Personal Info
Birth date
1938-05-15 (87 Years)
Day of death
2017-08-28
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Toulon, Var, France
Also known as
Мирей Дарк
Mireille Darc
Biography
Mireille Darc, who was born in 1938, was often compared to Brigitte Bardot. Her film career began in 1960 and she went on to make about 50 movies, including 1964’s Dandelion By The Roots which kicked off her work with Lautner. The pair would go on to make more than a dozen films together including The Great Spy Chase and 1967’s La Grande Sauterelle whose title also became her nickname. She is perhaps most closely associated with Yves Robert’s 1972 comedy Le Grand Blond Avec Une Chaussure Noire in which she sported a now mythic backless dress. The movie was remade in English as The Man With One Red Shoe in 1985 and starring Tom Hanks. Darc worked with Delon in such films as Jeff, L’Homme Pressé, Les Bons Vivants and Borsalino. The two were romantically involved for many years and reunited on stage in a 2007 Paris theater production of The Bridges Of Madison County. Other directors she worked with included Edouard Molinaro, Jacques Deray, Roger Vadim and Jean-Luc Godard. Darc took a break from film acting in the 1990s, working in several television series through the early 2000s. She also directed numerous documentaries for television.
Filmography
Midi Première
10
Overview:
Midi Première is a French variety show presented by Danièle Gilbert, directed by Jacques Pierre and broadcast from January 6, 1975 until January 1, 1982 on TF1. The program was generally broadcast between 12:15 p.m. and 12:55 p.m., then giving way to the 1:00 p.m. TV news. However, the broadcast schedule could change, depending on the guests, and the setting where the recording of the program was shot. Certain performances by artists who have become cult like the one where Ringo jostles with a demonstrator in interpretation (1977), that of Dalida with the title There is always a song with the soundtrack that does not start, twice, at the right speed (1978), Claude François and his Clodettes, who, in the provinces, are unable to join "the set" in order to interpret his song, the latter being taken by the crowd of delirious fans (summer 1977) . The group Supertramp performed there with the title "Dreamer" on March 8, 1975.Frank Riva
6.7
Overview:
After 25 years in exile, undercover cop Frank Riva comes back in Paris. He faces mob boss Norbert Loggia and his son Maxime, who put a bounty on his head during the French Connection days.C à vous
6
Overview:
Every day live on FRANCE 5, Anne-Élisabeth Lemoine and her team receive those who make the news. In the second part, the program welcomes, around a meal prepared by a qualified chef, artists in promotion.Casino Royale
5.245
Overview:
Sir James Bond is called back out of retirement to stop SMERSH. In order to trick SMERSH, James thinks up the ultimate plan - that every agent will be named 'James Bond'. One of the Bonds, whose real name is Evelyn Tremble is sent to take on Le Chiffre in a game of baccarat, but all the Bonds get more than they can handle.Weekend
6.976
Overview:
A supposedly idyllic weekend trip to the countryside turns into a never-ending nightmare of traffic jams, revolution, cannibalism and murder as French bourgeois society starts to collapse under the weight of its own consumer preoccupations.The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
7
Overview:
A hapless orchestra player becomes an unwitting pawn of rival factions within the French secret service after he is chosen as a decoy by being identified as a super secret agent.Borsalino
6.913
Overview:
In 1930s Marseilles two small-time crooks decide to join forces when they meet while brawling over a woman. Starting with fixed horse races and boxing matches, they soon find themselves doing jobs for the local gangster bosses. When they decide to go into the business for themselves, their easy-going approach to crime starts to change.The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
6.535
Overview:
With "little captain" Cambrai raising serious doubts about the reality of the so-called "super spy," Colonel Toulouse kidnaps Christine and forces Francois to play again the character of "The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe" in some fake adventures. All this to stop the investigation into the death of Colonel Milan.Borsalino and Co.
