. Sadly, the only person in attendance at her funeral was a nephew living in New York; she had no other family remaining in France.

Maurey had appeared in a few French films, beginning with her debut in Blondine in 1945 and including such films as Napoléon (1955), when she was "discovered" by Bing Cosby, who cast her in his 1953 film Little Boy Lost, shot in France. Thereafter she went to America and appeared in a number of English-language films, in the US and Britain. Probably her two best-known movies are Secret of the Incas (1954) with Charlton Heston, and The Day of the Triffids (1962) with Howard Keel. Her other US and UK films include The Constant Husband, The Bold and the Brave, The Weapon, Rogue's Yarn, Me and the Colonel, The Scapegoat, The Jayhawkers, The House of the Seven Hawks, High Time, His and Hers, Don't Bother to Knock (1961 UK film, not the 1952 Marilyn Monroe picture) and The Very Edge. She returned to France in the early 60s and appeared in a few more films, the most famous being her final screen role, Chanel Solitaire (1981). Maurey also made many appearances on television in the US and France. She retired in the late 80s.

Besides Crosby, Heston and Keel, Miss Maurey also starred opposite such stars as Mickey Rooney, Robert Taylor, Rex Harrison, Jeff Chandler, Fess Parker, Curt Jûrgens, Robert Young, Wendell Corey and Alec Guinness.

Nicole Maurey's birth date has always been given as December 20, 1925, which would have made her 90 at her death. However, a few years ago she told a British interviewer that her actual birth year was 1926, making her 89. Presumably the truth be be sorted out when proper newspaper obituaries of her surface.

A gracious lady of considerable charm and class. Rest in peace.

I'll add the note I posted in reply to you on the Classic Film Board, James: namely, that you are the British interviewer who elicited the information from Miss Maurey that she was born in 1926, not 1925, in your excellent report of your meeting with her in Paris.