18 Facts About Bella Darvi

1.

Bella Darvi had three brothers, Robert, Jacques, and Jean-Isidore, and a sister, Sura.

2.

Bella Darvi decided to stay in Paris for her education along with her brother Robert.

3.

Bella Darvi's mother secured her release after three years, in 1943.

4.

Bella Darvi went to stay with her mother near Toulouse.

5.

Bella Darvi married a businessman, Alban Cavalcade, on October 7,1950 and traveled with him to Monaco.

6.

Bella Darvi shared a room with Zanuck's second daughter, Susan.

7.

Bella Darvi changed her name to Bella Darvi, Darvi being a combination of the first names of Zanuck and his wife, Virginia.

8.

Bella Darvi was Richard Widmark's love interest in Sam Fuller's film Hell and High Water which started filming in April 1953.

9.

Hedda Hopper predicted Bella Darvi would be one of the "stars of 1954" and "make a splash" in her first film.

10.

Bella Darvi was publicly linked with Brad Dexter around this time.

11.

Bella Darvi made a film in France with Eddie Constantine, Je suis un sentimental.

12.

Zanuck left his wife for Bella Darvi, but left her when he discovered that she was bisexual.

13.

Bella Darvi made I'll Get Back to Kandara in France.

14.

Bella Darvi returned to Hollywood briefly to make her TV debut in "Blind Drop: Warsaw" an episode of the show Conflict with Keith Andes.

15.

Bella Darvi was in Jules' Breadwinner and The Woman of Ice.

16.

On November 13,1960, Bella Darvi married Claude Rouas, a restaurant waiter, in Las Vegas; the marriage was annulled less than a year later.

17.

On September 11,1971, after several failed attempts, Bella Darvi committed suicide, in Monte Carlo by gas.

18.

Bella Darvi's body remained undiscovered for more than a week.