Mireille Darc
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 15, 1938
- Died
- August 28, 2017 (aged 79)
- Birthplace
- Toulon, Var, France
Biography
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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Filmography
La naissance du Grand Blond
Movie · as Self
Le Terminus des prétentieux
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Alain Delon, la beauté du diable et les femmes...
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Mireille Darc, la femme libre
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
À la recherche de... Pierre Richard
Movie · as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Michel Audiard : J'parle pas aux cons, ça les instruit
Movie · as Self
Gaumont, en effeuillant la marguerite
Movie · as Self
Mireille Darc, blessures intimes
Movie · as Self
Louis de Funès, l'homme qui a passé le mur du son
Movie · as Self
Lino, il n'était que lui-même
Movie · as Self
The Great Restaurant II
Movie · as The Client Who Doesn't Want to Age
C à vous
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Infrarouge
TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep
Pierre Richard, l'art du déséquilibre
Movie · as Self
Frank Riva
TV · as Catherine Sinclair · 3 eps
Le Bleu de l’Océan
TV · as Patricia · 5 eps
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
Movie · as Self
La justice de Marion : Les filles de Vincennes
Movie · as Marion
Vivement dimanche prochain
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Vivement dimanche
TV · as Self · 4 eps
Sapho
Movie · as Fanny
L'ami de mon fils
Movie · as Louise
Ni vue ni connue
Movie · as Nicole Garrel
Terre indigo
TV · as Clélia Debarbera · 8 eps
Les Yeux d'Hélène
TV · as Hélène Charrière · 9 eps
Les Cœurs brûlés
TV · as Hélène Charrière · 8 eps
Stars 90
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Nulle part ailleurs
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Sacrée soirée
TV · as Self · 3 eps
New Year's Eve At Bob's
Movie · as Madeleine
Love Lies
Movie · as Catherine
Jamais avant le mariage
Movie · as Elisabeth
Champs-Elysées
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Reporters
Movie · as Self
For a Cop's Hide
Movie · as La Grande sauterelle (uncredited)
The Small Timers
Movie · as Annie Garmiche
Death of a Corrupt Man
Movie · as Françoise
The Hurried Man
Movie · as Edwige De Bois-Rosé
The Passengers
Movie · as Nicole
The Probability Factor
Movie · as Charlotte
30 millions d'amis
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Pink Telephone
Movie · as Christine, la call-girl de Mme Claude
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV · as Self · 5 eps
Numéro un
TV · as Self · 5 eps
Système 2
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Midi Première
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
Movie · as Christine
Icy Breasts
Movie · as Peggy Lister
Tell Me You Love Me
Movie · as Victoire Danois
OK Patron
Movie · as Mélissa
Borsalino and Co.
Movie · as Prostitute in the Street (uncredited)
Man in the Trunk
Movie · as Françoise
Where There's Smoke
Movie · as Olga Leroy
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
Movie · as Christine
There Once Was a Cop
Movie · as Christine alias Françoise
Vagabond Humor
Movie
Le Grand Échiquier
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Midi trente
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Fantasia Among the Squares
Movie · as Caroline Harrington "Tchoo-Tchoo"
Troubleshooters
Movie · as Carla
Samedi soir
TV · as Self · 1 ep
She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks
Movie · as Francine
The Love Mates
Movie · as Agatha
Borsalino
Movie · as Prostitute (uncredited)
Monte Carlo or Bust!
Movie · as Marie-Claude
Jeff
Movie · as Eva
Summit
Movie · as Annie
Weekend
Movie · as Corinne Durand
Sorrel Flower
Movie · as Catherine Aigros, compagne de Pierre
The Big Grasshopper
Movie · as Salène
The Blonde from Peking
Movie · as Christine Olsen
Casino Royale
Movie · as Jag (uncredited)
Let's Not Get Angry
Movie · as Églantine Michalon
The Upper Hand
Movie · as Lili Princesse
Galia
Movie · as Galia
Balearic Caper
Movie · as Polly
À belles dents
Movie · as Eva Ritter
How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
Movie · as Marie Truchet, dite Héloïse (sketchs "La Fermeture" et "Les Bons Vivants")
Dim Dam Dom
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Male Hunt
Movie · as Georgina
The Great Spy Chase
Movie · as Amaranthe
Monsieur
Movie · as Suzanne, Former Maid of Monsieur
Dandelions by the Roots
Movie · as Rockie
L'Été en hiver
Movie · as Diane, the Actress Wife
Hard Boiled Ones
Movie · as Josette
4XD
Movie · as Self
Squeak-squeak
Movie · as Patricia Monestier
People in Luck
Movie · as Jacqueline (segment "Le Vison")
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
Movie · as Une amie de Mauricette
Virginie
Movie · as Brigitte
Hauteclaire
Movie · as Hauteclaire Stassin
Please, Not Now!
Movie · as Marie-Jeanne
To Die of Love
Movie · as Mariette, Maid
The New Aristrocrats
Movie · as Milou Rivoire
¿Pena de muerte?
Movie · as Lina
La grande bretèche
Movie · as Jane
Trapped by Fear
Movie · as Maïa