Dany Robin
Dany Robin was a French actress of the 1950s and the 1960s. Nicknamed ‘la petite fiancée de la France’ in the post-war years, she became one of the leading female stars of the 1950s, moving from the role of ‘ingénue’ to that of saucy Parisienne. She played the leading lady in Topaz, and is regarded as the last ‘Hitchcock blonde’.
Career
Robin was born Danielle Robin in Clamart. She performed with Peter Sellers in The Waltz of the Toreadors, and co-starred opposite Kirk Douglas in the 1953 romantic drama Act of Love. Robin co-starred with Connie Francis, Paula Prentiss, and Janis Paige in Follow the Boys. Her last leading role was the agent's wife Nicole Devereaux in Alfred Hitchcock's Topaz.Personal life and death
Robin was married to fellow actor Georges Marchal. On 25 May 1995, she and her second husband, Michael Sullivan, died in a fire in their apartment in Paris.Selected filmography
Lunegarde - MartineGates of the Night - ÉtiennetteSix heures à perdre - RosyDestiny Has Fun - GabrielleMan About Town - LucetteNaughty Martine - Martine' - CorinneMonelle - Monelle PicartThe Passenger - Nicole VernierThe Unexpected Voyager - DanyThe Little Zouave - HélèneThirst of Men - JulieThe Prettiest Sin in the World - ZoéTwo Pennies Worth of Violets - Thérèse DelbezYoung Love - Catherine MareuilTwelve Hours of Happiness - Yvette CornetShe and Me - Juliette Capulet épouse MontaiguHoliday for Henrietta - HenrietteThe Lovers of Midnight - Françoise LetanneurJulietta - Julietta ValendorAct of Love - Lise Gudayec / Madame TellerTempi nostri - Zibaldone n. 2 - Lei- '