Mélie Lacour

In Rendez-vous avec la mort, the French adaptation of Agatha Christie's Appointment with Death for the TV series Les Petits Meurtres d'Agatha Christie, Mélie Lacour is the maid of Clémence Berg, the Mrs Boynton parallel. Mélie Lacour is portrayed by Stéphanie Petit.

Like others in the entourage, Mélie is bullied by Clémence Berg. At one point, when Mélie fetches Clémence the wrong wine (white instead of red), her employer makes her drink it up. Mélie is killed early in the show and her death is a puzzle for commissaire Laurence since she had just arrived from Guyana with her employer and didn't know anyone in France. Given that she was found dressed in her employer's coat, Laurence concludes that this must have been a case of mistaken identity and that Clémence Berg, whom so many hate, must have been the intended victim.

There is no parallel to this maid in the original novel, whether in name or in role and description. In this adaptation Mélie's death created an avenue for Alice Avril to be inserted into circle of Madame Berg so that she could help Laurence with the investigation since the lady would be on the look out for a replacement maid.