Mireille Darc
Acting
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
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movieLe Terminus des prétentieux
2020
Self (archive footage)
movieAlain Delon, l'ombre au tableau
2019
Self (archive footage)
movieAlain Delon, la beauté du diable et les femmes...
2019
Self (archive footage)
movieMireille Darc, la femme libre
2018
Self (archive footage)
movieÀ la recherche de... Pierre Richard
2017
Self - Actress (archive footage)
movieThe Great Restaurant II
2011
The Client Who Doesn't Want to Age
tvC à vous
2009
Self
tvInfrarouge
2006
Self - Presenter
tvFrank Riva
2003
Catherine Sinclair
tvLe Bleu de l’Océan
2003
Patricia
movieNi vue ni connue
1997
Nicole Garrel
movieSapho
1997
Fanny
tvTerre indigo
1996
Clélia Debarbera
tvLes Yeux d'Hélène
1994
Hélène Charrière
tvLes Cœurs brûlés
1992
Hélène Charrière
tvStars 90
1990
Self
movieNew Year's Eve At Bob's
1984
Madeleine
movieLove Lies
1983
Catherine
movieJamais avant le mariage
1982
Elisabeth
movieFor a Cop's Hide
1981
La Grande sauterelle (uncredited)
movieThe Small Timers
1978
Annie Garmiche
movieDeath of a Corrupt Man
1977
Françoise
movieThe Hurried Man
1977
Edwige De Bois-Rosé
movieThe Passengers
1977
Nicole
movieThe Probability Factor
1976
Charlotte
movieThe Pink Telephone
1975
Christine, la call-girl de Mme Claude
tvNuméro un
1975
Self
movieTell Me You Love Me
1974
Victoire Danois
movieBorsalino and Co.
1974
Prostitute in the Street (uncredited)
movieIcy Breasts
1974
Peggy Lister
movieOK Patron
1974
Mélissa
movieMan in the Trunk
1973
Françoise
movieWhere There's Smoke
1973
Olga Leroy
movieThere Once Was a Cop
1972
Christine alias Françoise
movieFantasia Among the Squares
1971
Caroline Harrington "Tchoo-Tchoo"
movieThe Love Mates
1970
Agatha
movieBorsalino
1970
Prostitute (uncredited)
movieMonte Carlo or Bust!
1969
Marie-Claude
movieSummit
1968
Annie
movieWeekend
1967
Corinne Durand
movieSorrel Flower
1967
Catherine Aigros, compagne de Pierre
movieThe Blonde from Peking
1967
Christine Olsen
movieCasino Royale
1967
Jag (uncredited)
movieÀ belles dents
1966
Eva Ritter
movieLet's Not Get Angry
1966
Églantine Michalon
movieThe Upper Hand
1966
Lili Princesse
movieGalia
1966
Galia
movieHow to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
1965
Marie Truchet, dite Héloïse (sketchs "La Fermeture" et "Les Bons Vivants")
movieThe Great Spy Chase
1964
Amaranthe
movieMale Hunt
1964
Georgina
movieHard Boiled Ones
1964
Josette
movieDandelions by the Roots
1964
Rockie « la Braise », femme entretenue
movieMonsieur
1964
Suzanne, Former Maid of Monsieur
movie4XD
1964
Self
movieL'Été en hiver
1964
Diane, the Actress Wife
movieSqueak-squeak
1963
Patricia Monestier
moviePeople in Luck
1963
Jacqueline (segment "Le Vison")
movieVirginie
1962
Brigitte
movieThe Devil and the Ten Commandments
1962
Une amie de Mauricette
movieThe New Aristrocrats
1961
Milou Rivoire
movieTo Die of Love
1961
Mariette, Maid
movieHauteclaire
1961
Hauteclaire Stassin
moviePlease, Not Now!
1961
Marie-Jeanne
Directing3
Writing1
movieLove Lies
1983
Writer