Greta Vaillant

Who was Greta Vaillant?

Greta Vaillant was a French actress and author. She was sometimes credited as Greta Vayan and Gretta Vaillont.

Vaillant made her film debut in 1968, as main actress of Balsamus, l'uomo di Satana, that also represents the debut film of director Pupi Avati and actor Gianni Cavina. She worked again with Avati in Bordella and Tutti defunti... tranne i morti, and appeared in a number of Italian genre films, mainly commedie sexy all'italiana. In 1992 she was the main actress in the Barilla's commercial directed by Federico Fellini. In 2000 Vaillant wrote her only novel, Le géant des sable; she died of a heart attack a few weeks after its publication.