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