Danielle Darrieux (1917 - 2017)

French actress and singer

* May 1, 1917 Bordeaux, France
 as Danielle Yvonne Marie Antoinette Darrieux
 October 17, 2017 Bois-le-Roi, Eure, France



Danielle Darrieux was a French actress, singer, and dancer. She appeared in more than 110 films and was one of the leading actresses in French cinema during the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. Darrieux was born in 1917 in Bordeaux, France, and began her acting career at the age of 16, when she appeared in a film called "Le Bal." Throughout her career, she worked with some of the most notable directors in French cinema, including Henri-Georges Clouzot and François Truffaut. Darrieux was widely respected and admired for her talent and longevity. She passed away in 2017 at the age of 100.

Vintage magazines

Mon Film, nr. 49, 2-7 1947
Le film complet, nr. 2368, 30-1 1940
Mon Film, nr. 36, 2-4 1947

Mon Film, nr. 49, 2-7 1947

Books with substantial mentioning of Danielle Darrieux

Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.)
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 3. Actors and Actresses
Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000

Friederike Mat (ed.) Unsere Filmlieblinge Friederike Mat (ed.)
Unsere Filmlieblinge, Ein Bilderbuch
Wien, München, Düsseödorf, Bozen, 1956

Books with an entry on Danielle Darrieux

David Thomson The New Biographical Dictionary of Film David Thomson
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
New York, 2003

Kay Weniger Das große Personenlexikon des Films Kay Weniger
Das große Personenlexikon des Films, Zweiter Band, C-F
Berlin, 2001

Films

1934
Mon coeur t'appelle
Mauvaise Graine
Crise est finie, La

1935
J'aime toutes les femmes

1936
Mayerling
Jenny
Tarass Boulba

1937
Abus de confiance

1938
Katia

1940
Battement de coeur

1941
Premier rendez-vous

1942
Caprices

1946
Adieu chérie
Au petit bonheur

1947
Bethsabée

1948
Ruy Blas

1949
Occupe-toi d'Amélie..!

1950
La ronde
Romanzo d'amore

1951
Rich, Young and Pretty
La maison Bonnadieu

1952
Le plaisir
5 Fingers
Adorables créatures
La vérité sur Bébé Donge

1953
Madame de...
Le bon Dieu sans confession

1954
Le rouge et le noir
Escalier de service

1955
Napoléon
L'amant de lady Chatterley

1956
Alexander the Great

1957
Pot Bouille
Typhon sur Nagasaki

1958
La vie à deux
Le désordre et la nuit

1959
Marie-Octobre

1960
L'homme à femmes

1961
The Greengage Summer

1962
Le Diable et les Dix Commandements

1963
Landru

1967
Les demoiselles de Rochefort
Le dimanche de la vie

1969
Le chagrin et la pitié

1974
No encontré rosas para mi madre

1975
Anneliese Rothenberger gibt sich die Ehre

1976
L'année sainte

1979
Cavaleur, Le

1982
Une chambre en ville

1983
En haut des marches

1986
Le lieu du crime

1988
Quelques jours avec moi

1995
L'univers de Jacques Demy

2002
8 femmes

2007
Persepolis

2010
Je n'ai rien oublié

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