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Actress
A.K.A.
Danielle Robin
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Female
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Birth:
14 April 1927(Clamart, France)
Death:
25 May 1995(16th arrondissement of Paris, France)
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The details
Biography
Introduction
Dany Robin ([dani ʁɔbɛ̃]; 14 April 1927 – 25 May 1995) was a French actress of the 1950s and the 1960s.
Career
Robin was born Danielle Robin in Clamart. She performed with Peter Sellers in The Waltz of the Toreadors, and co-starred opposite Kirk Douglas in the 1953 romantic drama Act of Love. Robin co-starred with Connie Francis, Paula Prentiss, and Janis Paige in Follow the Boys (1963). Her last leading role was the agent's wife Nicole Devereaux in Alfred Hitchcock's Topaz (1969).
Personal life and death
Robin was married to fellow actor Georges Marchal. On 25 May 1995, she and her second husband, Michael Sullivan, died in a fire in their apartment in Paris.
Selected filmography
- Lunegarde (1946) - Martine
- Gates of the Night (1946) - Étiennette
- Six heures à perdre (1947) - Rosy
- Destiny Has Fun (1947) - Gabrielle
- Man About Town (1947) - Lucette
- L'Éventail (1947) - Martine
- Une jeune fille savait (1948) - Corinne
- Monelle (1948) - Monelle Picart
- The Passenger (1949) - Nicole Vernier
- La Voyageuse inattendue (1950) - Dany
- Au p'tit zouave (1950) - Hélène
- Thirst of Men (1950) - Julie
- Le Plus Joli Péché du monde (1951) - Zoé
- Deux sous de violettes (1951) - Thérèse Delbez
- Une histoire d'amour (1951) - Catherine Mareuil
- Jupiter (1952) - Yvette Cornet
- She and Me (1952) - Juliette Capulet épouse Montaigu
- Holiday for Henrietta (1952) - Henriette
- The Lovers of Midnight (1953) - Françoise Letanneur
- Julietta (1953) - Julietta Valendor
- Act of Love (1953) - Lise Gudayec / Madame Teller
- Tempi nostri - Zibaldone n. 2 (1954) - Lei
- Les Révoltés de Lomanach (1954) - Monique de Lomanach
- Cadet Rousselle (1954) - Violetta Carlino
- Escale à Orly (1955) - Michèle Tellier dite 'Baby Face'
- Napoléon (1955) - Désirée Clary
- Frou-Frou (1955) - Antoinette Dubois dit 'Frou-Frou'
- Maid in Paris (1956) - Penny Benson
- It Happened in Aden (1956) - Albine
- Bonsoir Paris, bonjour l'amour (1956) - Annick Bernier
- Le coin tranquille (1957) - Danielle
- It's All Adam's Fault (1958) - Eléonore 'Nora' de Savigny
- Quand sonnera midi (1958) - Christine Dumartin
- School for Coquettes (1958) - Ginette Masson
- Mimi Pinson (1958) - Mimi Pinson
- Suivez-moi jeune homme (1958) - Françoise Marceau
- Les Dragueurs (1959) - Denise
- Le Secret du chevalier d'Éon (1959) - La comtesse de Monval
- Scheidungsgrund: Liebe (1960) - Marylin
- Love and the Frenchwoman (1960) - Nicole Perret (segment "Adultère, L'")
- Famous Love Affairs (1961) - Madame de Monaco (segment "Lauzun")
- Tales of Paris (1962) - Antonia (segment "Antonia")
- Waltz of the Toreadors (1962) - Ghislaine
- Conduite à gauche (1962) - Catherine
- The Mysteries of Paris (1962) - Irène
- Mandrin (1962) - Baronne d'Escourt
- Follow the Boys (1963) - Michele Perrier
- Comment trouvez-vous ma sœur ? (1964) - Martine Jolivet
- La corde au cou (1965) - Isabelle
- Don't Lose Your Head (1966) - Jacqueline
- The Best House in London (1969) - Babette
- Topaz (1969) - Nicole Devereaux (final film role)