Etchika Choureau

Etchika Choureau
Choureau in Darby's Rangers (1958)
Born	(1929-11-19)19 November 1929 Paris, France
Died	25 January 2022(2022-01-25) (aged 92) Rabat, Morocco
Other names	Jeannine Paulette Verret
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1953–1966 (film)
Spouses	Max Choureau (m. 19??; div. 19??) Philippe Rheims (m. 1968)
Partner	Prince Moulay Hassan (1956–1961)

Etchika Choureau, born Jeaninne Paulette Verret (19 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.

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Career

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]

Personal life

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 breakup 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 the friendship extended to her second husband, Philippe Rheims, whom she married in 1968.^[1]

Choureau died on 25 January 2022, at the age of 92.^[3]

Filmography

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	Les Fruits de l'été	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 au mois d'août	Simone Plantin

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Koslowski, Nina; Boudarham, Mohammed (25 January 2022). "Etchika Choureau, le grand amour de Hassan II" [Etchika Choureau, Great Love of Hassan II]. TelQuel (in French). Archived from the original on 24 March 2023. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
^ ^a ^b Hughes, Stephen O. (2001). Morocco Under King Hassan. Reading, Berkshire: Ithaca Press. pp. 101–102, 194. ISBN 0-86372-285-7. Retrieved 28 October 2023 – via Internet Archive text collection.
^ Majdi, Yassine (25 January 2022). "Décès de l'ancienne actrice, et grand amour de Hassan II, Etchika Choureau" [Death of the Former Actress, and Great Love of Hassan II, Etchika Choureau]. TelQuel (in French). Archived from the original on 24 March 2023. Retrieved 25 January 2022.