Catherine Marie Simone Tricot (5 February 1949 – 19 September 2018),[1][2] known professionally as Catherine Castel, or Cathy Tricot, was a French actress and makeup artist.
She was best known for appearing in films directed by Jean Rollin, alongside her twin sister Marie-Pierre Castel.
Catherine has appeared in several Rollin films with Marie-Pierre including his vampire classics The Nude Vampire and Lips of Blood and his erotic films Bacchanales Sexuelles and Hard Penetrations.
[citation needed] Rollin originally wanted Castel to appear in his earlier films The Shiver of the Vampires and Requiem for a Vampire, but she became pregnant and the roles were offered to Marie-Pierre.
She was a make-up artist for La comtesse Ixe and Phantasmes.