6.5
Overview:
Marseille. Heaps of flowers and funeral wreaths... "A man who no longer defends his colors is no longer a man."Acting
2020Le Terminus des prétentieux as Self (archive footage)
2019Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau as Self (archive footage)
2019Alain Delon, la beauté du diable et les femmes... as Self (archive footage)
2018Mireille Darc, la femme libre as Self (archive footage)
2017À la recherche de... Pierre Richard as Self - Actress (archive footage)
2015Michel Audiard : J'parle pas aux cons, ça les instruit as Self
2015Gaumont, en effeuillant la marguerite as Self
2013Mireille Darc, blessures intimes as Mireille Darc
2012Lino, il n'était que lui-même as Self
2011The Great Restaurant II as The client who doesn't want to age
2009C à vous (1 Episode) as Self
2006Infrarouge (1 Episode) as Présentatrice
2005Pierre Richard, l'art du déséquilibre as Self
2003Frank Riva (3 Episodes) as Catherine Sinclair
2003Le Bleu de l’Océan (5 Episodes) as Patricia
1998La justice de Marion : Les filles de Vincennes as Marion
1998Vivement dimanche (4 Episodes) as Self
1998Vivement dimanche prochain (1 Episode) as Self
1997L'ami de mon fils as Louise
1997Ni vue ni connue as Nicole Garrel
1997Sapho as Fanny
1996Terre indigo (8 Episodes) as Clélia Debarbera
1994Les Yeux d'Hélène (9 Episodes) as Hélène Charrière
1992Les Cœurs brûlés (8 Episodes) as Hélène Charrière
1990Stars 90 (1 Episode) as Self
1987Sacrée soirée (3 Episodes) as Self
1987Nulle part ailleurs (1 Episode) as Self
1984New Year's Eve At Bob's as Madeleine
1983Love Lies as Catherine
1982Jamais avant le mariage as Elisabeth
1982Champs-Elysées (3 Episodes) as Self
1981For a Cop's Hide as La Grande sauterelle (uncredited)
1981Reporters as Self
1978The Small Timers as Annie Garmiche
1977Death of a Corrupt Man as Françoise
1977The Hurried Man as Edwige de Bois-Rosé
1977The Passengers as Nicole
1976The Probability Factor as Charlotte
197630 millions d'amis (1 Episode) as Self
1975The Pink Telephone as Christine, la call-girl de Mme Claude
1975Numéro un (5 Episodes) as Self
1975Système 2 (1 Episode) as Self
1975Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (5 Episodes) as Self
1975Midi Première (1 Episode) as Self
1974Tell Me You Love Me as Victoire Danois
1974The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe as Christine
1974Borsalino and Co. as Prostitute in the street (uncredited)
1974Icy Breasts as Peggy Lister
1974OK Patron as Mélissa
1973Man in the Trunk as Françoise
1973Where There's Smoke as Olga Leroy
1972The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe as Christine
1972Vagabond Humor as Unknown
1972Midi trente (1 Episode) as Self
1972There Once Was a Cop as Christine alias Françoise
1972Le Grand Échiquier (2 Episodes) as Self
1971Troubleshooters as Carla
1971Fantasia among the squares as Caroline Harrington "Tchoo-Tchoo"
1971Samedi soir (1 Episode) as Self
1970The Love Mates as Agatha
1970Borsalino as Prostitute (uncredited)
1970She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks as Francine
1969Monte Carlo or Bust! as Marie-Claude
1969Jeff as Eva
1968Summit as Annie
1967Weekend as Corinne Durand
1967Sorrel Flower as Catherine Aigros, compagne de Pierre
1967The Blonde from Peking as Christine Olsen
1967Casino Royale as Jag (uncredited)
1967The Big Grasshopper as Salène
1966À belles dents as Eva Ritter
1966Let's Not Get Angry as Églantine Michalon
1966Balearic Caper as Polly
1966The Upper Hand as Lili Princesse
1966Galia as Galia
1965How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning as Marie Truchet, aka 'Éloïse' (segment "Les Bons Vivants")
1965Dim Dam Dom (3 Episodes) as Self
1964The Great Spy Chase as Amaranthe
1964Male Hunt as Georgina
1964Hard Boiled Ones as Josette
1964Dandelions by the Roots as 'Rockie la Braise'
1964Monsieur as Suzanne, former maid of "Monsieur"
19644XD as Self
1964L'Été en hiver as Diane, the actress wife
1963Squeak-squeak as Patricia Monestier
1963People in Luck as Jacqueline (« Le Vison »)
1962Virginie as Unknown
1962The Devil and the Ten Commandments as Une amie de Mauricette
1961The New Aristrocrats as Milou Rivoire
1961To Die of Love as Mariette, maid
1961Hauteclaire as Hauteclaire Stassin
1961Please, Not Now! as Marie-Jeanne
1961¿Pena de muerte? as Unknown
1960Trapped by Fear as Maïa
1960La grande bretèche as Jane
Directing
2006Infrarouge (4 Episodes) ... Director
2005Une vie classée X ... Director
1989The Savage ... Director
Writing
1983Love Lies ... Writer