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Dutch actress Sylvia Kristel, whose iconic Emmanuelle role symbolised the sexual revolution during the s and who spent years fighting drug addiction, has died aged 60 after a battle with cancer. Kristel 60 was catapulted to fame by her first movie, Emmanuelle, in , which described the erotic adventures of a young woman in Asia. A worldwide success, it was shown in a cinema on the Champs-Elysees in Paris for 13 years. The first Emmanuelle film was seen by at least million people at the cinema, Dutch media reported, saying she lured movie-goers with her "natural erotic attraction" and had made "soft-core pornography acceptable". A series of sequels followed, also starring Kristel, with Emmanuelle 2 in , Goodbye Emmanuelle in and Emmanuelle 4 in

She was The cause was cancer, her agency, Features Creative Management said in a statement on its Web site, without saying where she died. AVN, a trade publication for the sex film industry, reported that she died at home in The Hague. Kristel was a willowy, dark-haired model and beauty contest winner in her early 20s with scant acting experience when she was cast by the French director Just Jaeckin as Emmanuelle, the wife of a French diplomat in Bangkok who seeks solace for her boredom in a variety of sexual encounters. With its simulated sex scenes shot largely in soft focus, an exotic locale and a sentimental pop score, the film became an avatar of soft-core pornography.

Sylvia Kristel, the Dutch actress who made her name playing sex-mad housewife Emmanuelle , died on Thursday. Kristel, who was suffering from cancer, was admitted to hospital in July following a stroke. She was just 22 when she shot Emmanuelle - having stumbled into the audition by accident. Kristel had been about to attend a casting call for soap detergent next door when she met director Just Jaeckin.

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