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Mireille Darc

Mireille Darc

Acting

Born: May 15, 1938Toulon, Var, France

Mireille Darc (15 May 1938 – 28 August 2017) was a French actress, director, photographer, singer and model. She appeared as a lead character in Jean-Luc Godard's 1967 film Weekend. Darc was a Knight of the Legion of Honour and Commander of the National Order of Merit. Alain Delon was her longtime co-star and companion. Born Mireille Christiane Gabrielle Aimée Aigroz in Toulon, she attended the Conservatory of Dramatic Arts in Toulon and moved to Paris in 1959. Darc's debuted in Claude Barma's television drama Du côté de l'enfer (aka, La Grande Brétèche, 1960). Her first leading role came in another production for French television, Jean Prat's Hauteclaire (1961). She starred in Jean-Luc Godard's film Weekend (Week-end, 1967) as Corinne, her highest profile role for international critics; as Christine in The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (Le Grand Blond avec une chaussure noire, 1972) and The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (Le retour du grand blond, 1974) and alongside Alain Delon and Louis de Funès in several films: Pouic-Pouic (1963), High Lifers (How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning (1965), Jeff (1969), Borsalino (uncredited, 1970), The Love Mates (Madly, 1970), Icy Breasts (Les Seins de glace, 1974), Death of a Corrupt Man (Mort d'un pourri, 1977), Man in a Hurry (L'Homme pressé, 1977), and the television series Frank Riva (2003). Darc had a heart condition from childhood, which required open-heart surgery in 1980. She was seriously injured in a car accident on July 7, 1983, in a tunnel in the Aosta Valley, Italy, suffering a fractured spine and other injuries that required three months of immobilization in a hospital in Geneva, Switzerland. Although they had recently separated about two weeks prior to the accident after a fifteen-year relationship, Delon rushed to Aosta when he heard about the accident, and left separately for Geneva by automobile during the night. She quit her film career, but she returned to television in the 1990s. In 2006, French President Jacques Chirac awarded Darc the Legion of Honour. In 2013, Darc underwent further open heart surgery, and during 2016 she suffered several hemorrhages. She died on 28 August 2017 in Paris in a coma at the age of 79. Source: Article "Mireille Darc" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

Known For
Filmography
Le Terminus des prétentieux

Le Terminus des prétentieux

Self (archive footage)

2020
Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau

Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau

Self (archive footage)

2019
Alain Delon, la beauté du diable et les femmes...

Alain Delon, la beauté du diable et les femmes...

Self (archive footage)

2019
Mireille Darc, la femme libre

Mireille Darc, la femme libre

Self (archive footage)

2018
À la recherche de... Pierre Richard

À la recherche de... Pierre Richard

Self - Actress (archive footage)

2017
Michel Audiard : J'parle pas aux cons, ça les instruit

Michel Audiard : J'parle pas aux cons, ça les instruit

Self

2015
Gaumont, en effeuillant la marguerite

Gaumont, en effeuillant la marguerite

Self

2015
Mireille Darc, blessures intimes

Mireille Darc, blessures intimes

Self

2013
Louis de Funès, l'homme qui a passé le mur du son

Louis de Funès, l'homme qui a passé le mur du son

Self

2013

Lino, il n'était que lui-même

Self

2012
The Great Restaurant II

The Great Restaurant II

The Client Who Doesn't Want to Age

2011
Pierre Richard, l'art du déséquilibre

Pierre Richard, l'art du déséquilibre

Self

2005
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes

Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes

Self

2002
La justice de Marion : Les filles de Vincennes

La justice de Marion : Les filles de Vincennes

Marion

1998
L'ami de mon fils

L'ami de mon fils

Louise

1997
Ni vue ni connue

Ni vue ni connue

Nicole Garrel

1997
Sapho

Sapho

Fanny

1997
New Year's Eve At Bob's

New Year's Eve At Bob's

Madeleine

1984
Love Lies

Love Lies

Catherine

1983
Jamais avant le mariage

Jamais avant le mariage

Elisabeth

1982
For a Cop's Hide

For a Cop's Hide

La Grande sauterelle (uncredited)

