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A femme fatale ( / ˌfɛm fəˈtæl / or / ˌfɛm fəˈtɑːl /, French: [fam fatal]; lit. 'fatal woman' ), sometimes called a maneater, [1] Mata Hari, or vamp, is a stock character of a mysterious, beautiful, and seductive woman whose charms ensnare her lovers, often leading them into compromising, deadly traps. She is an archetype of ...
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The prototypical film noir femme fatale is often considered to be Barbara Stanwyck in Double Indemnity (1944). Her character, Phyllis Dietrichson, is a calculating, dark sunglasses and gold anklet-wearing, peroxide blonde who lures an insurance agent (played by Fred MacMurray) into killing her husband and staging the murder as an accident to cash in on a double indemnity policy.
- Phyllis Dietrichson - Double Indemnity. Femme fatales generally fall into two categories as far as looks go. You'll see those with black hair and black outfits (what you would typically expect from the black widow type), or the icy blond who wears white (see: "Body Heat" and "Basic Instinct").
- Ellen Berent Harland - Leave Her to Heaven. In terms of the brunette leading ladies of the '40s, the two most beautiful were probably Ava Gardner and Gene Tierney, and both effectively weaponized their beauty as femme fatales.
- Veda Pierce - Mildred Pierce. The two youngest femme fatales on this list — the teenage Veda and Kathryn in "Cruel Intentions" — are arguably the evilest.
- Kitty Collins - The Killers. Many of the best noirs are adaptations of equally brilliant books, and 1946's "The Killers" is no exception. The movie is based on a story by Ernest Hemingway, and was one of the few adaptations that he didn't despise.
Une femme fatale est un personnage type dans la mythologie, la littérature, la peinture, le théâtre et le cinéma qui utilise son charme pour séduire et piéger un héros malchanceux. Elle est souvent représentée comme une femme très féminine, cultivée, intelligente et séductrice. En plus de la séduction, elle utilise généralement ...
Jan 31, 2023 · The 19th-Century image of the femme fatale was largely shaped by the Pre-Raphaelites in images such as Edward Burne Jones' The Beguiling of Merlin (1872-77) or Dante Gabriel Rossetti's Lady Lilith ...
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