Full Name Mireille Aigroz Role Model Occupation Actress Spouse Pascal Desprez (m. 2002) | Website mireille-darc.com Albums Compartiment 23 Name Mireille Darc | |
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Born 15 May 1938 (age 85) ( 1938-05-15 ) Toulon, France Movies The Tall Blond Man with One, Weekend, The Return of the Tall Blond Ma, The Great Spy Chase, Death of a Corrupt Man Similar Nathalie Delon, Brigitte Bardot, Annie Girardot | ||
Mireille darc tribute
Mireille Darc ([miʁɛj daʁk]; 15 May 1938 – 28 August 2017) 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 Week End (1967). Darc is a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur and Commandeur of the Ordre national du Mérite.
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- Mireille darc tribute
- Mireille DARC Delon ma vie mes amours
- Early years
- Career
- Health and death
- Decorations
- References
Mireille DARC : "Delon, ma vie, mes amours"
Early years
Born Mireille Christiane Gabrielle Aimée Aigroz in Toulon, France, 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.
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.