Mireille Darc
Mireille Darc is known for Casino Royale (1967), The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (1972), The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (1974).
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.
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Questions about Mireille Darc
How many Mireille Darc films are in the catalogue?
The CineQuiz catalogue has 65 films with Mireille Darc, from 1960 to 2019.
What is the best rated Mireille Darc film?
The best rated Mireille Darc film in the catalogue is Let's Not Get Angry (1966), rated 7.5.
What was the first Mireille Darc film?
The first Mireille Darc film in the catalogue is Squeak-squeak, from 1963.
Who has Mireille Darc worked with the most?
In the catalogue, Mireille Darc shares the most credits with Georges Lautner (7 films), Maurice Fellous (5 films) and Michelle David (5 films).
People data: TMDb.
- Awards
- National Order of Merit · Officer of the Legion of Honour · Knight of the Legion of Honour · Commander of the National Order of Merit
Known for
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5.2 Casino Royale
1967
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7.0 The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
1972
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6.9 Weekend
1967
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6.6 The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
1974
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5.0 Hauteclaire
1961
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6.9 Borsalino
1970
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6.8 Squeak-squeak
1963
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6.8 The Great Spy Chase
1964
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5.9 For a Cop's Hide
1981
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6.4 Borsalino and Co.
1974
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6.3 The Upper Hand
1966
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7.5 Let's Not Get Angry
1966
Trivia
- Also works as
- model · director · film director · fashion model · screenwriter
- Studied at
- Conservatory of Toulon
- Spouse
- Pierre Barret · Pascal Desprez
Trivia from Wikidata, licensed CC0.
Full filmography
77 films — 65 in the catalogue
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6.3 Le Terminus des prétentieux
2020 · Self (archive footage)
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6.7 Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau
2019 · Self (archive footage)
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8.0 Alain Delon, la beauté du diable et les femmes...
2019 · Self (archive footage)
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8.0 Mireille Darc, la femme libre
2018 · Self (archive footage)
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7.0 À la recherche de... Pierre Richard
2017 · Self - Actress (archive footage)
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8.7 Michel Audiard : J'parle pas aux cons, ça les instruit
2015 · Self
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8.0 Gaumont, en effeuillant la marguerite
2015 · Self
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6.0 Mireille Darc, blessures intimes
2013 · Self
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Louis de Funès, l'homme qui a passé le mur du son
2013 · Self
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6.0
Lino, il n'était que lui-même
2012 · Self
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5.8 The Great Restaurant II
2011 · The Client Who Doesn't Want to Age
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8.0 Pierre Richard, l'art du déséquilibre
2005 · Self
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7.7 Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
2002 · Self
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La justice de Marion : Les filles de Vincennes
1998 · Marion
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9.0 L'ami de mon fils
1997 · Louise
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8.0 Ni vue ni connue
1997 · Nicole Garrel
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10.0 Sapho
1997 · Fanny
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6.2 New Year's Eve At Bob's
1984 · Madeleine
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4.0 Love Lies
1983 · Catherine
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5.3 Jamais avant le mariage
1982 · Elisabeth
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5.9
For a Cop's Hide
1981 · La Grande sauterelle (uncredited)
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7.0 Reporters
1981 · Self
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6.7 The Small Timers
1978 · Annie Garmiche
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6.5 Death of a Corrupt Man
1977 · Françoise
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5.8 The Hurried Man
1977 · Edwige De Bois-Rosé
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6.0 The Passengers
1977 · Nicole
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4.0 The Probability Factor
1976 · Charlotte
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4.8 The Pink Telephone
1975 · Christine, la call-girl de Mme Claude
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4.8 Tell Me You Love Me
1974 · Victoire Danois
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6.6
The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
1974 · Christine
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6.4
Borsalino and Co.
1974 · Prostitute in the Street (uncredited)
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5.8 Icy Breasts
1974 · Peggy Lister
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5.7 OK Patron
1974 · Mélissa
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6.3 Man in the Trunk
1973 · Françoise
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6.4 Where There's Smoke
1973 · Olga Leroy
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7.0
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
1972 · Christine
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4.7 Vagabond Humor
1972
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6.1 There Once Was a Cop
1972 · Christine alias Françoise
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6.4 Troubleshooters
1971 · Carla
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5.0 Fantasia Among the Squares
1971 · Caroline Harrington "Tchoo-Tchoo"
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4.6 The Love Mates
1970 · Agatha
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6.9
Borsalino
1970 · Prostitute (uncredited)
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6.1 She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks
1970 · Francine
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5.9 Monte Carlo or Bust!
1969 · Marie-Claude
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5.0 Jeff
1969 · Eva
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6.3 Summit
1968 · Annie
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6.9
Weekend
1967 · Corinne Durand
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5.2 Sorrel Flower
1967 · Catherine Aigros, compagne de Pierre
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5.7 The Blonde from Peking
1967 · Christine Olsen
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5.2
Casino Royale
1967 · Jag (uncredited)
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6.3 The Big Grasshopper
1967 · Salène
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5.3 À belles dents
1966 · Eva Ritter
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7.5
Let's Not Get Angry
1966 · Églantine Michalon
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4.8 Balearic Caper
1966 · Polly
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6.3
The Upper Hand
1966 · Lili Princesse
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5.2 Galia
1966 · Galia
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5.7 How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
1965 · Marie Truchet, dite Héloïse (sketchs "La Fermeture" et "Les Bons Vivants")
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6.8
The Great Spy Chase
1964 · Amaranthe
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6.5 Male Hunt
1964 · Georgina
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4.7 Hard Boiled Ones
1964 · Josette
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5.4 Dandelions by the Roots
1964 · Rockie
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6.4 Monsieur
1964 · Suzanne, Former Maid of Monsieur
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8.7 4XD
1964 · Self
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6.0 L'Été en hiver
1964 · Diane, the Actress Wife
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6.8
Squeak-squeak
1963 · Patricia Monestier
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5.6 People in Luck
1963 · Jacqueline (segment "Le Vison")
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10.0 Virginie
1962 · Brigitte
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5.6 The Devil and the Ten Commandments
1962 · Une amie de Mauricette
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4.5 The New Aristrocrats
1961 · Milou Rivoire
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5.0 To Die of Love
1961 · Mariette, Maid
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5.0
Hauteclaire
1961 · Hauteclaire Stassin
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5.1 Please, Not Now!
1961 · Marie-Jeanne
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7.5 ¿Pena de muerte?
1961 · Lina
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6.2 Trapped by Fear
1960 · Maïa
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3.0 La grande bretèche
1960 · Jane
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La naissance du Grand Blond
no date · Self
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3.7 The Savage
1989
People data: TMDb.
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