She was diagnosed with throat cancer in 2001 and underwent three courses of and surgery after the disease spread to her lungs.
She spoke Dutch, English, German, and Italian fluently, as well as several other languages to a lesser extent.
It took Rethans more than three years to write it.
Kristel gained international attention in 1974 for playing the title character in the film , which remains one of the most successful French films ever produced.
One sunny spring Sunday I will suddenly be reborn on a plasma screen, impertinent and care-free, a young woman of twenty with fevered gaze and obscene hand.
Her authorized biography was written by Dutch journalist Suzanne Rethans and was published in September 2019.