Danielle Darrieux
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Danielle Yvonne Marie Antoinette Darrieux (da.niɛl i.vɔn ma.ʁi ɑ̃.twa.nɛt daʁ.jø) (born 1 May 1917) is a French actress and singer, who has appeared in more than 110 films since 1931. She is one of France's great movie stars and her eight-decade career is among the longest in film history.
, France during World War I to a physician who was serving in the French Army
. Her father died when she was seven years old. Raised in Paris, she studied the cello at the Conservatoire de Musique. At 13, she won a part in the musical film
Le Bal
(1931). Her beauty combined with her singing and dancing ability led to numerous other offers, and the film Mayerling
(1936) brought her to fame.
In 1935, Darrieux married director/screenwriter Henri Decoin
, who encouraged her to try Hollywood. She signed with Universal Studios
to star in The Rage of Paris
(1938) opposite Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
Afterwards, she elected to return to Paris.
Under the German occupation of France during World War II, she continued to perform, a decision that was severely criticized by her compatriots. However, it is reported that her brother had been threatened with deportation by Alfred Greven, the manager of the German run film production company in occupied France, Continental. She got a divorce and then fell in love with Porfirio Rubirosa
, a Dominican Republic diplomat and notorious womanizer. They married in 1942. His anti-Nazi opinions resulted in his forced residence in Germany. In exchange for Rubirosa's freedom, Darrieux agreed to make a promotional trip in Berlin. The couple lived in Switzerland until the end of the war, and divorced in 1947. She married scriptwriter Georges Mitsikidès in 1948, and they lived together until his death in 1991.
She gave a good performance in the 1951 MGM musical, Rich, Young and Pretty
. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
lured her back to Hollywood to star in 5 Fingers
(1952) opposite James Mason
. Upon returning to France, she appeared in Max Ophüls
' The Earrings of Madame de...
(1953) opposite Charles Boyer
, and The Red and the Black
(1954) opposite Gérard Philippe. The next year she starred in Lady Chatterley's Lover
, whose theme of uninhibited sexuality led to its being proscribed by Catholic censors in the United States.
Approaching 40, she played a supporting role in her last American film to date, United Artists
' epic
Alexander the Great
(1956) starring Richard Burton
and Claire Bloom
. In 1961 she went to England at the request of director Lewis Gilbert
to star in The Greengage Summer
opposite Kenneth More
. In 1963, she starred in the romantic comedy La Robe Mauve de Valentine at the Chatelet Theatre in Paris. The play was adapted from the novel by Françoise Sagan
. During the 1960s she also was a concert singer.
In 1970, Darrieux replaced Katharine Hepburn
in the Broadway musical, Coco
, based on the life of Coco Chanel
, but the play, essentially a showcase for Hepburn, soon folded without her. In 1971–72 she also appeared in the short-lived productions of Ambassador
. For her long service to the motion picture industry, in 1985 she was given an Honorary César Award
. She has continued to work, her career now spanning eight decades, most recently providing the voice of the protagonist's grandmother in the animated feature, Persepolis
(2007), which deals with the impact of the Iranian Islamic revolution on a girl's life as she grows to adulthood.
She was paid homage to in Quentin Tarantino
's 'Inglourious Basterds' (2009) when Shosanna Dreyfus is preparing to take the Nazis down, her assistant calls her Danielle Darrieux.
Biography
She was born in BordeauxBordeaux
Bordeaux is a port city on the Garonne River in the Gironde department in southwestern France.The Bordeaux-Arcachon-Libourne metropolitan area, has a population of 1,010,000 and constitutes the sixth-largest urban area in France. It is the capital of the Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture...
, France during World War I to a physician who was serving in the French Army
French Army
The French Army, officially the Armée de Terre , is the land-based and largest component of the French Armed Forces.As of 2010, the army employs 123,100 regulars, 18,350 part-time reservists and 7,700 Legionnaires. All soldiers are professionals, following the suspension of conscription, voted in...
. Her father died when she was seven years old. Raised in Paris, she studied the cello at the Conservatoire de Musique. At 13, she won a part in the musical film
Musical film
The musical film is a film genre in which songs sung by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, though in some cases they serve merely as breaks in the storyline, often as elaborate...
