{{Short description|French actress and author}} [[File:Greta Vaillant 69.JPG|thumbnail|Greta Vaillant]] '''Greta Vaillant''' (born Josette Vaillant In Rennes, Brittany, France;<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ancensored.com/celebrities/Greta-Vayan|title=Greta Vayan Nude Pics & Videos, Sex Tape < ANCENSORED}}</ref> 1 January 1942 – 7 April 2000)<ref>{{cite web|title=RENNES (35) : cimetière de l'Est|url=http://www.landrucimetieres.fr/spip/spip.php?article3688|accessdate=20 March 2016}}</ref> was a French actress and author. She was sometimes credited as '''Greta Vayan''' and Gretta Vaillont.

Vaillant made her film debut in 1968, as main actress of ''[[Balsamus, l'uomo di Satana]]'', the debut film of director [[Pupi Avati]] and actor [[Gianni Cavina]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Luca M. Palmerini, Gaetano Mistretta|title=Spaghetti nightmares|publisher=M&P, 1996}}</ref> She worked again with Avati in ''[[House of Pleasure for Women]]'' and ''Tutti defunti... tranne i morti'', and appeared in a number of Italian genre films, mainly [[commedia sexy all'italiana|commedie sexy all'italiana]]. In 1992 she was the main actress in the [[Barilla]]'s commercial directed by [[Federico Fellini]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Tullio Kezich|title=Federico Fellini: il libro dei film|publisher=Rizzoli, 2009|pages=314–316}}</ref> In 2000 Vaillant wrote her only novel, ''Le géant des sable'';<ref>{{cite book| last=Vaillant| first=Greta| date=2000| url=http://www.editions-jclattes.fr/le-geant-des-sables-9782709620444| work=JC Lattès| title=Le Géant des sables| publisher=Lattès| accessdate=2016-02-25| isbn=9782709620444 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.editions-jclattes.fr/le-geant-des-sables-9782709620444| work=JC Lattès| title=Le Géant des sables, de Greta Vaillant [English version of page]| accessdate=2016-02-25}} <!-- ISBN 9782709620444. Romans historiques Parution : 22/03/2000 623 pages 21.50 --></ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Le livre de la semaine - Le Géant des sables, de Greta Vaillant|newspaper=La Vie, n°2854|date=11 March 2000}}</ref> she died of a heart attack a few weeks after its publication.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ciao, Greta!|newspaper=Paris Match|year=2000}}</ref>

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