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Nathalie Perrey

French actress (1929–2012)

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Source revisionJun 29, 2026
Entity authorityQ3336407 ↗
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Nathalie Perrey (born Marie–Therese Amelie Perrey; 28 February 1929 – 25 March 2012) was a French actress, best known for her many years working with director Jean Rollin. Her long career also included regular work as a film editor and script supervisor.

Career

Perrey worked for nearly four decades in the French film industry., most notably as an actress. She appeared in many small or supporting roles, and is best known for her work with director Jean Rollin in various productions over a thirty-year period. Perrey made her film debut in 1969 in Rollin's La vampire nue, his second feature film. She went on to play minor roles in a number of his other films, including La rose de fer, Lèvres de sang, ''La nuit des traquées, Les paumées du petit matin, Perdues dans New York, Les deux orphelines vampires, La fiancée de Dracula and La nuit des horloges.

Perrey also worked with Rollin in various other capacities. In 1970, she was a production assistant for Rollin's third feature, Le frisson des vampires. She subsequently served as a screenplay writer for Tout le monde il en a deux, an assistant director for Fascination and Les paumées du petit matin, for which she also worked as script supervisor, and as editor on Les deux orphelines vampires and La fiancée de Dracula for which she also served as costume designer and script supervisor. Perrey also worked as script supervisor on Requiem for a Vampire and La Rose de Fer .

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The public source identifies “Nathalie Perrey” as french actress (1929–2012). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Nathalie, Perrey and French.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1929, 2012, 1969, 1970—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1929-02-28. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Nathalie, Perrey and French providing the first useful test.
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The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 29, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3336407. VIAF identifies the subject as 313211968. The Library of Congress control number is no2015151395. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1929, 2012, 1969 and 1970.

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This entry incorporates text from “Nathalie Perrey” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.