Le Bal
Le Bal
Le Bal is the title of collection of 2 novellas written by Irène Némirovsky. Published in France in 1930, it has been recently re-issued, due to the increasing interest in and popularity of the author's work, following the discovery and publication of Suite Française.Le Bal is a short novella...
(1931). Her beauty combined with her singing and dancing ability led to numerous other offers, and the film Mayerling
Mayerling (1936 film)
Mayerling is a 1936 French historical drama film directed by Anatole Litvak and produced by Seymour Nebenzal from a screenplay by Marcel Achard, Joseph Kessel and Irma von Cube, based on the novel Idol's End by Claude Anet. The film stars Charles Boyer and Danielle Darrieux with Jean-Louis...
(1936) brought her to fame.
In 1935, Darrieux married director/screenwriter Henri Decoin
Henri Decoin
Henri Decoin was a French film director and screenwriter. He directed 50 films between 1933 and 1964. He was also a swimmer who competed for France in the men's 400 metre freestyle event at the 1908 Summer Olympics and the water polo tournament at the 1912 Summer Olympics.-Selected filmography:*...
, who encouraged her to try Hollywood. She signed with Universal Studios
Universal Studios
Universal Pictures , a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, is one of the six major movie studios....
to star in The Rage of Paris
The Rage of Paris
The Rage of Paris is a 1938 comedy film made by Universal Pictures. The movie was directed by Henry Koster, and written by Bruce Manning and Felix Jackson. It won the Venice Film Festival for Special Recommendation.-Cast:...
(1938) opposite Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
Douglas Elton Fairbanks, Jr. KBE was an American actor and a highly decorated naval officer of World War II.-Early life:...
Afterwards, she elected to return to Paris.
Under the German occupation of France during World War II, she continued to perform, a decision that was severely criticized by her compatriots. However, it is reported that her brother had been threatened with deportation by Alfred Greven, the manager of the German run film production company in occupied France, Continental. She got a divorce and then fell in love with Porfirio Rubirosa
Porfirio Rubirosa
Porfirio Rubirosa Ariza was a Dominican diplomat and adherent of Rafael Trujillo. He made his mark as an international playboy, for his jet setting lifestyle, and his legendary prowess with women...
, a Dominican Republic diplomat and notorious womanizer. They married in 1942. His anti-Nazi opinions resulted in his forced residence in Germany. In exchange for Rubirosa's freedom, Darrieux agreed to make a promotional trip in Berlin. The couple lived in Switzerland until the end of the war, and divorced in 1947. She married scriptwriter Georges Mitsikidès in 1948, and they lived together until his death in 1991.
She gave a good performance in the 1951 MGM musical, Rich, Young and Pretty
Rich, Young and Pretty
Rich, Young and Pretty is a 1951 musical film produced by Joe Pasternak for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and directed by Norman Taurog. It was written by Dorothy Cooper and Sidney Sheldon, starred Jane Powell, Danielle Darrieux, Wendell Corey, and Fernando Lamas, and introduced Vic Damone...
. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Joseph Leo Mankiewicz was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. Mankiewicz had a long Hollywood career and is best known as the writer-director of All About Eve , which was nominated for 14 Academy Awards and won six. He was brother to screenwriter and drama critic Herman J...
lured her back to Hollywood to star in 5 Fingers
5 Fingers
5 Fingers, known also as Five Fingers, is a 1952 American 20th Century Fox spy film directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and produced by Otto Lang. The screenplay by Michael Wilson and Mankiewicz was based on Operation Cicero by L.C...
(1952) opposite James Mason
James Mason
James Neville Mason was an English actor who attained stardom in both British and American films. Mason remained a powerful figure in the industry throughout his career and was nominated for three Academy Awards as well as three Golden Globes .- Early life :Mason was born in Huddersfield, in the...
. Upon returning to France, she appeared in Max Ophüls
Max Ophüls
Maximillian Oppenheimer — known as Max Ophüls — was an influential German-born film director who worked in Germany , France , the United States , and France again...
' The Earrings of Madame de...
The Earrings of Madame de...
The Earrings of Madame de... is a 1953 drama film directed by Max Ophüls. It was adapted from Louise Leveque de Vilmorin's period novel.This film is considered as a masterpiece of the 1950s French cinema....
