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Greta Vaillant géant des sable"; she died of a heart attack a few weeks after its publication. Greta Vaillant Greta Vaillant (1942–2000) was a French actress and author. She was sometimes credited as Greta Vayan and Gretta Vaillont. Vaillant made her film debut in 1968, as main actress of "Balsamus, l'uomo di Satana", the debut film of director Pupi Avati and actor Gianni Cavina. She worked again with Avati in "House of Pleasure for Women" and "Tutti defunti... tranne i morti", and appeared in a number of Italian genre films, mainly commedie sexy all'italiana. In 1992 she was the main actress in