Name
Mireille Darc
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1938-05-15
Deathday
2017-08-28 (79 years old)
Place of Birth
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.
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- 1974 The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe as Christine
- 1964 Male Hunt as Georgina
- 1961 Hauteclaire as Hauteclaire Stassin
- 1964 The Great Spy Chase as Amaranthe
- 1967 Weekend as Corinne Durand
- 1972 The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe as Christine
- 1997 Sapho as Fanny
- 1966 Let's Not Get Angry as Églantine Michalon
- 1964 Monsieur as Suzanne, Former Maid of Monsieur
- 1963 Squeak-squeak as Patricia Monestier
- 1963 People in Luck as Jacqueline (segment "Le Vison")
- 1969 Monte Carlo or Bust! as Marie-Claude
- 1961 Please, Not Now! as Marie-Jeanne
- 1967 Sorrel Flower as Catherine Aigros, compagne de Pierre
- 1971 Fantasia Among the Squares as Caroline Harrington "Tchoo-Tchoo"
- 1970 She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks as Francine
- 1977 Death of a Corrupt Man as Françoise
- 1972 There Once Was a Cop as Christine alias Françoise
- 1973 Man in the Trunk as Françoise
- 1971 Troubleshooters as Carla
- 1967 The Big Grasshopper as Salène
- 1966 The Upper Hand as Lili Princesse
- 1976 The Probability Factor as Charlotte
- 2013 Mireille Darc, blessures intimes as Self
- 1965 How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning as Marie Truchet, dite Héloïse (sketchs "La Fermeture" et "Les Bons Vivants")
- 1970 The Love Mates as Agatha
- 1964 Dandelions by the Roots as Rockie « la Braise », femme entretenue
- 1962 The Devil and the Ten Commandments as Une amie de Mauricette
- 1974 Icy Breasts as Peggy Lister
- 1975 The Pink Telephone as Christine, la call-girl de Mme Claude
- 2005 Pierre Richard, l'art du déséquilibre as Self
- 1960 La grande bretèche as Jane
- 1966 Galia as Galia
- 1984 New Year's Eve At Bob's as Madeleine
- 1978 The Small Timers as Annie Garmiche
- 1967 The Blonde from Peking as Christine Olsen
- 1960 Trapped by Fear as Maïa
- 1973 Where There's Smoke as Olga Leroy
- 1977 The Hurried Man as Edwige De Bois-Rosé
- 2019 Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau as Self (archive footage)
- 1964 L'Été en hiver as Diane, the Actress Wife
- 1969 Jeff as Eva
- 2019 Alain Delon, la beauté du diable et les femmes... as Self (archive footage)
- 1966 Balearic Caper as Polly
- 1968 Summit as Annie
- 1977 The Passengers as Nicole
- 1966 À belles dents as Eva Ritter
- 1997 L'ami de mon fils as Louise
- 2017 À la recherche de... Pierre Richard as Self - Actress (archive footage)
- 1964 Hard Boiled Ones as Josette
- 1982 Jamais avant le mariage as Elisabeth
- 1974 Tell Me You Love Me as Victoire Danois
- 1961 To Die of Love as Mariette, Maid
- 1983 Love Lies as Catherine
- 1972 Vagabond Humor
- 1981 Reporters as Self
- 1964 4XD as Self
- 2015 Michel Audiard : J'parle pas aux cons, ça les instruit as Self
- 1974 OK Patron as Mélissa
- 1961 The New Aristrocrats as Milou Rivoire
- 1997 Ni vue ni connue as Nicole Garrel
- 1962 Virginie as Brigitte
- 1961 ¿Pena de muerte? as Lina
- 2011 The Great Restaurant II as The Client Who Doesn't Want to Age
- 2018 Mireille Darc, la femme libre as Self (archive footage)
- 1967 Casino Royale as Jag (uncredited)
- 1970 Borsalino as Prostitute (uncredited)
- 2012 Lino, il n'était que lui-même as Self
- 2015 Gaumont, en effeuillant la marguerite as Self
- 1974 Borsalino and Co. as Prostitute in the Street (uncredited)
- 1981 For a Cop's Hide as La Grande sauterelle (uncredited)
- 2020 Le Terminus des prétentieux as Self (archive footage)
- 1998 La justice de Marion : Les filles de Vincennes as Marion
- 2013 Louis de Funès, l'homme qui a passé le mur du son as Self
- 2002 Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes as Self
- Soon La naissance du Grand Blond as Self
- 2009 C à vous ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1965 Dim Dam Dom ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 1987 Nulle part ailleurs ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1998 Vivement dimanche prochain ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1975 Les Rendez-vous du dimanche ( 5 episodes ) as Self
- 2006 Infrarouge ( 1 episode ) as Self - Presenter
- 1996 Terre indigo ( 8 episodes ) as Clélia Debarbera
- 1992 Les Cœurs brûlés ( 8 episodes ) as Hélène Charrière
- 2003 Frank Riva ( 3 episodes ) as Catherine Sinclair
- 1972 Le Grand Échiquier ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1975 Numéro un ( 5 episodes ) as Self
- 1972 Midi trente ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1975 Système 2 ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1975 Midi Première ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1982 Champs-Elysées ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 2003 Le Bleu de l’Océan ( 5 episodes ) as Patricia
- 1994 Les Yeux d'Hélène ( 9 episodes ) as Hélène Charrière
- 1998 Vivement dimanche ( 4 episodes ) as Self
- 1990 Stars 90 ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1976 30 millions d'amis ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1971 Samedi soir ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1987 Sacrée soirée ( 3 episodes ) as Self
