Mireille Darc
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 Barm
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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Born
May 15, 1938
Toulon, Var, France
Died
Aug 28, 2017
Known For
Acting
Movies
75 acting
3 crew
Popularity
0.7
Known For
Casino Royale
1967
as Jag (uncredited)
Borsalino
1970
as Prostitute (uncredited)
Weekend
1967
as Corinne Durand
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
1972
as Christine
Let's Not Get Angry
1966
as Églantine Michalon
Borsalino and Co.
1974
as Prostitute in the Street (uncredited)
Death of a Corrupt Man
1977
as Françoise
The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
1974
as Christine
The Great Spy Chase
1964
as Amaranthe
Squeak-squeak
1963
as Patricia Monestier
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