(1953) opposite Charles Boyer
Charles Boyer
Charles Boyer was a French actor who appeared in more than 80 films between 1920 and 1976. After receiving an education in drama, Boyer started on the stage, but he found success in movies during the 1930s. His memorable performances were among the era's most highly praised romantic dramas,...
, and The Red and the Black
Le Rouge et le Noir (1954 film)
Le rouge et le noir is a 1954 French drama film directed by Claude Autant-Lara, who co-wrote screenplay with Jean Aurenche and Pierre Bost, based on novel by Stendhal. It starred Gerard Philipe, Antonella Lualdi and Danielle Darrieux...
(1954) opposite Gérard Philippe. The next year she starred in Lady Chatterley's Lover
L'Amant de lady Chatterley
Lady Chatterley's Lover is a 1955 French drama film directed by Marc Allégret who co-wrote screenplay with Philippe de Rothschild and Gaston Bonheur, based on novel "Lady Chatterley's Lover" by D.H. Lawrence.-Cast:...
, whose theme of uninhibited sexuality led to its being proscribed by Catholic censors in the United States.
Approaching 40, she played a supporting role in her last American film to date, United Artists
United Artists
United Artists Corporation is an American film studio. The original studio of that name was founded in 1919 by D. W. Griffith, Charles Chaplin, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks....
' epic
Epic film
An epic is a genre of film that emphasizes human drama on a grand scale. Epics are more ambitious in scope than other film genres, and their ambitious nature helps to differentiate them from similar genres such as the period piece or adventure film...
Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great (1956 film)
Alexander the Great is a 1956 America sword and sandal epic film written, directed and produced by Robert Rossen with Gordon S. Griffith as executive producer...
(1956) starring Richard Burton
Richard Burton
Richard Burton, CBE was a Welsh actor. He was nominated seven times for an Academy Award, six of which were for Best Actor in a Leading Role , and was a recipient of BAFTA, Golden Globe and Tony Awards for Best Actor. Although never trained as an actor, Burton was, at one time, the highest-paid...
and Claire Bloom
Claire Bloom
Claire Bloom is an English film and stage actress.-Early life:Bloom was born in the North London suburb of Finchley, the daughter of Elizabeth and Edward Max Blume, who worked in sales...
. In 1961 she went to England at the request of director Lewis Gilbert
Lewis Gilbert
Lewis Gilbert CBE is an English film director, producer and screenwriter.-Early life:He was the son of music hall performers, and spent his early years travelling with his parents, and watching the shows from the side of the stage. He first performed on-stage at the age of 5, when asked to drive a...
to star in The Greengage Summer
The Greengage Summer
The Greengage Summer is a 1961 British drama film directed by Lewis Gilbert and starring Kenneth More and Susannah York . It was based on the novel, Greengage Summer, by Rumer Godden...
opposite Kenneth More
Kenneth More
Kenneth Gilbert More CBE was a highly successful English film actor during the post-World War II era and starred in many feature films, often in the role of an archetypal carefree and happy-go-lucky middle-class gentleman.-Early life:Kenneth More was born in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, the...
. In 1963, she starred in the romantic comedy La Robe Mauve de Valentine at the Chatelet Theatre in Paris. The play was adapted from the novel by Françoise Sagan
Françoise Sagan
Françoise Sagan – real name Françoise Quoirez – was a French playwright, novelist, and screenwriter. Hailed as "a charming little monster" by François Mauriac on the front page of Le Figaro, Sagan was known for works with strong romantic themes involving wealthy and disillusioned bourgeois...
. During the 1960s she also was a concert singer.
In 1970, Darrieux replaced Katharine Hepburn
Katharine Hepburn
Katharine Houghton Hepburn was an American actress of film, stage, and television. In a career that spanned 62 years as a leading lady, she was best known for playing strong-willed, sophisticated women in both dramas and comedies...
in the Broadway musical, Coco
Coco (musical)
Coco is a musical with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by André Previn. It starred Katharine Hepburn in her only stage musical.-Background:...
, based on the life of Coco Chanel
Coco Chanel
Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel was a pioneering French fashion designer whose modernist thought, menswear-inspired fashions, and pursuit of expensive simplicity made her an important figure in 20th-century fashion. She was the founder of one of the most famous fashion brands, Chanel...
