Mireille Darc
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.
Filmography
Le Terminus des prétentieux
as Self (archive footage)
Le Terminus des prétentieux
as Self (archive footage)
Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau
as Self (archive footage)
Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau
as Self (archive footage)
Alain Delon, la beauté du diable et les femmes...
as Self (archive footage)
Alain Delon, la beauté du diable et les femmes...
as Self (archive footage)
À la recherche de... Pierre Richard
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
À la recherche de... Pierre Richard
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Michel Audiard : J'parle pas aux cons, ça les instruit
as Self
Michel Audiard : J'parle pas aux cons, ça les instruit
as Self
Gaumont, en effeuillant la marguerite
as Self
Gaumont, en effeuillant la marguerite
as Self
Mireille Darc, blessures intimes
as Self
Mireille Darc, blessures intimes
as Self
Louis de Funès, l'homme qui a passé le mur du son
as Self
Louis de Funès, l'homme qui a passé le mur du son
as Self
The Great Restaurant II
as The Client Who Doesn't Want to Age
The Great Restaurant II
as The Client Who Doesn't Want to Age
Pierre Richard, l'art du déséquilibre
as Self
Pierre Richard, l'art du déséquilibre
as Self
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
as Self
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
as Self
La justice de Marion : Les filles de Vincennes
as Marion
La justice de Marion : Les filles de Vincennes
as Marion
L'ami de mon fils
as Louise
L'ami de mon fils
as Louise
Ni vue ni connue
as Nicole Garrel
Ni vue ni connue
as Nicole Garrel
Sapho
as Fanny
Sapho
as Fanny
New Year's Eve At Bob's
as Madeleine
New Year's Eve At Bob's
as Madeleine
Love Lies
as Catherine
Love Lies
as Catherine
For a Cop's Hide
as La Grande sauterelle (uncredited)
For a Cop's Hide
as La Grande sauterelle (uncredited)
The Small Timers
as Annie Garmiche
The Small Timers
as Annie Garmiche
The Passengers
as Nicole
The Passengers
as Nicole
The Pink Telephone
as Christine, la call-girl de Mme Claude
The Pink Telephone
as Christine, la call-girl de Mme Claude
Borsalino and Co.
as Prostitute in the Street (uncredited)
Borsalino and Co.
as Prostitute in the Street (uncredited)
Icy Breasts
as Peggy Lister
Icy Breasts
as Peggy Lister
OK Patron
as Mélissa
OK Patron
as Mélissa
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
as Christine
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
as Christine
Vagabond Humor
Vagabond Humor
There Once Was a Cop
as Christine alias Françoise
There Once Was a Cop
as Christine alias Françoise
Fantasia Among the Squares
as Caroline Harrington "Tchoo-Tchoo"
Fantasia Among the Squares
as Caroline Harrington "Tchoo-Tchoo"
The Love Mates
as Agatha
The Love Mates
as Agatha
Borsalino
as Prostitute (uncredited)
Borsalino
as Prostitute (uncredited)
She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks
as Francine
She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks
as Francine
Jeff
as Eva
Jeff
as Eva
Weekend
as Corinne Durand
Weekend
as Corinne Durand
Sorrel Flower
as Catherine Aigros, compagne de Pierre
Sorrel Flower
as Catherine Aigros, compagne de Pierre
The Blonde from Peking
as Christine Olsen
The Blonde from Peking
as Christine Olsen
Casino Royale
as Jag (uncredited)
Casino Royale
as Jag (uncredited)
The Big Grasshopper
as Salène
The Big Grasshopper
as Salène
Let's Not Get Angry
as Églantine Michalon
Let's Not Get Angry
as Églantine Michalon
Balearic Caper
as Polly
Balearic Caper
as Polly
The Upper Hand
as Lili Princesse
The Upper Hand
as Lili Princesse
How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
as Marie Truchet, dite Héloïse (sketchs "La Fermeture" et "Les Bons Vivants")
How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
as Marie Truchet, dite Héloïse (sketchs "La Fermeture" et "Les Bons Vivants")
The Great Spy Chase
as Amaranthe
The Great Spy Chase
as Amaranthe
Male Hunt
as Georgina
Male Hunt
as Georgina
L'Été en hiver
as Diane, the Actress Wife
L'Été en hiver
as Diane, the Actress Wife
People in Luck
as Jacqueline (segment "Le Vison")
People in Luck
as Jacqueline (segment "Le Vison")
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
as Une amie de Mauricette
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
as Une amie de Mauricette
The New Aristrocrats
as Milou Rivoire
The New Aristrocrats
as Milou Rivoire
Hauteclaire
as Hauteclaire Stassin
Hauteclaire
as Hauteclaire Stassin
¿Pena de muerte?
as Lina
¿Pena de muerte?
as Lina