Mireille Darc
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 15, 1938
- Died
- Aug 28, 2017 (aged 79)
- Place of birth
- Toulon, Var, France
- Credits
- 98
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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Known for
Casino Royale
1967Movie
Jag (uncredited)
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
1972Movie
Christine
The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
1974Movie
Christine
Weekend
1967Movie
Corinne Durand
Borsalino
1970Movie
Prostitute (uncredited)
Squeak-squeak
1963Movie
Patricia Monestier
Filmography
Le Terminus des prétentieux
2020Movie
Self (archive footage)
Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau
2019Movie
Self (archive footage)
Alain Delon, la beauté du diable et les femmes...
2019Movie
Self (archive footage)
Mireille Darc, la femme libre
2018Movie
Self (archive footage)
À la recherche de... Pierre Richard
2017Movie
Self - Actress (archive footage)
Michel Audiard : J'parle pas aux cons, ça les instruit
2015Movie
Self
Gaumont, en effeuillant la marguerite
2015Movie
Self
Mireille Darc, blessures intimes
2013Movie
Self
Louis de Funès, l'homme qui a passé le mur du son
2013Movie
Self
Lino, il n'était que lui-même
2012Movie
Self
The Great Restaurant II
2011Movie
The Client Who Doesn't Want to Age
C à vous
2009TV
Self
Infrarouge
2006TV
Self - Presenter
Pierre Richard, l'art du déséquilibre
2005Movie
Self
Frank Riva
2003TV
Catherine Sinclair
Le Bleu de l’Océan
2003TV
Patricia
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
2002Movie
Self
La justice de Marion : Les filles de Vincennes
1998Movie
Marion
Vivement dimanche
1998TV
Self
Vivement dimanche prochain
1998TV
Self
L'ami de mon fils
1997Movie
Louise
Ni vue ni connue
1997Movie
Nicole Garrel
Sapho
1997Movie
Fanny
Terre indigo
1996TV
Clélia Debarbera
Les Yeux d'Hélène
1994TV
Hélène Charrière
Les Cœurs brûlés
1992TV
Hélène Charrière
Stars 90
1990TV
Self
Sacrée soirée
1987TV
Self
Nulle part ailleurs
1987TV
Self
New Year's Eve At Bob's
1984Movie
Madeleine
Love Lies
1983Movie
Catherine
Jamais avant le mariage
1982Movie
Elisabeth
Champs-Elysées
1982TV
Self
For a Cop's Hide
1981Movie
La Grande sauterelle (uncredited)
Reporters
1981Movie
Self
The Small Timers
1978Movie
Annie Garmiche
Death of a Corrupt Man
1977Movie
Françoise
The Hurried Man
1977Movie
Edwige De Bois-Rosé
The Passengers
1977Movie
Nicole
The Probability Factor
1976Movie
Charlotte
30 millions d'amis
1976TV
Self
The Pink Telephone
1975Movie
Christine, la call-girl de Mme Claude
Numéro un
1975TV
Self
Système 2
1975TV
Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975TV
Self
Midi Première
1975TV
Self
Tell Me You Love Me
1974Movie
Victoire Danois
The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
1974Movie
Christine
Borsalino and Co.
1974Movie
Prostitute in the Street (uncredited)
Icy Breasts
1974Movie
Peggy Lister
OK Patron
1974Movie
Mélissa
Man in the Trunk
1973Movie
Françoise
Where There's Smoke
1973Movie
Olga Leroy
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
1972Movie
Christine
Vagabond Humor
1972Movie
Midi trente
1972TV
Self
There Once Was a Cop
1972Movie
Christine alias Françoise
Le Grand Échiquier
1972TV
Self
Troubleshooters
1971Movie
Carla
Fantasia Among the Squares
1971Movie
Caroline Harrington "Tchoo-Tchoo"
Samedi soir
1971TV
Self
The Love Mates
1970Movie
Agatha
Borsalino
1970Movie
Prostitute (uncredited)
She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks
1970Movie
Francine
Monte Carlo or Bust!
1969Movie
Marie-Claude
Jeff
1969Movie
Eva
Summit
1968Movie
Annie
Weekend
1967Movie
Corinne Durand
Sorrel Flower
1967Movie
Catherine Aigros, compagne de Pierre
The Blonde from Peking
1967Movie
Christine Olsen
Casino Royale
1967Movie
Jag (uncredited)
The Big Grasshopper
1967Movie
Salène
À belles dents
1966Movie
Eva Ritter
Let's Not Get Angry
1966Movie
Églantine Michalon
Balearic Caper
1966Movie
Polly
The Upper Hand
1966Movie
Lili Princesse
Galia
1966Movie
Galia
How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
1965Movie
Marie Truchet, dite Héloïse (sketchs "La Fermeture" et "Les Bons Vivants")
Dim Dam Dom
1965TV
Self
The Great Spy Chase
1964Movie
Amaranthe
Male Hunt
1964Movie
Georgina
Hard Boiled Ones
1964Movie
Josette
Dandelions by the Roots
1964Movie
Rockie
Monsieur
1964Movie
Suzanne, Former Maid of Monsieur
4XD
1964Movie
Self
L'Été en hiver
1964Movie
Diane, the Actress Wife
Squeak-squeak
1963Movie
Patricia Monestier
People in Luck
1963Movie
Jacqueline (segment "Le Vison")
Virginie
1962Movie
Brigitte
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
1962Movie
Une amie de Mauricette
The New Aristrocrats
1961Movie
Milou Rivoire
To Die of Love
1961Movie
Mariette, Maid
Hauteclaire
1961Movie
Hauteclaire Stassin
Please, Not Now!
1961Movie
Marie-Jeanne
¿Pena de muerte?
1961Movie
Lina
Trapped by Fear
1960Movie
Maïa
La grande bretèche
1960Movie
Jane
La naissance du Grand Blond
Movie
Self