, but the play, essentially a showcase for Hepburn, soon folded without her. In 1971–72 she also appeared in the short-lived productions of Ambassador
Ambassador (musical)
Ambassador is a musical with a book by Don Ettlinger and Anna Marie Barlow, lyrics by Hal Hackady, and music by Don Gohman. It is based on the 1903 Henry James novel The Ambassadors....
. For her long service to the motion picture industry, in 1985 she was given an Honorary César Award
Honorary César
The César Award is France's national film award. Recipients are selected by the members of the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinema. The following are the recipients of the honorary César award since 1976.- See also :**...
. She has continued to work, her career now spanning eight decades, most recently providing the voice of the protagonist's grandmother in the animated feature, Persepolis
Persepolis (film)
Persepolis is a 2007 French animated film based on Marjane Satrapi's autobiographical graphic novel of the same name. The film was written and directed by Satrapi with Vincent Paronnaud. The story follows a young girl as she comes of age against the backdrop of the Iranian Revolution. The story...
(2007), which deals with the impact of the Iranian Islamic revolution on a girl's life as she grows to adulthood.
She was paid homage to in Quentin Tarantino
Quentin Tarantino
Quentin Jerome Tarantino is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer and actor. In the early 1990s, he began his career as an independent filmmaker with films employing nonlinear storylines and the aestheticization of violence...
's 'Inglourious Basterds' (2009) when Shosanna Dreyfus is preparing to take the Nazis down, her assistant calls her Danielle Darrieux.
Selected filmography
- Le BalLe BalLe Bal is the title of collection of 2 novellas written by Irène Némirovsky. Published in France in 1930, it has been recently re-issued, due to the increasing interest in and popularity of the author's work, following the discovery and publication of Suite Française.Le Bal is a short novella...
(1931) - The Lackered Box (1932)
- L'Or dans la rueL'Or dans la rueL'Or dans la rue is a 1934 French comedy film directed by Curtis Bernhardt, written by Henry Koster and Henri Decoin, and starring Danielle Darrieux.-Plot:...
(1934) - Mauvaise GraineMauvaise GraineMauvaise Graine is a 1934 French drama film directed by Billy Wilder and Alexander Esway. The screenplay by Wilder, H.G...
(also known as Bad Seed) (1934) - The Depression Is Over (1934)
- Mon coeur t'appelleMon coeur t'appelleMon coeur t'appelle is a 1934 French musical film directed by Carmine Gallone and Serge Véber, written by Ernst Marischka, produced by Arnold Pressburger. The film stars Jan Kiepura, Danielle Darrieux and Lucien Baroux. The music score is by Robert Stolz...
(1934) - Mademoiselle MozartMademoiselle MozartMademoiselle Mozart is a 1935 French comedy/drama genre film directed, produced and written by Yvan Noé.-Plot:A man falls in love with the pretty manager of a store of music instruments, whose business work is badly...
(1935) - DédéDédé (1935 film)Dédé is a 1935 French comedy film directed by René Guissart, based on operetta by Albert Willemetz, and starring Danielle Darrieux, Albert Préjean and Mireille Perrey. The music is by Henri Christiné....
(1935) - Quelle drôle de gosse!Quelle drôle de gosse!Quelle drôle de gosse! is a 1935 French comedy drama film directed by Léo Joannon and written by Yves Mirande. The music score is by Jean Lenoir and Georges van Parys...
(1935) - Inspector of the Red Cars (1935)
- I Like All the Women (1935)
- Le Domino vertThe Green DominoThe Green Domino is a 1935 French/German drama film directed by Henri Decoin and Herbert Selpin, based on play by Erich Ebermayer. It tells the story of a rich heiress who falls in love with an art critic after his wife has been murdered...
(1935) - Un mauvais garçonUn mauvais garçonUn mauvais garçon is a 1936 French film featuring Danielle Darrieux. The movie was directed by Jean Boyer and Raoul Ploquin. The music is by Georges Van Parys....
(1936) - Mademoiselle ma mèreMademoiselle ma mèreMademoiselle ma mère is a 1936 French comedy film directed by Henri Decoin, and starring Danielle Darrieux, Pierre Brasseur and Pierre Larquey. The screenplay was written by Jean Boyer, based on a play by Louis Verneuil. The music score is by Georges Van Parys.It tells the story of a rich young...
