Cathy Rosier

Cathy Rosier (January 2, 1945 in Fort-de-France – May 17, 2004) was a model and actress, who was born in Martinique, French West Indies, and died in Marrakech, Morocco, from a ruptured aorta.

Rosier was the daughter of the Martiniquais writer and painter Yva (née de Montaigne) and her husband, politician and mathematics instructor Thélus Léro.[1][2] 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.

References

Vété-Congolo, Hanétha (2016). "Léro, Yva (1912–2007)". In Knight, Franklin W.; Gates, Jr, Henry Louis (eds.). Dictionary of Caribbean and Afro–Latin American Biography. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-199-93580-2. – via Oxford University Press's Reference Online (subscription required)
Thurenne, François (September 25, 2007). "Décès d'Yva Léro, la lutte féministe en deuil" [Death of Yva Léro, feminists in mourning] (in French). Fort de France, Martinique: DOMactu. Archived from the original on October 19, 2017. Retrieved November 5, 2017.

External links

Cathy Rosier on IMDb

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[1] Vété-Congolo, Hanétha (2016). "Léro, Yva (1912–2007)". In Knight, Franklin W.; Gates, Jr, Henry Louis (eds.). Dictionary of Caribbean and Afro–Latin American Biography. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-199-93580-2. – via Oxford University Press's Reference Online (subscription required)

[2] Thurenne, François (September 25, 2007). "Décès d'Yva Léro, la lutte féministe en deuil" [Death of Yva Léro, feminists in mourning] (in French). Fort de France, Martinique: DOMactu. Archived from the original on October 19, 2017. Retrieved November 5, 2017.