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Grandma

Persepolis (2007)
as Grandma

Mamy

8 femmes (2002)
as Mamy

Comtesse Louise de...

The Earrings of Madame de... (1953)
as Comtesse Louise de...

Countess Anna Staviska

5 Fingers (1952)
as Countess Anna Staviska

Short Info

Date Of BirthMay 1, 1917
SpouseGeorges Mitsikidès (m. 1948–1991), Porfirio Rubirosa (m. 1942–1947), Henri Decoin (m. 1935–1941)
FactStudied the cello and piano at the Conservatoire de Musique in Paris.


Danielle Darrieux is a French actress and singer, born in Bordeaux, France on May 1, 1917. Her parents were Henriette and Jean-Louis Darrieux. She has two sisters, Simone and Denise. Darrieux was educated at the Lycée Fénelon in Paris and the Conservatoire de Paris.

Darrieux began her career as a child actress in the film “Le petit chaperon rouge” in 1931. She went on to appear in over 100 films. Some of her most notable roles include “La Ronde” (1950), “The Earrings of Madame de…” (1953), “The Young Girls of Rochefort” (1967), and “8 Femmes” (2002).

Darrieux was married to director Henri Decoin from 1935 to 1957. The couple had three children: Catherine, Anne, and Pierre. Darrieux was married to actor Georges Marchal from 1959 to 1977. The couple had two children: Louise and Guillaume.

Darrieux has a net worth of $20 million. She has won numerous awards throughout her career, including the César Award for Best Actress in “8 Femmes”.

General Info

Full NameDanielle Darrieux
Date Of BirthMay 1, 1917
ProfessionActor, Singer
EducationConservatoire de Paris
NationalityFrench

Family

SpouseGeorges Mitsikidès (m. 1948–1991), Porfirio Rubirosa (m. 1942–1947), Henri Decoin (m. 1935–1941)
ChildrenMathieu Mitsinkidès
ParentsJean Darrieux, Marie-Louise Witkowski
SiblingsOlivier Darrieux

Accomplishments

AwardsEuropean Film Award for Best Actress, Honorary César, Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Achievement, Molière Award for Best Actress
NominationsCésar Award for Best Supporting Actress
Movies8 Women, The Earrings of Madame de…, Persepolis, The Rage of Paris, The Young Girls of Rochefort, 5 Fingers, Mayerling, Le Plaisir, Marie-Octobre, The Red and the Black, Premier rendez-vous, Une chambre en ville, Scene of the Crime, La Vérité sur Bébé Donge, Lovers of Paris, La Ronde, Rich, Yo...

Social profile links

IMDBhttp://imdb.com/name/nm0201638

Quotes

#Quote
1The stage takes more from your life in three hours of work than one whole day in the film studio. On stage, you are a prisoner, even though it is a lovely prison.

Facts

#Fact
1Lost her father, an army doctor, at the age of seven.
2Studied the cello and piano at the Conservatoire de Musique in Paris.
3Replaced Katharine Hepburn in the Broadway musical "Coco" (1970).
4Decades before Brigitte Bardot ("BB"), she was known for her initials "DD".
5Sister of actor Olivier Darrieux.
6Has played Catherine Deneuve's mother in five films: L'homme à femmes (1960), The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967), Scene of the Crime (1986), 8 femmes (2002) and Persepolis (2007).
7Darrieux married three times.
8She appeared in a few films of first husband, writer/director Henri Decoin.
9Her second husband was international jet-setter and diplomat Porfirio Rubirosa, whose career was dogged by numerous crime and sex scandals. Other marriages included heiresses Doris Duke and Barbara Hutton, while his notorious affairs included Zsa Zsa Gabor and probably sister Eva Gabor. He was killed in a car crash in 1965.

