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Roxane Berard

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Roxane Berard
Berard in 1960
Born(1933-01-21)January 21, 1933
Belgium
DiedDecember 31, 2019(2019-12-31) (aged 86)
Years active1958–1970

Roxane Berard (January 21, 1933 — December 31, 2019) was an American actress who was the leading lady in various episodes of thirty-four different American television series between 1958 and 1967.

One notable appearance was in 1964 when she played Ninette Rovel who murdered her husband Armand in the Perry Mason episode "The Case of the Fifty Millionth Frenchman".

Berard had a gamine quality similar to that of Audrey Hepburn, with whom she was inevitably and continuously compared, as they purportedly resembled each other, and Berard frequently worked with a French accent.

Early years

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Roxane Berard was born in Belgium on January 21, 1933. Along with her parents and younger brother, she fled from the Nazis to France, Spain, and Portugal, before finally settling in the United States when she was 12.[1]

Career

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Television series in which she appeared included Rawhide, Colt .45, Maverick (in which she made two appearances with James Garner and one apiece with Roger Moore and Jack Kelly), 77 Sunset Strip with Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Zorro, The Deputy, Have Gun – Will Travel (3 episodes), Bronco, Bourbon Street Beat, Surfside Six, Tales of Wells Fargo, The Tab Hunter Show, Straightaway, Perry Mason, Father Knows Best, and Get Smart. Berard was also a San Diego, California-based mural painter.

Personal life and death

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Berard was married three times:

  • William Dennis DeBerardinis (aka Willie Dennis; 1953 – March 15, 1960; divorced)
  • Jack Travis Heller (April 23, 1960 – May 1, 1980; divorced), 3 children
  • Samuel F Bradley (September 4, 1985 – 19??; divorced)

Roxane Berard died on December 31, 2019, at the age of 86.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Herman, Agnes (31 May 2007). "Boutique manager still finds time to draw at 74". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  2. ^ "R.I.P. Belgian Queen 🖤 22 days shy of your 87th birthday.. and I was going to wish you a Happy New Year tomorrow with another visit. But tonight I will look through your beautiful memory albums you left to me and cheers to you closing out a decade the way you would've wanted. I cherish our memories together and I will carry on your legacy! I love you Roxane Berard 😥🙌🏻🤩1/21/33-12/31/19🖤". daisygrl22 on Instagram. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
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