Yvonne Furneaux, the star of ‘La Dolce Vita,’ dies at 98

Yvonne Furneaux, known for her roles in 1960s films like La Dolce Vita, Repulsion and Le Amiche, passed away on July 5 at her home in North Hampton, N.H. She was 98.

Famous for playing sexually confident roles and characters that embraced modern, free-spirited lifestyles and complicated relationships, the British press in the 1960s sometimes called her a “tigress” of cinema. Multilingual, Furneaux starred in French, German, Italian, Spanish, and American films.