70s icon of independent cinema Tina Aumont.
Her sultry eyes and elegance illuminated European art house films such as Tinto Brass’ Salon Kitty.
"She was the muse who slipped through the fingers of fame -a hypnotic blend of Old Hollywood bloodline and Gallic mystique, immortalized in celluloid" Born in Los Angeles in 1946 to French actor Jean-Pierre Aumont and iconic actress Maria Montez, Tina inherited cinematic royalty in her veins. Yet her story unfolded far from Tinseltown.
After moving to Europe in the 1960s, she became a symbol of the continent's avant-garde cinema.
With her kohl-lined eyes and insouciant grace, Aumont captivated directors like Tinto Brass and Bernardo Bertolucci, appearing in films such as Salomé (1972) and Tropic of Cancer (1970), which blurred the lines between sensuality and subversion during an era of cultural upheaval when postwar glamour gave way to countercultural freedom.