Mireille Darc
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 15, 1938
- Died
- August 28, 2017
- Birthplace
- Toulon, Var, France
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
La naissance du Grand Blond TBA
as Self
Le Terminus des prétentieux 2020
as Self (archive footage)
Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau 2019
as Self (archive footage)
Alain Delon, la beauté du diable et les femmes... 2019
as Self (archive footage)
Mireille Darc, la femme libre 2018
as Self (archive footage)
À la recherche de... Pierre Richard 2017
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Michel Audiard : J'parle pas aux cons, ça les instruit 2015
as Self
Gaumont, en effeuillant la marguerite 2015
as Self
Mireille Darc, blessures intimes 2013
as Self
Louis de Funès, l'homme qui a passé le mur du son 2013
as Self
- Lino, il n'était que lui-même
Lino, il n'était que lui-même 2012
as Self
The Great Restaurant II 2011
as The Client Who Doesn't Want to Age
Pierre Richard, l'art du déséquilibre 2005
as Self
Une vie classée X 2005
Director
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes 2002
as Self
La justice de Marion : Les filles de Vincennes 1998
as Marion
L'ami de mon fils 1997
as Louise
Ni vue ni connue 1997
as Nicole Garrel
Sapho 1997
as Fanny
The Savage 1989
Director
New Year's Eve At Bob's 1984
as Madeleine
Love Lies 1983
as Catherine, Writer
Jamais avant le mariage 1982
as Elisabeth
For a Cop's Hide 1981
as La Grande sauterelle (uncredited)
Reporters 1981
as Self
The Small Timers 1978
as Annie Garmiche
Death of a Corrupt Man 1977
as Françoise
The Hurried Man 1977
as Edwige De Bois-Rosé
The Passengers 1977
as Nicole
The Probability Factor 1976
as Charlotte
The Pink Telephone 1975
as Christine, la call-girl de Mme Claude
Tell Me You Love Me 1974
as Victoire Danois
The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe 1974
as Christine
Borsalino and Co. 1974
as Prostitute in the Street (uncredited)
Icy Breasts 1974
as Peggy Lister
OK Patron 1974
as Mélissa
Man in the Trunk 1973
as Françoise
Where There's Smoke 1973
as Olga Leroy
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe 1972
as Christine
Vagabond Humor 1972
Actor
There Once Was a Cop 1972
as Christine alias Françoise
Troubleshooters 1971
as Carla
Fantasia Among the Squares 1971
as Caroline Harrington "Tchoo-Tchoo"
The Love Mates 1970
as Agatha
Borsalino 1970
as Prostitute (uncredited)
She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks 1970
as Francine
Monte Carlo or Bust! 1969
as Marie-Claude
Jeff 1969
as Eva
Summit 1968
as Annie
Weekend 1967
as Corinne Durand
Sorrel Flower 1967
as Catherine Aigros, compagne de Pierre
The Blonde from Peking 1967
as Christine Olsen
Casino Royale 1967
as Jag (uncredited)
The Big Grasshopper 1967
as Salène
À belles dents 1966
as Eva Ritter
Let's Not Get Angry 1966
as Églantine Michalon
Balearic Caper 1966
as Polly
The Upper Hand 1966
as Lili Princesse
Galia 1966
as Galia
How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning 1965
as Marie Truchet, dite Héloïse (sketchs "La Fermeture" et "Les Bons Vivants")
The Great Spy Chase 1964
as Amaranthe
Male Hunt 1964
as Georgina
Hard Boiled Ones 1964
as Josette
Dandelions by the Roots 1964
as Rockie
Monsieur 1964
as Suzanne, Former Maid of Monsieur
4XD 1964
as Self
L'Été en hiver 1964
as Diane, the Actress Wife
Squeak-squeak 1963
as Patricia Monestier
People in Luck 1963
as Jacqueline (segment "Le Vison")
Virginie 1962
as Brigitte
The Devil and the Ten Commandments 1962
as Une amie de Mauricette
The New Aristrocrats 1961
as Milou Rivoire
To Die of Love 1961
as Mariette, Maid
Hauteclaire 1961
as Hauteclaire Stassin
Please, Not Now! 1961
as Marie-Jeanne
¿Pena de muerte? 1961
as Lina
Trapped by Fear 1960
as Maïa
La grande bretèche 1960
as Jane
Credits from TMDB.