Mireille Darc

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

Sacrée soirée

Vivement dimanche

Champs-Elysées

Midi Première

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

Le Grand Échiquier

Numéro un

C à vous

All Movies (75)

• Le Terminus des prétentieux2020 · as Self (archive footage)
• Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau2019 · as Self (archive footage)
• Alain Delon, la beauté du diable et les femmes...2019 · as Self (archive footage)
• Mireille Darc, la femme libre2018 · as Self (archive footage)
• À la recherche de... Pierre Richard2017 · as Self - Actress (archive footage)
• Michel Audiard : J'parle pas aux cons, ça les instruit2015 · as Self
• Gaumont, en effeuillant la marguerite2015 · as Self
• Mireille Darc, blessures intimes2013 · as Self
• Louis de Funès, l'homme qui a passé le mur du son2013 · as Self
• Lino, il n'était que lui-même2012 · as Self
• The Great Restaurant II2011 · as The Client Who Doesn't Want to Age
• Pierre Richard, l'art du déséquilibre2005 · as Self
• Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes2002 · as Self
• La justice de Marion : Les filles de Vincennes1998 · as Marion
• L'ami de mon fils1997 · as Louise
• Ni vue ni connue1997 · as Nicole Garrel
• Sapho1997 · as Fanny
• New Year's Eve At Bob's1984 · as Madeleine
• Love Lies1983 · as Catherine
• Jamais avant le mariage1982 · as Elisabeth
• For a Cop's Hide1981 · as La Grande sauterelle (uncredited)
• Reporters1981 · as Self
• The Small Timers1978 · as Annie Garmiche
• Death of a Corrupt Man1977 · as Françoise
• The Hurried Man1977 · as Edwige De Bois-Rosé
• The Passengers1977 · as Nicole
• The Probability Factor1976 · as Charlotte
• The Pink Telephone1975 · as Christine, la call-girl de Mme Claude
• Tell Me You Love Me1974 · as Victoire Danois
• The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe1974 · as Christine
• Borsalino and Co.1974 · as Prostitute in the Street (uncredited)
• Icy Breasts1974 · as Peggy Lister
• OK Patron1974 · as Mélissa
• Man in the Trunk1973 · as Françoise
• Where There's Smoke1973 · as Olga Leroy
• The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe1972 · as Christine
• Vagabond Humor1972
• There Once Was a Cop1972 · as Christine alias Françoise
• Troubleshooters1971 · as Carla
• Fantasia Among the Squares1971 · as Caroline Harrington "Tchoo-Tchoo"
• The Love Mates1970 · as Agatha
• Borsalino1970 · as Prostitute (uncredited)
• She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks1970 · as Francine
• Monte Carlo or Bust!1969 · as Marie-Claude
• Jeff1969 · as Eva
• Summit1968 · as Annie
• Weekend1967 · as Corinne Durand
• Sorrel Flower1967 · as Catherine Aigros, compagne de Pierre
• The Blonde from Peking1967 · as Christine Olsen
• Casino Royale1967 · as Jag (uncredited)
• The Big Grasshopper1967 · as Salène
• À belles dents1966 · as Eva Ritter
• Let's Not Get Angry1966 · as Églantine Michalon
• Balearic Caper1966 · as Polly
• The Upper Hand1966 · as Lili Princesse
• Galia1966 · as Galia
• How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning1965 · as Marie Truchet, dite Héloïse (sketchs "La Fermeture" et "Les Bons Vivants")
• The Great Spy Chase1964 · as Amaranthe
• Male Hunt1964 · as Georgina
• Hard Boiled Ones1964 · as Josette
• Dandelions by the Roots1964 · as Rockie « la Braise », femme entretenue
• Monsieur1964 · as Suzanne, Former Maid of Monsieur
• 4XD1964 · as Self
• L'Été en hiver1964 · as Diane, the Actress Wife
• Squeak-squeak1963 · as Patricia Monestier
• People in Luck1963 · as Jacqueline (segment "Le Vison")
• Virginie1962 · as Brigitte
• The Devil and the Ten Commandments1962 · as Une amie de Mauricette
• The New Aristrocrats1961 · as Milou Rivoire
• To Die of Love1961 · as Mariette, Maid
• Hauteclaire1961 · as Hauteclaire Stassin
• Please, Not Now!1961 · as Marie-Jeanne
• ¿Pena de muerte?1961 · as Lina
• Trapped by Fear1960 · as Maïa
• La grande bretèche1960 · as Jane

All TV Shows (22)

• C à vous2009 · as Self
• Infrarouge2006 · as Self - Presenter
• Frank Riva2003 · as Catherine Sinclair
• Le Bleu de l’Océan2003 · as Patricia
• Vivement dimanche1998 · as Self
• Vivement dimanche prochain1998 · as Self
• Terre indigo1996 · as Clélia Debarbera
• Les Yeux d'Hélène1994 · as Hélène Charrière
• Les Cœurs brûlés1992 · as Hélène Charrière
• Stars 901990 · as Self
• Sacrée soirée1987 · as Self
• Nulle part ailleurs1987 · as Self
• Champs-Elysées1982 · as Self
• 30 millions d'amis1976 · as Self
• Numéro un1975 · as Self
• Système 21975 · as Self
• Les Rendez-vous du dimanche1975 · as Self
• Midi Première1975 · as Self
• Midi trente1972 · as Self
• Le Grand Échiquier1972 · as Self
• Samedi soir1971 · as Self
• Dim Dam Dom1965 · as Self