Pictures

Danielle Darrieux, Maurice Escande
Danielle Darrieux, Maurice Escande
Charles Boyer, Danielle Darrieux
Charles Boyer, Danielle Darrieux
Danielle Darrieux
Emmanuelle Béart, Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert, Virginie Ledoyen, Danielle Darrieux, Firmine Richard, Ludivine Sagnier
Fanny Ardant, Emmanuelle Béart, Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert, Virginie Ledoyen, Danielle Darrieux, Ludivine Sagnier
Fanny Ardant, Emmanuelle Béart, Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert, Virginie Ledoyen, Danielle Darrieux, Firmine Richard, Ludivine Sagnier
Danielle Darrieux, Jean Servais
Danielle Darrieux

All pictures

Movies

Actress

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Abus de confiance1937Lydia
The Virgin Bride1937Jacqueline Letournel
I Give My Life1936Youki, Boris's wife
Un mauvais garçon1936Jacqueline Serval
Club de femmes1936Claire Derouve
Tarass Boulba1936Marina
Mayerling1936Marie Vetsera
Meet Miss Mozart1936Denise, alias Mademoiselle Mozart
Le domino vert1935Hélène de Richemond Marianne de Richemond
J'aime toutes les femmes1935Danielle
Quelle drôle de gosse!1935Lucie (as Daniele Darrieux)
Le contrôleur des wagons-lits1935
Château de rêve1934Béatrix
L'or dans la rue1934Gaby - une petite vendeuse
Dédé1934Denise
Mauvaise graine1934Jeannette
L'auberge du Petit-Dragon1934uncredited
La crise est finie1934Nicole
Le secret d'une nuit1934Bit part (uncredited)
Mon coeur t'appelle1934Nicole Nadin
Volga en flammes1934Macha
Voyage de noces1933Small role
Panurge1932Régine
Le coffret de laque1932Henriette Stenay
Coquecigrole1931Coquecigrole
Le bal1931Antoinette
Tournons ensemble, Mademoiselle Darrieux2016Short
C'est toi c'est tout2010TV MovieCamille
Pièce montée2010Madeleine
Elles et moi2008TV Mini-SeriesIsabel Esteva
Towards Zero2007Camilla Tressilian
Persepolis2007Grandma (voice)
Nouvelle chance2006Odette Saint-Gilles
Une vie à t'attendre2004Emilie
Dangerous Liaisons2003TV Mini-SeriesMadame de Rosemonde
8 femmes2002Mamy
Emilie est partie2001ShortEmilie
Que reste-t-il...2000TV MovieEdith Lorrimer
Ça ira mieux demain2000Eva
Un et un font six1997TV SeriesTante Loli
Belle comme Crésus1997TV MovieSuzanne
Ne coupez pas mes arbres1995TV MovieLady Sheila Belmont
Jalna1994TV Mini-SeriesAdeline Whiteoak
George et Margaret1993TV MovieAlice Smith
La vérité en face1993TV MovieMadeleine Depage
Les mamies1992Lolotte
Le jour des rois1991Armande
La misère des riches1990TV SeriesAgnès Mercier
Piège infernal1989TV Mini-SeriesAgnès Mercier
Le front dans les nuages1989TV MovieMarguerite
Bille en tête1989l'Arquebuse
Série noire1989TV SeriesMartine Lemaire
A Few Days with Me1988Madame Pasquier
Adorable Julia1988TV MovieJulia Lambert
Bonjour maître1987TV Mini-SeriesClarisse Cambrèze
Gigi1987TV MovieAlicia de Saint-Efflam
Cinéma 161987TV SeriesÉmilienne
Corps et biens1986Madame Krantz
Scene of the Crime1986La grand-mère
La petite fille modèle1985TV MovieMamie
L'âge vermeil1984TV Mini-SeriesAdrienne
En haut des marches1983Françoise Canavaggia
A Room in Town1982Margot Langlois
Marie-Marie1981TV Mini-SeriesMarie
Le petit théâtre d'Antenne 21979-1980TV Series
La mort en sautoir1980TV MovieEvangeline Saint-Léger
Caméra une première1980TV SeriesLa logeuse
Miss1979TV SeriesMiss
On purge bébé1979TV MovieJulie Follavoine
Le cavaleur1979Suzanne Taylor
Mais n'te promène donc pas toute nue1978TV MovieClarisse Ventroux
Bonheur, impair et passe1977TV MovieLa comtesse Deverine
L'année sainte1976Christina
Divine1975Marion Renoir
Les jardins du roi1974TV MovieHélène
Au théâtre ce soir1973TV SeriesFrançoise
The Lonely Woman1973Teresa, Jaci's mother
La maison de campagne1969Lorette Boiselier
La robe mauve de Valentine1969TV MovieValentine
Birds in Peru1968Madame Fernande
Vingt-quatre heures de la vie d'une femme1968Alice
L'homme à la Buick1968Mme Dalayrac
The Young Girls of Rochefort1967Yvonne Garnier
The Sunday of Life1967Julia Ségovie
L'or du duc1965Marie-Gabrielle de M.
Le coup de grâce1965Yolande
Friend of the Family1964Edith Rollo
Du grabuge chez les veuves1964Judith
Méfiez-vous, mesdames!1963Hedwige
Bluebeard1963Berthe Heon
Pourquoi Paris?1962La prostituée
The Devil and the Ten Commandments1962Clarisse Ardan - Pierre's mother (segment "Tes père et mère honoreras")
Crime Does Not Pay1962Lucienne Marsais (segment "L'homme de l'avenue")
Les petits drames1961Cameo appearance
Les bras de la nuit1961Danielle Garnier
The Lions Are Loose1961Marie-Laure Robert-Guichard
Vive Henri IV... vive l'amour!1961Henriette d'Entragues
Loss of Innocence1961Madame Zisi
L'homme à femmes1960Gabrielle / Françoise
Meurtre en 45 tours1960Eve Faugeres
Les yeux de l'amour1959Jeanne Moncatel
Marie-Octobre1959Marie-Hélène Dumoulin, dite Marie-Octobre
Un drôle de dimanche1958Catherine Brévent
La vie à deux1958Monique Lebeaut
The Night Affair1958Thérèse Marken
Le septième ciel1958Brigitte de Lédouville
Lovers of Paris1957Caroline Hédouin
Typhoon Over Nagasaki1957Françoise Fabre
Le salaire du péché1956Isabelle Lindstrom
Alexander the Great1956Queen Olympias
Si Paris nous était conté1956Agnès Sorel
Lady Chatterley's Lover1955Constance Chatterley
The Case of Poisons1955Françoise Athénaïs de Montespan
Napoléon1955Eléonore Denuelle
One Step to Eternity1954Constance Andrieux
Rouge et noir1954Mme de Rénal
Escalier de service1954Béatrice Berthier
Castles in Spain1954Geneviève Dupré
Le bon Dieu sans confession1953Janine Fréjoul
The Earrings of Madame de...1953Comtesse Louise de...
Adorable Creatures1952Christine
5 Fingers1952Countess Anna Staviska
Le Plaisir1952Madame Rosa (segment "La Maison Tellier")
La vérité sur Bébé Donge1952Elisabeth 'Bébé' Donge
La maison Bonnadieu1951Gabrielle Bonnadieu
Rich, Young and Pretty1951Marie Devarone
Romanzo d'amore1950Luisa d'Asburgo-Lorena
La ronde1950Emma Breitkopf, la femme mariée
Occupe-toi d'Amélie..!1949Amélie
Jean de la Lune1949Marceline - une jeune femme charmante mais volage
Ruy Blas1948La reine d'Espagne Marie de Neubourg
Bethsabée1947Arabella Delvert - une femme venue rejoindre son amant au Maroc
Au petit bonheur1946Martine Carignol
Adieu chérie1946Chérie
La fausse maîtresse1942Lilian Rander
Caprices1942Lise
Her First Affair1941Micheline Chevassu
Battement de coeur1940Arlette
She Returned at Dawn1938Anita Ammer
Katia1938Catherine Dolgorousky
The Rage of Paris1938Nicole de Cortillion

