| Etchika Choureau | |
| Birth Date: | 12 November 1929 |
| Birth Place: | Paris, France |
| Death Place: | Rabat, Morocco |
| Othername: | Jeannine Paulette Verret |
| Occupation: | Actress |
| Yearsactive: | 1953–1966 (film) |
| Partner: | Prince Moulay Hassan (1956–1961) |
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Etchika Choureau, born Jeaninne Paulette Verret (12 November 1929 – 25 January 2022), was a French film actress, active from 1953 to 1966. She remained in the spotlight thereafter for her continued friendship with her former lover, King Hassan II of Morocco.
Choureau's first feature film was The Other Side of Paradise, in 1953. Over her short career, she appeared in 17 feature films, and one TV movie, before retiring in 1966.[1]
She was born Jeaninne Paulette Verret, in Paris, France.[1] Her first husband was Max Choureau.[1] The couple had been divorced for some time when she met Prince Moulay Hassan in 1956, who was then heir to the Moroccan throne.[1] [2] The couple entered a relationship until February 1961, when Hassan succeeded his father as king; Hassan's culture, and his royal responsibilities, required him to break up with the foreign, Christian and divorced Choureau and marry a Muslim Moroccan—marrying Lalla Latifa in November 1961.[1] [2] Choureau and Hassan remained close lifelong friends, and their friendship extended to her second husband, Philippe Rheims, whom she married in 1968 in Cassis.[3] [1]
While filming Lafayette Escadrille, Choureau grew very close to her costar Tab Hunter. Their relationship became serious enough that they almost got married. However Tab backed out after he decided that, as a closeted gay man, being married to a woman would be unfair to her and wouldn't be fulfilling to him.[4]
Choureau died on 25 January 2022, at the age of 92.[5]
| Year | Title | Role | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | The Other Side of Paradise | Violaine Roumégoux | |
| 1953 | I Vinti | Simone | |
| 1953 | Children of Love | Anne-Marie et Geneviève | |
| 1954 | Les Intrigantes | Marie | |
| 1954 | Service Entrance | Marie-Lou | |
| 1954 | A Girl from Paris | ||
| 1955 | Fruits of Summer | Juliette Gravières | |
| 1955 | L'impossible Monsieur Pipelet | Jacqueline Martin | |
| 1956 | Tides of Passion | Ludvine | |
| 1956 | The Whole Town Accuses | Catherine Aravitte | |
| 1956 | Les lumières du soir | Catherine Hessler | |
| 1957 | I colpevoli | Sandra | |
| 1958 | Darby's Rangers | Angelina De Lotta / Dittmann | |
| 1958 | Lafayette Escadrille | Renée Beaulieu | |
| 1963 | Prostitution | Olga | |
| 1964 | Angélique, Marquise des Anges | Hortense de Sancé de Monteloup | |
| 1966 | Paris in August | Simone Plantin |
