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Mireille Darc (; 15 May 1938 – 28 August 2017) was a French actress, director, photographer, singer and model. She appeared as a lead character in 1967 film Weekend. Darc was a Knight of the Legion of Honour and Commander of the National Order of Merit. was her longtime co-star and companion.


Early years
Born Mireille Christiane Gabrielle Aimée Aigroz in , she attended the Conservatory of Dramatic Arts in Toulon and moved to Paris in 1959.


Career
Darc's debuted in '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 '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 and Louis de Funès in several films: (1963), High Lifers (How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning (1965), Jeff (1969), Borsalino (uncredited, 1970), The Love Mates (Madly, 1970), (Les Seins de glace, 1974), Death of a Corrupt Man (Mort d'un pourri, 1977), Man in a Hurry (L'Homme pressé, 1977), and the television series (2003).

Darc had a heart condition from childhood, which required open-heart surgery in 1980. She was seriously injured in a car accident on July 7, 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 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 at the age of 79.


Theatre
2007Théâtre Marigny
1984Théâtre Édouard VII
1965Théâtre de la Madeleine
1964Théâtre des Ambassadeurs
1962Théâtre des Mathurins


Filmography

Feature films
1960
1961
1962(deleted segment "L'oeuvre de chair ne désireras qu'en mariage seulement"), Uncredited
1963(segment "Le manteau de vison")
1964
1965(segment "Bons vivants, Les")
1966
1967
Uncredited
1968
1969
1970
Uncredited
1971
1972
1973
1974
Uncredited
1975
1976
1977
1978
1981Uncredited
1982
1983Uncredited
1984
1986


Short films
1962Voice only
1960


As director
1989


French-language dubbing
1963Marisa Belli
1963Jose Greci
1962Barbara Steele
1961Georgia Moll
1961Franca Bettoja
1961Marisa Belli
1960Vira Silenti
1960Linda Cristal
1960Ziva Rodann
1960Ljubica Jovic
1958Georgia Moll


Bibliography
  • 2008: Mon Père
  • 2005: Tant que battra mon coeur (Autobiography)
  • 1982: Jamais avant le mariage


Decorations
  • Officer of the Legion of Honour (2015), (Knight in 2006)
  • Commander of the National Order of Merit (2009)


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