Danielle Darrieux was one of France's great movie stars and her eight-decade career was among the longest in film history.
15 Facts About Danielle Darrieux
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Danielle Darrieux's father died when she was seven years old.
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Danielle Darrieux signed a seven-year contract with Universal Studios to star in The Rage of Paris opposite Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
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Under the German occupation of France during World War II, Danielle Darrieux continued to perform, a decision that was severely criticized by her compatriots.
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Danielle Darrieux received a divorce and then fell in love with Porfirio Rubirosa, a Dominican Republic diplomat and notorious womanizer.
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In exchange for Rubirosa's freedom, Danielle Darrieux agreed to make a promotional trip in Berlin.
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Danielle Darrieux married scriptwriter Georges Mitsikides in 1948, and they lived together until his death in 1991.
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Danielle Darrieux appeared in the MGM musical Rich, Young and Pretty.
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Danielle Darrieux played a supporting role in her last American film, United Artists' epic Alexander the Great starring Richard Burton and Claire Bloom.
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At the request of director Lewis Gilbert, Danielle Darrieux worked in England to shoot The Greengage Summer with Kenneth More.
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In 1970, Danielle Darrieux replaced Katharine Hepburn in the Broadway musical Coco, based on the life of Coco Chanel, but the play, essentially a showcase for Hepburn, soon folded without her.
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Danielle Darrieux worked again with Demy for his film Une chambre en ville, an opera-like musical melodrama reminiscent of the director's earlier work The Umbrellas of Cherbourg.
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Once again, Danielle Darrieux provided her own vocals for her songs.
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Danielle Darrieux continued to work, her career spanning eight decades, most recently providing the voice of the protagonist's grandmother in the animated feature Persepolis, which deals with the impact of the Islamic revolution on a girl's life as she grows to adulthood in Iran.
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Danielle Darrieux died on 17 October 2017, due to complications from a fall, five months after turning 100 that May.