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Danielle Yvonne Marie Antoinette Darrieux (French pronunciation: [da.njɛl i.vɔn ma.ʁi ɑ̃.twa.nɛt daʁ.jø]; 1 May 1917 – 17 October 2017) was a French actress of stage, television and film, as well as a singer and dancer. Beginning in 1931, she appeared in more than 110 films.
Danielle Darrieux was born in 1917 in Bordeaux, France, to Marie-Louise (Witkowski) and Germain Jean Darrieux, a physician. She was raised in Paris. She was only fourteen when she auditioned for a secondary role in Le bal (1931) : she got the part, and the producer offered her a five-year contract.
- May 1, 1917
- October 17, 2017
Danielle Darrieux, née le 1 er mai 1917 à Bordeaux et morte le 17 octobre 2017 à Bois-le-Roi , est une actrice et chanteuse française. Au cours d'une des plus longues carrières cinématographiques — 110 films sur huit décennies —, elle a traversé l’histoire du cinéma parlant de 1931 à 2010.
Danielle Darrieux was born in 1917 in Bordeaux, France, to Marie-Louise (Witkowski) and Germain Jean Darrieux, a physician. She was raised in Paris. She was only fourteen when she auditioned for a secondary role in Le bal (1931): she got the part, and the producer offered her a five-year contract.
- January 1, 1
- Bordeaux, Gironde, France
- January 1, 1
- Bois-le-Roi, Eure, France
Oct 19, 2017 · Danielle Darrieux, the French actress and singer whose career of sophisticated film roles spanned eight decades and indelible incarnations as ingénue, coquette, femme fatale and grande dame,...
Biography: life and films. One of France's greatest and most versatile performers, Danielle Darrieux was born in Bordeaux, France, on 1st May 1917. Her father was an army doctor who died when she was 7. Her family were keen music enthusiasts and she studied the cello and piano at the Paris Conservatory.
It was a century ago today that Danielle Darrieux was born, and it is just over 80 years ago that she first became a star of the French cinema in “Mayerling” (1936), a romance in which she starred opposite Charles Boyer.