Soundtrack

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Nouvelle chance2006performer: "Fascination"
8 femmes2002performer: "Il n'y a pas d'amour heureux" There's no happy love
Bille en tête1989performer: "A l'île Maurice"
A Room in Town1982performer: "Guilbaud Et La Baronne", "Edith Et Sa Mère"
The Young Girls of Rochefort1967performer: "Chanson D'Yvonne", "De Hambourg à Rochefort", "La Femme Coupée En Morceaux" - uncredited
Friend of the Family1964performer: "Le diable au coeur"
Toute la Chanson1960TV Series performer - 1 episode
Rich, Young and Pretty1951performer: "There's Danger in Your Eyes, Cherie" - uncredited
La fausse maîtresse1942performer: "Berger d'autrefois", "Les fleurs sont des mots d'amour"
Caprices1942performer: "Un Caprice"
Her First Affair1941performer: "Le premier rendez-vous", "Chanson d'espoir"
Battement de coeur1940performer: "Une Charade"
She Returned at Dawn1938performer: "Dans mon Coeur"
Katia1938performer: "Katia" Il peut neiger...
Un mauvais garçon1936"Je ne donnerais pas ma place...", "Imaginons que nous avons rêvé"
Meet Miss Mozart1936performer: "Ça vient tout doucement", "Le bonheur, c'est un rien", "Vous"