(1936) - MayerlingMayerling (1936 film)Mayerling is a 1936 French historical drama film directed by Anatole Litvak and produced by Seymour Nebenzal from a screenplay by Marcel Achard, Joseph Kessel and Irma von Cube, based on the novel Idol's End by Claude Anet. The film stars Charles Boyer and Danielle Darrieux with Jean-Louis...
(1936) - Tarass Boulba (1936)
- Club de femmesClub de femmesClub de femmes is a 1936 French film directed and written by Jacques Deval, and starring Danielle Darrieux.-Cast:*Danielle Darrieux - Claire Derouve*Josette Day - Juliette*Betty Stockfeld - Greta Kremmer...
(1936) - She Returned at DawnRetour à l'aubeRetour à l'aube is a 1938 French drama film starring Danielle Darrieux, and was directed by Henri Decoin, who co-wrote screenplay with Vicki Baum and Pierre Wolff. The music score is by Paul Misraki...
(1938) - Abused ConfidenceAbused ConfidenceAbused Confidence is a 1938 French drama film directed by Henri Decoin, and starring Danielle Darrieux and Charles Vanel.It tells the story of a female law student, who pretends to be the daughter of famous historian to be adopted by him.- Cast :...
(1938) - The Rage of ParisThe Rage of ParisThe Rage of Paris is a 1938 comedy film made by Universal Pictures. The movie was directed by Henry Koster, and written by Bruce Manning and Felix Jackson. It won the Venice Film Festival for Special Recommendation.-Cast:...
(1938) - KatiaKatia (film)Katia is a 1938 French drama film starring Danielle Darrieux. The movie was directed by Maurice Tourneur, based on novel "Princesse Mathe Bibesco" by Marthe Bibesco under the pseudonym Lucile Decaux. It tells the love affair of Russian princess and Czar Alexander II...
(1938) - Beating HeartBeating Heart (1940 film)Beating Heart is a 1940 French film directed by Henri Decoin, and starring Danielle Darrieux and Claude Dauphin.It tells the story of a young woman escaping from reform school, who tries to steal foreign ambassador's watch but falls in love with the diplomat.The film was remade as Heartbeat , with...
(1940) - Premier rendez-vousPremier rendez-vousPremier rendez-vous is a 1941 French comedy film starring Danielle Darrieux, and was directed by Henri Decoin, who co-wrote screenplay with Michel Duran. During the Nazi occupation, the film was made by Continental Films at Paris Studios Cinéma. It tells the romantic story of an orphan girl, who...
(1941) - CapricesCaprices (film)Caprices is a 1942 French comedy film starring Danielle Darrieux and Albert Préjean, and was directed by Léo Joannon, who co-wrote screenplay with André Cayatte and Jacques Companéez for the Nazi run film company Continental Films who made films to take the place of banned American films...
(1942) - La fausse maîtresseLa fausse maîtresseLa fausse maîtresse is a 1942 French comedy film starring Danielle Darrieux. The movie was directed by André Cayatte, based on story by Honoré de Balzac.It was released on VHS in France by TF1 Vidéo on 1 January 1998...
(1942) - Happy Go Lucky (1946)
- Goodbye Darling (1946)
- Ruy BlasRuy BlasRuy Blas is a tragic drama by Victor Hugo. It was the first play presented at the Théâtre de la Renaissance and opened on November 8, 1838. Though considered by many to be Hugo’s best drama, the play initially met with only average success....
(1947) - Keep an Eye on AmeliaKeep an Eye on AmeliaKeep an Eye on Amelia is a 1949 French comedy film directed by Claude Autant-Lara based on the play by Georges Feydeau. It was entered into the 1949 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Danielle Darrieux – Amélie* Jean Desailly – Marcel* Louise Conte – Irène...
(1949) - La RondeLa Ronde (1950 film)La Ronde is a 1950 film directed by Max Ophüls and based on Arthur Schnitzler's 1897 play of the same name. The title means "the round-dance".The film was nominated for two Academy Awards; for Best Writing and Best Art Direction...
