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