Mireille Darc

Acting

Born May 15, 1938 — Died August 28, 2017 Toulon, 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.

Movies(75)

Le Terminus des prétentieux

Self (archive footage)

2020

Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau

Self (archive footage)

2019

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

Self (archive footage)

2019

Mireille Darc, la femme libre

Self (archive footage)

2018

À la recherche de... Pierre Richard

Self - Actress (archive footage)

2017

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

Self

2015

Gaumont, en effeuillant la marguerite

Self

2015

Mireille Darc, blessures intimes

Self

2013

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 Client Who Doesn't Want to Age

2011

Pierre Richard, l'art du déséquilibre

Self

2005

Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes

Self

2002

La justice de Marion : Les filles de Vincennes

Marion

1998

L'ami de mon fils

Louise

1997

Ni vue ni connue

Nicole Garrel

1997

Sapho

Fanny

1997

New Year's Eve At Bob's

Madeleine

1984

Love Lies

Catherine

1983

Jamais avant le mariage

Elisabeth

1982

For a Cop's Hide

La Grande sauterelle (uncredited)

1981

Reporters

Self

1981

The Small Timers

Annie Garmiche

1978

Death of a Corrupt Man

Françoise

1977

The Hurried Man

Edwige De Bois-Rosé

1977

The Passengers

Nicole

1977

The Probability Factor

Charlotte

1976

The Pink Telephone

Christine, la call-girl de Mme Claude

1975

Tell Me You Love Me

Victoire Danois

1974

The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe

Christine

1974

Borsalino and Co.

Prostitute in the Street (uncredited)

1974

Icy Breasts

Peggy Lister

1974

OK Patron

Mélissa

1974

Man in the Trunk

Françoise

1973

Where There's Smoke

Olga Leroy

1973

The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe

Christine

1972

Vagabond Humor

1972

There Once Was a Cop

Christine alias Françoise

1972

Troubleshooters

Carla

1971

Fantasia Among the Squares

Caroline Harrington "Tchoo-Tchoo"

1971

The Love Mates

Agatha

1970

Borsalino

Prostitute (uncredited)

1970

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

Francine

1970

Monte Carlo or Bust!

Marie-Claude

1969

Jeff

Eva

1969

Summit

Annie

1968

Weekend

Corinne Durand

1967

Sorrel Flower

Catherine Aigros, compagne de Pierre

1967

The Blonde from Peking

Christine Olsen

1967

Casino Royale

Jag (uncredited)

1967

The Big Grasshopper

Salène

1967

À belles dents

Eva Ritter

1966

Let's Not Get Angry

Églantine Michalon

1966

Balearic Caper

Polly

1966

The Upper Hand

Lili Princesse

1966

Galia

1966

How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning

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

1965

The Great Spy Chase

Amaranthe

1964

Male Hunt

Georgina

1964

Hard Boiled Ones

Josette

1964

Dandelions by the Roots

Rockie « la Braise », femme entretenue

1964

Monsieur

Suzanne, Former Maid of Monsieur

1964

4XD

Self

1964

L'Été en hiver

Diane, the Actress Wife

1964

Squeak-squeak

Patricia Monestier

1963

People in Luck

Jacqueline (segment "Le Vison")

1963

Virginie

Brigitte

1962

The Devil and the Ten Commandments

Une amie de Mauricette

1962

The New Aristrocrats

Milou Rivoire

1961

To Die of Love

Mariette, Maid

1961

Hauteclaire

Hauteclaire Stassin

1961

Please, Not Now!

Marie-Jeanne

1961

¿Pena de muerte?

Lina

1961

Trapped by Fear

Maïa

1960

La grande bretèche

Jane

1960

Mireille Darc

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