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 (right). 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.
Movie | Le Terminus des prétentieux | Self (archive footage) | 2020-10-14 |
Movie | Alain Delon, la beauté du diable et les femmes... | 2019-05-04 | |
Movie | Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau | Self (archive footage) | 2019-05-07 |
Movie | Mireille Darc, la femme libre | Self (archive footage) | 2018-08-24 |
Movie | Michel Audiard : J'parle pas aux cons, ça les instruit | Self | 2015-10-11 |
Movie | Gaumont, en effeuillant la marguerite | Self | 2015-01-01 |
Movie | Lino, il n'était que lui-même | Self | 2012-08-14 |
Movie | The Great Restaurant II | The client who doesn't want to age | 2011-04-30 |
Movie | Pierre Richard, l'art du déséquilibre | Self | 2005-12-07 |
Series | Le Bleu de l’océan | Patricia | 2003-07-02 |
Series | Frank Riva | Catherine Sinclair | 2003-11-07 |
Movie | Sapho | Fanny | 1997-01-21 |
Series | Terre indigo | Clélia Debarbera | 1996-07-08 |
Series | Les Yeux d'Hélène | Hélène Charrière | 1994-09-07 |
Series | Les Cœurs brûlés | Hélène Charrière | 1992-07-03 |
Movie | New Year's Eve At Bob's | Madeleine | 1984-12-12 |
Movie | Jamais avant le mariage | Elisabeth | 1982-09-01 |
Movie | Reporters | Self | 1981-06-10 |
Movie | For a Cop's Hide | La Grande sauterelle (uncredited) | 1981-09-09 |
Movie | The Small Timers | Annie Garmiche | 1978-09-27 |
Movie | The Passengers | Nicole | 1977-03-09 |
Movie | The Hurried Man | Edwige | 1977-08-10 |
Movie | Death of a Corrupt Man | Françoise | 1977-12-07 |
Movie | The Undertaker Parlor Computer | Charlotte | 1976-04-07 |
Movie | The Pink Telephone | Christine, la call-girl de Mme Claude | 1975-10-15 |
Movie | Icy Breasts | Peggy Lister | 1974-08-28 |
Movie | Borsalino and Co. | Prostitute in the street (uncredited) | 1974-10-23 |
Movie | The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe | Christine | 1974-11-12 |
Movie | Tell Me You Love Me | Victoire Danois | 1974-12-12 |
Movie | Where There's Smoke | Olga Leroy | 1973-05-16 |
Movie | Man in the Trunk | Françoise | 1973-10-12 |
Movie | Vagabond Humor | 1972-07-05 | |
Movie | There Once Was a Cop | Christine alias Françoise | 1972-02-11 |
Movie | The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe | Christine, espionne de Milan | 1972-12-06 |
Movie | Fantasia chez les ploucs | Caroline Harrington "Tchoo-Tchoo" | 1971-01-15 |
Movie | Troubleshooters | Carla | 1971-04-07 |
Movie | She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks | Francine | 1970-04-17 |
Movie | The Love Mates | Agatha | 1970-12-18 |
Movie | Borsalino | Une prostituée | 1970-05-19 |
Movie | Jeff | Eva | 1969-04-25 |
Movie | Monte Carlo or Bust! | Marie-Claude | 1969-04-28 |
Movie | Summit | Annie | 1968-10-16 |
Movie | The Big Grasshopper | Salène | 1967-01-11 |
Movie | Casino Royale | Jag (uncredited) | 1967-04-13 |
Movie | The Blonde from Peking | Christine Olsen | 1967-08-25 |
Movie | Weekend | Corinne Durand | 1967-12-29 |
Movie | Sorrel Flower | Catherine Aigros, compagne de Pierre | 1967-09-22 |
Movie | Balearic Caper | Polly | 1966-03-10 |
Movie | Galia | Galia | 1966-01-26 |
Movie | The Upper Hand | Lili Princesse | 1966-03-02 |
Movie | À belles dents | Eva Ritter | 1966-07-05 |
Movie | Let's Not Get Angry | Églantine Michalon | 1966-04-20 |
Movie | How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning | Marie Truchet, « putain » dite « Éloïse » (Les Bons Vivants) | 1965-10-28 |
Movie | 4XD | Herself | 1964-01-14 |
Movie | Monsieur | Suzanne, l'ex-femme de chambre de « Monsieur » | 1964-04-22 |
Movie | Male Hunt | Georgina | 1964-09-18 |
Movie | Dandelions by the Roots | Rockie la Braise | 1964-05-06 |
Movie | The Great Spy Chase | Amaranthe | 1964-12-10 |
Movie | People in Luck | Jacqueline (« Le Vison ») | 1963-04-26 |
Movie | Squeak-squeak | Patricia Monestier | 1963-11-20 |
Movie | Virginie | 1962-10-17 | |
Movie | The Devil and the Ten Commandments | Une amie de Mauricette | 1962-09-14 |
Movie | Please, Not Now! | Marie-Jeanne | 1961-04-19 |
Movie | ¿Pena de muerte? | 1961-01-01 | |
Movie | Hauteclaire | Hauteclaire Stassin | 1961-06-13 |
Movie | The New Aristrocrats | Milou Rivoire | 1961-12-13 |
Movie | La grande bretèche | Jane | 1960-10-14 |
Movie | Trapped by Fear | Maïa | 1960-11-04 |