(1950) - Rich, Young and PrettyRich, Young and PrettyRich, Young and Pretty is a 1951 musical film produced by Joe Pasternak for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and directed by Norman Taurog. It was written by Dorothy Cooper and Sidney Sheldon, starred Jane Powell, Danielle Darrieux, Wendell Corey, and Fernando Lamas, and introduced Vic Damone...
(1951) - La Vérité sur Bébé DongeLa Vérité sur Bébé DongeLa Vérité sur Bébé Donge is a 1952 French film directed Henri Decoin, and starring Danielle Darrieux and Jean Gabin. It tells the analysis of a couple's marriage that broke, based on the novel by Georges Simenon.-External links:* at filmsdefrance.com...
(1952) - Le PlaisirLe PlaisirLe Plaisir , also known as House of Pleasure, is a French comedy-drama anthology film directed by Max Ophüls adapting three stories by Guy de Maupassant...
(1952) - 5 Fingers5 Fingers5 Fingers, known also as Five Fingers, is a 1952 American 20th Century Fox spy film directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and produced by Otto Lang. The screenplay by Michael Wilson and Mankiewicz was based on Operation Cicero by L.C...
(1952) - Adorable Creatures (1952)
- The Earrings of Madame de...The Earrings of Madame de...The Earrings of Madame de... is a 1953 drama film directed by Max Ophüls. It was adapted from Louise Leveque de Vilmorin's period novel.This film is considered as a masterpiece of the 1950s French cinema....
(1953) - Le Bon Dieu sans confession (1953)
- The Red and the BlackLe Rouge et le Noir (1954 film)Le rouge et le noir is a 1954 French drama film directed by Claude Autant-Lara, who co-wrote screenplay with Jean Aurenche and Pierre Bost, based on novel by Stendhal. It starred Gerard Philipe, Antonella Lualdi and Danielle Darrieux...
(1954) - One Step to Eternity (1954)
- NapoléonNapoléon (1955 film)Napoléon is a 1955 French historical epic film directed by Sacha Guitry that depicts major events in the life of Napoleon I of France.The film is notable for its use of location shooting for numerous scenes, especially at the French estates of Malmaison and Fontainebleau, the Palace of Versailles,...
(1955)
- The Case of Poisons (1955)
- Lady Chatterley's LoverL'Amant de lady ChatterleyLady Chatterley's Lover is a 1955 French drama film directed by Marc Allégret who co-wrote screenplay with Philippe de Rothschild and Gaston Bonheur, based on novel "Lady Chatterley's Lover" by D.H. Lawrence.-Cast:...
(1955) - Si Paris nous était conté (1956)
- Alexander the GreatAlexander the Great (1956 film)Alexander the Great is a 1956 America sword and sandal epic film written, directed and produced by Robert Rossen with Gordon S. Griffith as executive producer...
(1956) - Le Salaire du péché (1956)
- Typhon sur NagasakiTyphon sur NagasakiTyphon sur Nagasaki is a French drama romance film from 1957, directed by Yves Ciampi, written by Jean-Charles Tacchella, starring Jean Marais...
(1957) - Pot-BouillePot-BouillePot-Bouille is the tenth novel in the Rougon-Macquart series by Émile Zola. It was serialized between January and April 1882 in the periodical Le Gaulois before being published in book form by Charpentier in 1883....
(1957) - The Night Affair (1957)
- Un drôle de dimanche (1958)
- La Vie à deuxLa Vie à deuxLa Vie à deux , is a French comedy film from 1958, directed by Clément Duhour, written by Clément Duhour, starring Pierre Brasseur and Louis de Funès...
(1958) - Marie-OctobreMarie-OctobreMarie-Octobre is a 1959 French film directed by Julien Duvivier, based on the eponymous novel by Jacques Robert.-Plot:A group of ex-resistance fighters are brought together by Marie-Octobre, the code name of Marie-Helene Dumoulin...
(1959) - The Greengage SummerThe Greengage SummerThe Greengage Summer is a 1961 British drama film directed by Lewis Gilbert and starring Kenneth More and Susannah York . It was based on the novel, Greengage Summer, by Rumer Godden...
(1961) - Les Lions sont lâchésLes Lions sont lâchésLes Lions sont lâchés is a 1961 French comedy film directed by Henri Verneuil, and written by France Roche and Michel Audiard...
