Mireille Darc
Mireille Darc was a French actress, director, photographer, singer and model. She appeared as a lead character in Jean-Luc Godard's 1967 film Weekend. Darc was a Knight of the Legion of Honour and Commander of the National [Order of Merit (France)|National Order of Merit]. Alain Delon was her longtime co-star and companion.
Early years
Born Mireille Christiane Gabrielle Aimée Aigroz in Toulon, she attended the Conservatory of Dramatic Arts in Toulon and moved to Paris in 1959.Career
Darc's debuted in Claude Barma's television drama Du côté de l'enfer. Her first leading role came in another production for French television, Jean Prat's Hauteclaire. She starred in Jean-Luc Godard's film Weekend as Corinne, her highest profile role for international critics; as Christine in The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe and The [Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe] and alongside Alain Delon and Louis de Funès in several films: Pouic-Pouic, High Lifers, Jeff, Borsalino, The Love Mates, Icy Breasts, Death of a Corrupt Man, Man in a Hurry, and the television series .Darc had a heart condition from childhood, which required open-heart surgery in 1980. She was seriously injured in a car accident on 7 July 1983, in a tunnel in the Aosta Valley, Italy, suffering a fractured spine and other injuries that required three months of immobilization in a hospital in Geneva, Switzerland.
Although they had recently separated about two weeks prior to the accident after a fifteen-year relationship, Delon rushed to Aosta when he heard about the accident, and left separately for Geneva by automobile during the night.
She quit her film career, but she returned to television in the 1990s. In 2006, French President Jacques Chirac awarded Darc the Legion of Honour.
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.Theatre
Filmography
Feature films
Short films
As director
Documentary works
1. La Deuxième VieThe Second Life
2. Brève Rencontre
Brief Encounter
3. Le Doute et L'espérance
Doubt and Hope
4. De L'ombre a La Lumière
From Darkness to Light
5. Jeunesse Éternelle
Eternal Youth
6. Une Nuit Sous Les Mers
A Night Under the Sea
7. L'ostéoporose
Osteoporosis
8. Une Vie Classée X
A Life Rated X
9. Les Liserons d'Eau
10. Vivre d'Amour
Living on Love
11. Voyage Vers L'inconnue
Journey Towards the Unknown
12. Pas Sur La Bouche
Not on the Lips
13. Pardonner
Forgive
14. Elles sont des dizaines de milliers sans abri
They number in the tens of thousands and '''they are homeless.
15. Excision, Le Plaisir Interdit
Excision, The Forbidden Pleasure'''
French-language dubbing
| Year | Title | Actress |
| 1963 | L’Ile aux Filles Perdues | Marisa Belli |
| 1963 | Foudres sur Babylone | Jose Greci |
| 1962 | L’Effroyable secret du Dr Hichcock | Barbara Steele |
| 1961 | Soliman le Magnifique | Georgia Moll |
| 1961 | Les Vikings Attaquent | Franca Bettoja |
| 1961 | Le Boucanier des Iles | Marisa Belli |
| 1960 | L'Esclave du Pharaon | Vira Silenti |
| 1960 | Les Légions de Cléopâtre | Linda Cristal |
| 1960 | Le Géant de Thessalie | Ziva Rodann |
| 1960 | Toryok la furie des Barbares | Ljubica Jovic |
| 1958 | La Charge des Cosaques | Georgia Moll |