Danièle Delorme


Gabrielle Danièle Marguerite Andrée Girard, known by her stage name Danièle Delorme, was a French actress and film producer, famous for her roles in films directed by Marc Allégret, Julien Duvivier and Yves Robert.

Early life

Gabrielle Danièle Marguerite Andrée Girard was born on 9 October 1926 in Levallois-Perret, Hauts-de-Seine, one of four children to the well-known painter, poster-maker, and theater-designer André Girard and his wife Andrée. Girard maintained a studio in Venice in 1936–1937 and in Manhattan, New York City, in 1938. After the Battle of France, Girard removed to Antibes, then a free-zone, and established a network that provided recruiting and spying work for the French resistance. It was during this time that young Delorme began her acting career.

Career

In 1940, at the age of 14, Delorme began acting and played a series of minor roles before she began acting in film. Two years later, owing to her father's contacts, she was able at age 16 to secure a bit part in The Beautiful Adventure.
Two years later, director Marc Allégret again used Delorme in a large role. This time, she performed with the stage name she used for the rest of her career: Danièl Delorme. One story developed that she took the name in order to hide from the Gestapo her relationship to her father. However, the suggestion came from character actor Bernard Blier, who performed with her in her second film to take the name from the heroine of Victor Hugo's play Marion Delorme.. In 1949, she also played the title role in Gigi (1949 film), before Leslie Caron's success in the same role in the American version .
Also notable was her performance as femme fatale in Julien Duvivier's Voici le temps des assassin, co-starring with Jean Gabin.
In 1960, Delorme joined more than 140 intellectuals, teachers, writers and celebrities in signing a manifesto supporting the right of French conscripts to refuse military service in Algeria. As a result, the French government on 28 September issued a ban against all signatories from appearing on state-run radio or television or in state-run theaters. At the same time, the information minister stated that another cabinet order was in preparation that would deny government funding to any film project in which any signatory appeared.

Death

Delorme died on 17 October 2015.

Personal life

In 1945, Delorme married actor Daniel Gélin with whom she had a son, Xavier, an actor. Delorme divorced Gélin in 1954. In 1956, Delorme married actor/filmmaker Yves Robert who was her partner in a production company. They remained married until his death in 2002.
Delorme served as a member of the Caméra d'Or jury at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.
Delorme died in Paris on 17 October 2015 at age 89. Her death was announced on 19 October by the director of the Paris art gallery An Girard, which she created to present the works of her father. According to the statement, she died in her sleep after years of illness.

Selected filmography

The Beautiful Adventure – MoniqueLes Petites du quai aux fleurs – Bérénice GrimaudTwilight – La camarade de Félicie Lunegarde The Captain Les J3 – Une élèveOuvert pour cause d'inventaire Les jeux sont faits – La noyéeCruise for the Unknown One Dilemma of Two Angels – Anne-MarieGigi – Gilberte dite 'Gigi'Cage of Girls – MichelineAgnes of Nothing – Agnès de ChalignyMiquette – Miquette GrandierMinne – MinneBed for Two; Rendezvous with Luck – MichèleLost Souvenirs – Danièle Without Leaving an Address – Thérèse RavenazOlivia – Une ancienne élève Venom and Eternity – HerselfDesperate Decision – CatherineL'Amour, Madame – Herself The Long Teeth – Eva Commandeur – la fiancée puis la femme de LouisWomen of Paris – Jeune femme cliente du Ruban Bleu Le Guérisseur – Isabelle DanceyMara Royal Affairs in Versailles – Louison ChabrayA Slice of Life – Mara House of Ricordi – MariaHuis clos – Florence Langlois Black Dossier – Yvonne DutoitDeadlier Than the Male – CatherineMitsou – MitsouLes Misérables – FantineNeither Seen Nor Recognized – L'admiratrice Every Day Has Its Secret – Olga LezcanoWomen's Prison – Alice Rémon ou DumasCléo from 5 to 7 – La vendeuse de fleurs / Actress in silent filmThe Seventh Juror – Geneviève DuvalMarie Soleil – Marie-SoleilDes Christs par milliers – DanièleHoa-Binh – French NurseLe Voyou – JanineÀ corps perdu – Lydia Deflandre, directed by Abder Isker, based on a story by Francis DurbridgeRepeated Absences – La mère de FrançoisBelle – JeanneTouch Me Not – LilianPardon Mon Affaire – Marthe DorsayPardon Mon Affaire, Too! – Marthe DorsayLa barricade du Point du Jour – La Générale EudesDirty Dreamer The Crying Woman Qu'est-ce qui fait courir David? – GeorgesLa côte d'amour – Helle Waver – Ferial's motherBal perdu – Maryse de BelloiseLes eaux dormantes – Mme de LespinièreSortez des rangs – Mme Germaine