AKA: Danielle Yvonne Marie Antoinette Darrieux
Nationality: French
Birthdate: 05/01/1917
Birthplace: Bordeaux, France
Enduringly beautiful, international leading lady, in films from 1931. Darrieux progressed from playing pouty teens to worldy sophisticates, hitting a creative peak in the early 1950s with her appearances in three Max Ophuls films. She was married to director Henri Decoin from 1935 to 1941 and starred in several of his movies in the 1950s.
Voice of Marjane's Grandmother
2007
Lady Constance Chatterley
1931
Film acting debut in "Le Bal"
1938
First US film role, "The Rage of Paris" opposite Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
Continued to perform under the German occupation of France during World War II
1951
Returned to Hollywood to star in the musical, "Rich, Young and Pretty"
1952
Starred opposite James Mason in "5 Fingers"