Mireille Darc

Mireille Darc
Mireille Darc in 1979
Born	Mireille Christiane Gabrielle Aimée Aigroz (1938-05-15)15 May 1938 Toulon, France
Died	28 August 2017(2017-08-28) (aged 79) Paris
Resting place	Montparnasse Cemetery, Paris, France
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1960–2012
Spouse(s)	Pascal Desprez (m. 1996)
Partner(s)	Alain Delon (1968–1982)
Website	mireille-darc.com

Mireille Darc (French: [miʁɛj daʁk]; 15 May 1938 – 28 August 2017)^[1] was a French model and actress. She was Alain Delon's longtime co-star and companion. She appeared as a lead character in Jean-Luc Godard's 1967 film Weekend (1967). Darc was a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur and Commandeur of the Ordre national du Mérite.

Early years

Born Mireille Christiane Gabrielle Aimée Aigroz in Toulon,^[1] she attended the Conservatory of Dramatic Arts in Toulon, and went to Paris in 1959.

Career

Darc's debut came 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 in several films: Pouic-Pouic (1963), High Lifers (Les Bons Vivants (1965), Jeff (1969), Borsalino (uncredited, 1970), The Love Mates (Madly, 1970), Icy Breasts (Les Seins de glace, 1974) Flic Story (Il était une fois un flic, 1975), 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).

In the 1980s, Darc's career was interrupted by open-heart surgery following a car accident, in which she was seriously injured, and her separation from Alain Delon after fifteen years together. She quit her film career, but returned to television in the 1990s. In 2006, Jacques Chirac awarded Darc the Légion d'honneur.^[2]

Health and death

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.^[3]

Theatre

Filmography

Dubbing

Bibliography

• 2008: Mon Père
• 2005: Tant que battra mon coeur (Autobiography)
• 1982: Jamais avant le mariage

Decorations

• Officer of the Legion of Honour (2015),^[4] (Chevalier in 2006)
• Commander of the National Order of Merit (2009)^[5]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mireille Darc.

• Mireille Darc on IMDb
• Mireille Darc at AllMovie
• Mireille Darc Official Site (in French)