Enduringly beautiful, international leading lady, in films from 1931. Darrieux progressed from playing pouty teens to worldy sophisticates, hitting a creative peak in the early 1950s with her appearances in three Max Ophuls films. She was married to director Henri Decoin from 1935 to 1941 and starred in several of his movies in the 1950s.
- Also Credited As:
Danielle Yvonne Marie Antoinette Darrieux
- Born:
Danielle Yvonne Marie Antoinette Darrieux on May 1, 1917 in Bordeaux, France
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Job Titles:
Actor
Education
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Paris Conservatoire, Paris, France, music
Milestones
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1931 Film acting debut in Le Bal
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1938 First US film role, The Rage of Paris opposite Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
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1951 Returned to Hollywood to star in the musical, Rich, Young and Pretty
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1952 Starred opposite James Mason in 5 Fingers
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1954 Appeared in The Red and the Black opposite Gérard Philipe
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1955 Played a supporting role in the epic Alexander the Great opposite Richard Burton; last American film
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1955 Starred in Lady Chatterley s Lover ; due to its content, the film was banned by the Catholic censors in the US
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1961 Starred opposite Kenneth More in The Greengage Summer
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1963 Starred in the romantic comedy La Robe Mauve de Valentine at the Chatelet Theatre in Paris
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1970 Replaced Katharine Hepburn in the Broadway musical, Coco, based on the life of Coco Chanel
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1971 Appeared in the short-lived productions of Ambassador
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1986 Appeared opposite Catherine Deneuve in Le Lieu du Crime a French drama directed by André Téchiné
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2002 Cast in the ensemble, 8 femmes/8 Women ; a comedy murder-mystery directed by François Ozon
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2007 Voiced the grandmother in Persepolis ; Marjane Satrapi s animated film based on the graphic novel of the same name
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Continued to perform under the German occupation of France during World War II