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Danielle Darrieux

1917 - 2017

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Danielle Yvonne Marie Antoinette Darrieux (French pronunciation: [da.njɛl i.vɔn ma.ʁi ɑ̃.twa.nɛt daʁ.jø]; 1 May 1917 – 17 October 2017) was a French actress of stage, television and film, as well as a singer and dancer. Beginning in 1931, she appeared in more than 110 films. She was one of France's great movie stars and her eight-decade career was among the longest in film history. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Danielle Darrieux is the 619th most popular actor (down from 570th in 2019), the 1,090th most popular biography from France (down from 1,047th in 2019) and the 51st most popular French Actor.

Danielle Darrieux is most famous for her roles in films such as The Earrings of Madame de..., Jean Cocteau's Beauty and the Beast, and Max Ophüls' La Ronde.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Danielle Darrieux ranks 619 out of 13,578Before her are Glenda Jackson, Karlheinz Böhm, Sam Anderson, Thandie Newton, Jude Law, and Laura Gemser. After her are Brendan Gleeson, Rex Harrison, Ken Watanabe, Joaquin Phoenix, Jeffrey Wright, and Michèle Morgan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Danielle Darrieux ranks 52Before her are Jean-Pierre Melville, Fernando Rey, Bourvil, George Gaynes, Sven Hassel, and Chung Il-kwon. After her are Hirokazu Ninomiya, Jack Kirby, Dizzy Gillespie, Kunitaka Sueoka, Jane Wyman, and Edward Norton Lorenz. Among people deceased in 2017, Danielle Darrieux ranks 59Before her are Malcolm Young, John Surtees, Oliver Smithies, Adnan Khashoggi, Sam Shepard, and Hiroto Muraoka. After her are Elsa Martinelli, Harry Dean Stanton, Graham Taylor, Peter Mansfield, John Heard, and Jean Rochefort.

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In France

Among people born in France, Danielle Darrieux ranks 1,090 out of 6,770Before her are Adélaïde Labille-Guiard (1749), Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813), Marcel Carné (1906), Henri Giraud (1879), Adelaide of Aquitaine (950), and Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre (1749). After her are André-Hercule de Fleury (1653), Horace Vernet (1789), Léon Bonnat (1833), Alphonse Bertillon (1853), Henriette of France (1727), and Richard Avenarius (1843).

Among ACTORS In France

Among actors born in France, Danielle Darrieux ranks 51Before her are Carole Bouquet (1957), Bourvil (1917), Michael Lonsdale (1931), Claude Jade (1948), Jacques Perrin (1941), and Stéphane Audran (1932). After her are Michèle Morgan (1920), Jean Rochefort (1930), Marion Cotillard (1975), Maurice Ronet (1927), Samy Naceri (1961), and Dominique Sanda (1948).