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Françoise Dorléac

1942 - 1967

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Françoise Paulette Louise Dorléac (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swaz polɛt lwiz dɔʁleak]; 21 March 1942 – 26 June 1967) was a French actress. She was the elder sister of Catherine Deneuve, with whom she starred in the musical comedy film, The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967). Her other films include Philippe de Broca's That Man from Rio, François Truffaut's The Soft Skin (both 1964), Val Guest's Where the Spies Are (1965), and Roman Polanski's Cul-de-sac (1966). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Françoise Dorléac is the 533rd most popular actor (down from 437th in 2019), the 959th most popular biography from France (down from 859th in 2019) and the 41st most popular French Actor.

Françoise Dorléac is most famous for being the first wife of film director Roman Polanski.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Françoise Dorléac ranks 533 out of 13,578Before her are John Cassavetes, Marie Laforêt, Geena Davis, Jürgen Prochnow, Gloria Swanson, and Gena Rowlands. After her are Zsa Zsa Gabor, Bill Nighy, Mahershala Ali, Hugh Jackman, Claudette Colbert, and Christian Clavier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Françoise Dorléac ranks 77Before her are Emmerson Mnangagwa, Vladimír Mečiar, Tobin Bell, Robert H. Grubbs, Hissène Habré, and Martin Seligman. After her are Wolfgang Schäuble, Carlos Reutemann, Junichiro Koizumi, Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark, Peter Greenaway, and Felipe González. Among people deceased in 1967, Françoise Dorléac ranks 38Before her are Wolfgang Köhler, Woody Guthrie, Hermann Joseph Muller, Norman Angell, John Cockcroft, and Ejnar Hertzsprung. After her are Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, Shigeru Yoshida, Henry Morgenthau Jr., Héctor Scarone, Jayne Mansfield, and Ossip Zadkine.

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In France

Among people born in France, Françoise Dorléac ranks 959 out of 6,770Before her are John I of Aragon (1350), Louis Couturat (1868), Robert IV of Sablé (1150), Germaine of Foix (1488), Louis Vuitton (1821), and Jacques de Vaucanson (1709). After her are Agnes of Poitou (1025), Max Jacob (1876), Claude Perrault (1613), John, Duke of Berry (1340), Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657), and Louis Barthou (1862).

Among ACTORS In France

Among actors born in France, Françoise Dorléac ranks 41Before her are Vincent Cassel (1966), Emmanuelle Riva (1927), Jean-Pierre Cassel (1932), Juliette Gréco (1927), Bruno Cremer (1929), and Marie Laforêt (1939). After her are Claudette Colbert (1903), Christian Clavier (1952), Geneviève Page (1927), Carole Bouquet (1957), Bourvil (1917), and Michael Lonsdale (1931).