Biography
Juliette Mayniel (22 January 1936 – 21 July 2023) was a French actress. She appeared in more than 30 films and television productions between 1958 and 1978. Her feature film debut was in The Cousins (1959), directed by Claude Chabrol.
She played Edna Grüber in Georges Franju's Eyes Without a Face (1960). At the 10th Berlin International Film Festival she won the Silver Bear for Best Actress for her role in The Fair (1960). From 1964 to 1968 she was the partner of the Italian actor Vittorio Gassman, with whom she had a son, Alessandro Gassmann, who also became an actor. She later lived in Mexico.