(1961) - Le Crime ne paie pasLe Crime ne paie pasLe Crime ne paie pas is a 1962 French drama film directed by Gérard Oury. The film stars Danielle Darrieux, Michèle Morgan, Edwige Feuillère and Annie Girardot...
(1962) - The Devil and the Ten Commandments (1962)
- LandruLandruLandru is a 1963 French motion picture drama directed by Claude Chabrol. The screenplay was written by Françoise Sagan...
(1963) - Méfiez-vous, mesdames!Méfiez-vous, mesdames!Méfiez-vous, mesdames! is a 1963 French comedy film directed by André Hunebelle. The screenplay was written by Pierre Foucaud and Jean Halain, based on novel by Ange Bastiani...
(1963) - PatatePatatePatate is a town in Ecuador in the Tungurahua Province in northwestern South America between San Juan de Ambato and Baños. It is close to the foothills of the still active Tungurahua volcano.- References :* * - External links :*...
(1964) - The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967)
- 24 Hours in the Life of a Woman24 Hours in the Life of a Woman24 Hours in the Life of a Woman is a 1968 French drama film directed by Dominique Delouche, based on the novel 24 Stunden aus dem Leben einer Frau by Stefan Zweig. It was listed to compete at the 1968 Cannes Film Festival, but the festival was cancelled due to the events of May 1968 in France...
(1968) - Les oiseaux vont mourir au Pérou (Birds in Peru) (1968)
- L'Année sainte (1976)
- Le Cavaleur (1978)
- Une chambre en villeUne chambre en villeUne chambre en ville is a 1982 French film directed by Jacques Demy. It is a musical in which every line of dialogue is sung. The film won the Prix Méliès, and was nominated for nine César Awards: Best Film, Best Director, Most Promising Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best...
(1982) - At the Top of the StairsAt the Top of the StairsAt the Top of the Stairs is a 1983 French drama film starring Danielle Darrieux, and was directed by Paul Vecchiali. It tells the story of a widow, who returns to a former house that had been hers 18 years after her husband was killed.-Cast:...
(1983) - Scene of the CrimeScene of the Crime (1986 film)Scene of the Crime ' is a 1986 French drama film directed by André Téchiné, starring Catherine Deneuve, Wadeck Stanczak and Danielle Darrieux...
(1986) - Corps et biens (1986)
- A Few Days with Me (1988)
- Jalna (1994) TV mini-series
- Tomorrow's Another DayTomorrow's Another DayTomorrow's Another Day is a 2011 documentary about Swedish film director Roy Andersson and his unique way of making films. Shot during the four year long filming Andersson's latest film "You, The Living", the documentary is a personal description of a surprising and different approach to the...
(2000) - Emilie est partie (2011, short)
- 8 Women (2002)
- Les Liaisons dangereuses (TV) (2003, by Josée Dayan)
- Nouvelle chanceNouvelle chanceNouvelle chance is a 2006 French drama film directed by Anne Fontaine. It was screened out of competition at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Danielle Darrieux - Odette Saint-Gilles* Arielle Dombasle - Bettina Fleischer...
(2006) - L'Heure zéroL'Heure ZéroL'Heure Zéro is a 2007 French mystery film directed by Pascal Thomas and starring François Morel, Danielle Darrieux and Melvil Poupaud. It is an adaptation of the novel Towards Zero by Agatha Christie.-Partial cast:...
(2007) - PersepolisPersepolis (film)Persepolis is a 2007 French animated film based on Marjane Satrapi's autobiographical graphic novel of the same name. The film was written and directed by Satrapi with Vincent Paronnaud. The story follows a young girl as she comes of age against the backdrop of the Iranian Revolution. The story...
(2007, voice) - Elles et moiElles et MoiElles et Moi is a two-part film directed by Bernard Stora. The languages spoken in the film are French and Catalan.- Synopsis :January 1939. The fall of Barcelona declares the defeat of the Spanish Republicans. Five hundred thousand of them choose exile...
(TV) (2009) - Pièce montée (2010)
- C'est toi, c'est tout (TV) (2011)
External links
- Danielle Darrieux at filmsdefrance.com
- Photographs of Danielle Darrieux
- L'Encinémathèque at Encinémathèque