Packet 9: Tossup 9

This actress’s suicide attempt mirrored that of her character at the climax of the 1960 courtroom drama The Truth. A musician’s affair with this non-English actress inspired a song the Vatican denounced for ending with orgasmic moans. Robbie Robertson suggested (-5[1])to Martin Scorsese that Georges Delerue’s (“del-ROO’s”) theme for a film starring this actress be used for Casino’s final shot and end credits. A screenwriter adapting The Odyssey for Fritz (*) Lang is the addressee of this actress’s lines (10[1])“you like them, my legs?” (10[2])and (10[1])“what (10[1])do you (10[1])prefer, (10[2])my breasts (10[1])or my nipples?” in that film of a novel by Alberto Moravia. (-5[1])This actress, who earned the moniker “sex kitten” for starring in Roger (10[1])Vadim’s …And God Created (10[1])Woman, (10[1])dueted on the song “Bonnie and Clyde” with Serge Gainsbourg. (0[1])For 10 points, what blonde star of Jean-Luc Godard’s Contempt (10[2])was known by the initials B.B.? (10[1])■END■

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