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French actress
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Female
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5 January 1942(14th arrondissement of Paris, France)
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Cours Simon
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The details
Biography
Introduction
Dany Saval (born Danielle Nadine Suzanne Savalle on 5 January 1942 in Paris, France) is a former French actress.
Her career flourished during the 1950s and 1960s. Best known in America as one of a trio of airline stewardesses being shuffled around by Tony Curtis and Jerry Lewis in the slapstick comedy Boeing Boeing, in which she played alongside Thelma Ritter, Christiane Schmidtmer, and Suzanna Leigh.
Dany Saval retired from the film and entertainment business in the late 1980s. She has a daughter named Stephanie Jarre (daughter of Maurice Jarre, her first husband), and currently resides in Paris with her second husband, Michel Drucker.
Selected filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Girl and the River | uncredited | François Villiers |
| 1962 | Moon Pilot | Lyrae | James Neilson |
| 1964 | Une souris chez les hommes | Lucile | Jacques Poitrenaud |
| 1964 | Constance aux enfers | Pascale | François Villiers |
| 1965 | Boeing Boeing | Jacqueline Grieux aka "Air France" | John Rich |
| 1972 | It Can Be Done Amigo | Mary Bronston | Maurizio Lucidi |
| 1974 | Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre (TV show, 1 episode) | Nathalie Gilain | Georg Tressler |
| 1977 | Animal | Doris | Claude Zidi |
| 1977 | Parisian Life | Pauline | Christian-Jacque |
| 1980 | Inspector Blunder | the antiquarian | Claude Zidi |