Sylvia Kristel, who played the title character in the groundbreaking erotic film "Emmanuelle," has died at the age of 60, the AFP reports. Kristel, who had been suffering from cancer and was ...

The iconic softcore erotic film Emmanuelle, whose heroine Sylvia Kristel died overnight aged 60, became a phenomenon with 350 million people having seen one of the most successful French films ever.

The poster for Emmanuelle showed an elegant, short-haired woman sitting topless on an elaborate wicker throne, coolly regarding the viewer while holding one of the strands of a pearl necklace against ...