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.
2020 | Le Terminus des prétentieux as Self (archive footage) |
2019 | Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau as Self (archive footage) |
2019 | Alain Delon, la beauté du diable et les femmes... as Self (archive footage) |
2018 | Mireille Darc, la femme libre as Self (archive footage) |
2017 | À la recherche de... Pierre Richard as Self - Actress (archive footage) |
2015 | Michel Audiard : J'parle pas aux cons, ça les instruit as Self |
2015 | Gaumont, en effeuillant la marguerite as Self |
2013 | Mireille Darc, blessures intimes as Mireille Darc |
2012 | Lino, il n'était que lui-même as Self |
2011 | Le Grand Restaurant II as The client who doesn't want to age |
2005 | Pierre Richard, l'art du déséquilibre as Self |
1998 | La justice de Marion : Les filles de Vincennes as Marion |
1997 | L'ami de mon fils as Louise |
1997 | Ni vue ni connue as Nicole Garrel |
1997 | Sapho as Fanny |
1984 | Réveillon chez Bob as Madeleine |
1983 | Si elle dit oui... je ne dis pas non as Catherine |
1982 | Jamais avant le mariage as Elisabeth |
1981 | Örnek Mücadele as La Grande sauterelle (uncredited) |
1981 | Reporters as Self |
1978 | Les Ringards as Annie Garmiche |
1977 | Mort d'un pourri as Françoise |
1977 | L'Homme pressé as Edwige de Bois-Rosé |
1977 | Les Passagers as Nicole |
1976 | L'Ordinateur des pompes funèbres as Charlotte |
1975 | Le Téléphone rose as Christine, la call-girl de Mme Claude |
1974 | Dis-moi que tu m’aimes as Victoire Danois |
1974 | Le Retour du Grand Blond as Christine |
1974 | Borsalino and Co. as Prostitute in the street (uncredited) |
1974 | Les seins de glace as Peggy Lister |
1974 | O.K. patron as Mélissa |
1973 | La Valise as Françoise |
1973 | Il n'y a pas de fumée sans feu as Olga Leroy |
1972 | Le Grand Blond avec une chaussure noire as Christine |
1972 | L'Humeur vagabonde |
1972 | Il était une fois un flic... as Christine alias Françoise |
1971 | Laisse aller... c'est une valse as Carla |
1971 | Fantasia chez les ploucs as Caroline Harrington "Tchoo-Tchoo" |
1970 | Madly as Agatha |
1970 | Borsalino as Prostitute (uncredited) |
1970 | Elle boit pas, elle fume pas, elle drague pas, mais… elle cause ! as Francine |
1969 | Monte Carlo or Bust! as Marie-Claude |
1969 | Jeff as Eva |
1968 | Summit as Annie |
1967 | Haftasonu as Corinne Durand |
1967 | Fleur d'oseille as Catherine Aigros, compagne de Pierre |
1967 | La Blonde de Pékin as Christine Olsen |
1967 | Casino Royale as Jag (uncredited) |
1967 | La Grande Sauterelle as Salène |
1966 | À belles dents as Eva Ritter |
1966 | Ne nous fâchons pas as Églantine Michalon |
1966 | Zarabanda Bing Bing as Polly |
1966 | Du rififi à Paname as Lili Princesse |
1966 | Galia as Galia |
1965 | Les Bons Vivants as Marie Truchet, aka 'Éloïse' (segment "Les Bons Vivants") |
1964 | Les Barbouzes as Amaranthe |
1964 | La Chasse à l'homme as Georgina |
1964 | Les Durs à cuire (Comment supprimer son prochain sans perdre l'appétit) as Josette |
1964 | Des pissenlits par la racine as 'Rockie la Braise' |
1964 | Monsieur as Suzanne, former maid of "Monsieur" |
1964 | 4 Fois D as Self |
1964 | L'Été en hiver as Diane, the actress wife |
1963 | Pouic-Pouic as Patricia Monestier |
1963 | Les Veinards as Jacqueline (« Le Vison ») |
1962 | Virginie |
1962 | Le Diable et les Dix Commandements as Une amie de Mauricette |
1961 | Les Nouveaux Aristocrates as Milou Rivoire |
1961 | Mourir d'amour as Mariette, maid |
1961 | Hauteclaire as Hauteclaire Stassin |
1961 | La Bride sur le cou as Marie-Jeanne |
1961 | ¿Pena de muerte? |
1960 | Les Distractions as Maïa |
1960 | La grande bretèche as Jane |
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