1981
Reporters

Reporters

Self

1981
The Small Timers

The Small Timers

Annie Garmiche

1978
Death of a Corrupt Man

Death of a Corrupt Man

Françoise

1977
The Hurried Man

The Hurried Man

Edwige de Bois-Rosé

1977
The Passengers

The Passengers

Nicole

1977
The Probability Factor

The Probability Factor

Charlotte

1976
The Pink Telephone

The Pink Telephone

Christine, la call-girl de Mme Claude

1975
Tell Me You Love Me

Tell Me You Love Me

Victoire Danois

1974
The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe

The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe

Christine

1974
Borsalino and Co.

Borsalino and Co.

Prostitute in the Street (uncredited)

1974
Icy Breasts

Icy Breasts

Peggy Lister

1974
OK Patron

OK Patron

Mélissa

1974
Man in the Trunk

Man in the Trunk

Françoise

1973
Where There's Smoke

Where There's Smoke

Olga Leroy

1973
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe

The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe

Christine

1972
Vagabond Humor

Vagabond Humor

1972
There Once Was a Cop

There Once Was a Cop

Christine alias Françoise

1972
Troubleshooters

Troubleshooters

Carla

1971
Fantasia Among the Squares

Fantasia Among the Squares

Caroline Harrington "Tchoo-Tchoo"

1971
The Love Mates

The Love Mates

Agatha

1970
Borsalino

Borsalino

Prostitute (uncredited)

1970
She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks

She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks

Francine

1970
Monte Carlo or Bust!

Monte Carlo or Bust!

Marie-Claude

1969
Jeff

Jeff

Eva

1969
Summit

Summit

Annie

1968
Weekend

Weekend

Corinne Durand

1967
Sorrel Flower

Sorrel Flower

Catherine Aigros, compagne de Pierre

1967
The Blonde from Peking

The Blonde from Peking

Christine Olsen

1967
Casino Royale

Casino Royale

Jag (uncredited)

1967
The Big Grasshopper

The Big Grasshopper

Salène

1967
À belles dents

À belles dents

Eva Ritter

1966
Let's Not Get Angry

Let's Not Get Angry

Églantine Michalon

1966
Balearic Caper

Balearic Caper

Polly

1966
The Upper Hand

The Upper Hand

Lili Princesse

1966
Galia

Galia

Galia

1966
How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning

How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning

Marie Truchet, dite Héloïse (sketchs "La Fermeture" et "Les Bons Vivants")

1965
The Great Spy Chase

The Great Spy Chase

Amaranthe

1964
Male Hunt

Male Hunt

Georgina

1964
Hard Boiled Ones

Hard Boiled Ones

Josette

1964
Dandelions by the Roots

Dandelions by the Roots

Rockie « la Braise », femme entretenue

1964
Monsieur

Monsieur

Suzanne, Former Maid of Monsieur

1964
4XD

4XD

Self

1964
L'Été en hiver

L'Été en hiver

Diane, the Actress Wife

1964
Squeak-squeak

Squeak-squeak

Patricia Monestier

1963
People in Luck

People in Luck

Jacqueline (segment "Le Vison")

1963
Virginie

Virginie

Brigitte

1962
The Devil and the Ten Commandments

The Devil and the Ten Commandments

Une amie de Mauricette

1962
The New Aristrocrats

The New Aristrocrats

Milou Rivoire

1961
To Die of Love

To Die of Love

Mariette, Maid

1961
Hauteclaire

Hauteclaire

Hauteclaire Stassin

1961
Please, Not Now!

Please, Not Now!

Marie-Jeanne

1961
¿Pena de muerte?

¿Pena de muerte?

Lina

1961
Trapped by Fear

Trapped by Fear

Maïa

1960
La grande bretèche

La grande bretèche

Jane

1960