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.
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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Filmography (Movies)
Le Terminus des prétentieux
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:14/10/2020
Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:07/05/2019
Alain Delon, la beauté du diable et les femmes...
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:04/05/2019
Mireille Darc, la femme libre
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:24/08/2018
À la recherche de... Pierre Richard
Character:Self - Actress (archive footage)
Release Date:01/09/2017
Michel Audiard : J'parle pas aux cons, ça les instruit
Character:Self
Release Date:11/10/2015
Gaumont, en effeuillant la marguerite
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2015
Mireille Darc, blessures intimes
Character:Self
Release Date:27/11/2013
Louis de Funès, l'homme qui a passé le mur du son
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2013
Lino, il n'était que lui-même
Character:Self
Release Date:14/08/2012
The Great Restaurant II
Character:The Client Who Doesn't Want to Age
Release Date:30/04/2011
Pierre Richard, l'art du déséquilibre
Character:Self
Release Date:07/12/2005
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
Character:Self
Release Date:01/09/2002
La justice de Marion : Les filles de Vincennes
Character:Marion
Release Date:05/10/1998
L'ami de mon fils
Character:Louise
Release Date:03/06/1997
Ni vue ni connue
Character:Nicole Garrel
Release Date:16/05/1997
Sapho
Character:Fanny
Release Date:21/01/1997
New Year's Eve At Bob's
Character:Madeleine
Release Date:12/12/1984
Love Lies
Character:Catherine
Release Date:19/03/1983
Jamais avant le mariage
Character:Elisabeth
Release Date:01/09/1982
For a Cop's Hide
Character:La Grande sauterelle (uncredited)
Release Date:09/09/1981
Reporters
Character:Self
Release Date:10/06/1981
The Small Timers
Character:Annie Garmiche
Release Date:27/09/1978
Death of a Corrupt Man
Character:Françoise
Release Date:07/12/1977
The Hurried Man
Character:Edwige de Bois-Rosé
Release Date:10/08/1977
The Passengers
Character:Nicole
Release Date:09/03/1977
The Probability Factor
Character:Charlotte
Release Date:07/04/1976
The Pink Telephone
Character:Christine, la call-girl de Mme Claude
Release Date:15/10/1975
Tell Me You Love Me
Character:Victoire Danois
Release Date:12/12/1974
The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
Character:Christine
Release Date:12/11/1974
Borsalino and Co.
Character:Prostitute in the Street (uncredited)
Release Date:23/10/1974
Icy Breasts
Character:Peggy Lister
Release Date:28/08/1974
OK Patron
Character:Mélissa
Release Date:01/06/1974
Man in the Trunk
Character:Françoise
Release Date:12/10/1973
Where There's Smoke
Character:Olga Leroy
Release Date:16/05/1973
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
Character:Christine
Release Date:06/12/1972
Vagabond Humor
Character:
Release Date:05/07/1972
There Once Was a Cop
Character:Christine alias Françoise
Release Date:11/02/1972
Troubleshooters
Character:Carla
Release Date:07/04/1971
Fantasia Among the Squares
Character:Caroline Harrington "Tchoo-Tchoo"
Release Date:15/01/1971
The Love Mates
Character:Agatha
Release Date:18/12/1970
Borsalino
Character:Prostitute (uncredited)
Release Date:19/05/1970
She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks
Character:Francine
Release Date:17/04/1970
Monte Carlo or Bust!
Character:Marie-Claude
Release Date:28/04/1969
Jeff
Character:Eva
Release Date:25/04/1969
Summit
Character:Annie
Release Date:16/10/1968
Weekend
Character:Corinne Durand
Release Date:29/12/1967
Sorrel Flower
Character:Catherine Aigros, compagne de Pierre
Release Date:22/09/1967
The Blonde from Peking
Character:Christine Olsen
Release Date:25/08/1967
Casino Royale
Character:Jag (uncredited)
Release Date:18/04/1967
The Big Grasshopper
Character:Salène
Release Date:11/01/1967
À belles dents
Character:Eva Ritter
Release Date:05/07/1966
Let's Not Get Angry
Character:Églantine Michalon
Release Date:20/04/1966
Balearic Caper
Character:Polly
Release Date:10/03/1966
The Upper Hand
Character:Lili Princesse
Release Date:02/03/1966
Galia
Character:Galia
Release Date:26/01/1966
How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
Character:Marie Truchet, dite Héloïse (sketchs "La Fermeture" et "Les Bons Vivants")
Release Date:28/10/1965
The Great Spy Chase
Character:Amaranthe
Release Date:10/12/1964
Male Hunt
Character:Georgina
Release Date:18/09/1964
Hard Boiled Ones
Character:Josette
Release Date:10/06/1964
Dandelions by the Roots
Character:Rockie « la Braise », femme entretenue
Release Date:06/05/1964
Monsieur
Character:Suzanne, Former Maid of Monsieur
Release Date:22/04/1964
4XD
Character:Self
Release Date:14/01/1964
L'Été en hiver
Character:Diane, the Actress Wife
Release Date:04/01/1964
Squeak-squeak
Character:Patricia Monestier
Release Date:20/11/1963
People in Luck
Character:Jacqueline (segment "Le Vison")
Release Date:26/04/1963
Virginie
Character:Brigitte
Release Date:17/10/1962
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
Character:Une amie de Mauricette
Release Date:14/09/1962
The New Aristrocrats
Character:Milou Rivoire
Release Date:13/12/1961
To Die of Love
Character:Mariette, Maid
Release Date:30/08/1961
Hauteclaire
Character:Hauteclaire Stassin
Release Date:13/06/1961
Please, Not Now!
Character:Marie-Jeanne
Release Date:19/04/1961
¿Pena de muerte?
Character:Lina
Release Date:01/01/1961
Trapped by Fear
Character:Maïa
Release Date:04/11/1960
La grande bretèche
Character:Jane
Release Date:14/10/1960
Television Appearances
C à vous
Character:Self
Infrarouge
Character:Self - Presenter
Frank Riva
Character:Catherine Sinclair
Le Bleu de l’Océan
Character:Patricia
Vivement dimanche
Character:Self
Vivement dimanche prochain
Character:Self
Terre indigo
Character:Clélia Debarbera
Les Yeux d'Hélène
Character:Hélène Charrière
Les Cœurs brûlés
Character:Hélène Charrière
Stars 90
Character:Self
Sacrée Soirée
Character:Self
Nulle part ailleurs
Character:Self
Champs-Elysées
Character:Self
30 millions d'amis
Character:Self
Numéro un
Character:Self
Système 2
Character:Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Character:Self
Midi Première
Character:Self
Midi trente
Character:Self
Le Grand Échiquier
Character:Self
Samedi soir
Character:Self
Dim Dam Dom
Character:Self
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