Cathy Ménard, born Danièle Marie Yvonne Guego on June 17, 1954, in Saint-Brieuc, France, was a French pornographic actress who specialized in portraying virtuous, frigid bourgeois women with elegance and a perverse contrast in her on-screen abandon. She began her career in 1980, appearing in films like Au Caprice des Dames (directed by Michel Barny) and Ragazzine in calore (Michel Baudricourt), and worked primarily until 1985 with producers such as Alpha France, Vidéo Marc Dorcel, and international ones from Italy and Germany. Notable films include Bourgeoise… et Pute (1981, Gérard Kikoïne, her first major role), Les Culottes de Charlotte (1982, J.
Helbie), and her most iconic, L’initiation d’une femme mariée (1983, Claude Bernard-Aubert). Directed by key French X filmmakers like Kikoïne (four times), Helbie (four times), and Bernard-Aubert, she was described in Richard Lemieuvre's autobiography as a classy, innocent-looking brunette who was sexually voracious off-screen, easygoing, and unaffected by fame. Her style emphasized social elegance clashing with sexual excess.
She passed away on May 1, 2022, in Levallois-Perret at age 67. Little is known of her personal life beyond her dentist friend's introduction to the industry and her amicable demeanor.