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“Yes, it’s unfortunately true, my mother passed away,” her son, Nicholas Natteau, confirmed to Fox News Digital on Tuesday.
Furneaux died July 5 at her home in New Hampshire of complications from a stroke, Natteau confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter.
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Yvonne Furneaux died at her home in New Hampshire from complications related to a stroke. (Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images)
“Yes, it’s unfortunately true, my mother died.”
Furneaux was born Elisabeth Yvonne Scatcherd to British parents on May 11, 1926, in France. She and her family moved to England, where she attended Oxford's St. Hilda's College and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Furneaux graduated in 1951.
Furneaux then devoted herself to acting, using her mother's maiden name as her stage name. She appeared in her first films, “Meet Me Tonight” and “Affair in Monte Carlo” in 1952. In 1953, she appeared in “The Begger's Opera” opposite Laurence Olivier. That same year, she played Errol Flynn's mistress in “The Master of Ballantrae”. Furneaux and Flynn also appeared together in “Crossed Swords” in 1954 and “The Warriors” in 1955.
Yvonne Furneaux appeared in “La Dolce Vita”, which is still celebrated as one of Federico Fellini's greatest cinematic masterpieces. (Grand Écran Collection/Archive Photos/Getty Images)
Throughout his decades-long career, Furneaux has starred in Italian, French, German and Spanish films, The Hollywood Reporter noted.
She rose to prominence in 1955's “Le Amiche,” considered Michelangelo Antonioni's most notable film. In 1959, Furneaux played the female lead in the horror film “The Mummy,” starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee.
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Yvonne Furneaux in a publicity pose for “The Warriors” from 1955. (Screenshot Archive/Getty Images)
In 1960, Furneaux appeared in La Dolce Vita, still considered one of Fellini's greatest cinematic masterpieces. Then, in 1965, she embarked on a psychological thriller with Polanski's Repulsion, where she played Catherine Deneuve's troubled older sister.
Furneaux's other films include “Lisbon” (1956), “The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse” (1964) and “The Champagne Murders” (1967). She also made an appearance in an episode of the British television series “Danger Man” (1965), starring Patrick McGoohan.
Yvonne Furneaux has appeared in Italian, French, German and Spanish films. (John Drysdale/Keystone Features/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Furneaux's last credited role was in 1984's “Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie” before she retired from acting. According to Italian magazine Il Messaggero, she lived in Switzerland before moving to the United States.
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French-British actress Yvonne Furneaux and her husband, French cinematographer Jacques Natteau (1920-2007), circa 1962. (Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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The movie siren met French cinematographer Jacques Natteau on the set of the film “The Count of Monte Cristo” in 1961. They married in 1962 and remained together until her husband's death in 2007.
Survivors include Furneaux's son and daughter-in-law, Leiva, The Hollywood Reporter reported.