Thanks

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Les trois glorieuses2010TV Movie documentary thanks

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Les trois glorieuses2010TV Movie documentaryHerself
Empreintes2010TV Series documentaryHerself
Vivement dimanche2000-2010TV SeriesHerself - Main Guest / Herself
Ce soir (ou jamais!)2007TV SeriesHerself
Danielle Darrieux, une vie de cinéma2007TV MovieHerself
On a tout essayé2006TV SeriesHerself
On ne peut pas plaire à tout le monde2003TV SeriesHerself
Vivement dimanche prochain1998-2003TV SeriesHerself - Main Guest / Herself - Main guest
Louis De Funès, la comédie humaine2003TV Special documentaryHerself
Les feux de la rampe2002TV SeriesHerself
100 films par 100 personnalités1998TV SeriesHerself
La nuit des Molières1997TV Series documentaryHerself
Nulle part ailleurs1995TV SeriesHerself
The World of Jacques Demy1995DocumentaryHerself
Champs-Elysées1984-1990TV SeriesHerself
La nuit des Césars1979-1985TV Series documentaryHerself - César d'honneur / Herself
Cinéma cinémas1982TV Series documentaryHerself
Un comédien lit un auteur1979TV SeriesHerself
Les rendez-vous du dimanche1979TV SeriesHerself
Remembering Jean Gabin1978TV Movie documentaryHerself
Monsieur Cinéma1968-1976TV SeriesHerself
Numéro 11976TV SeriesHerself
Anneliese Rothenberger gibt sich die Ehre1975TV SeriesHerself - Singer
Le grand échiquier1972TV SeriesHerself
Midi Trente1972TV SeriesHerself
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1970TV SeriesHerself
The David Frost Show1970TV SeriesHerself
Tilt1968TV SeriesHerself
Monsieur 100.000 Volt1967TV SeriesHerself - Musician
Cinéastes de notre temps1965TV Series documentaryHerself
Cinépanorama1963TV Series documentaryHerself
The Ed Sullivan Show1962TV SeriesSinger
Petites fleurs1961TV ShortHerself - Musician
Toute la Chanson1960TV SeriesHerself
Trente-Six Chandelles1957TV SeriesHerself
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 61938Documentary shortHerself

Archive Footage

TitleYearStatusCharacter
L'occupation intime2011TV Movie documentaryHerself
L'Occupation sans relâche - Les artistes pendant la guerre2010TV Movie documentaryHerself
Fantasia Lusitana2010DocumentaryHerself
Max par Marcel2009DocumentaryHerself
Diálogos de cine2008TV MovieCountess Anna Staviska
On n'est pas couché2007TV SeriesHerself
Legendy mirovogo kino2004TV SeriesHerself
Les demoiselles ont eu 25 ans1993Documentary
Mon oncle d'Amérique1980Herself
Chantons sous l'occupation1976DocumentaryHerself
The Sorrow and the Pity1969DocumentaryHerself (uncredited)
Beach Casanova1962Herself (uncredited)
The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story1951Documentary

Awards

Won Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
2010Honorary GlobeGlobes de Cristal Awards, France
2002Silver Berlin BearBerlin International Film FestivalOutstanding Artistic Achievement8 femmes (2002)
2002European Film AwardEuropean Film AwardsEuropean Actress8 femmes (2002)
19957 d'Or7 d'Or NightBest Actress (Meilleure comédienne)Jalna (1994)
1985Honorary CésarCésar Awards, France

Nominated Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
2007Lumiere AwardLumiere Awards, FranceBest Actress (Meilleure comédienne)Nouvelle chance (2006)
2003CésarCésar Awards, FranceBest Supporting Actress (Meilleure actrice dans un second rôle)8 femmes (2002)
1987CésarCésar Awards, FranceBest Supporting Actress (Meilleure actrice dans un second rôle)Le lieu du crime (1986)
1983CésarCésar Awards, FranceBest Supporting Actress (Meilleure actrice dans un second rôle)Une chambre en ville (1982)

Source: IMDb, Wikipedia

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