Danielle Darrieux was born in 1917 in Bordeaux, France, to Marie-Louise . She died on October 17, 2017 in Bois-le-Roi, Eure, France. She was 100.
Her second husband was international jet-setter and diplomat Porfirio Rubirosa, whose career was dogged by numerous crime and sex scandals. Other marriages included heiresses Doris Duke and Barbara Hutton , while his notorious affairs included Zsa Zsa Gabor and probably sister Eva Gabor. He was killed in a car crash in 1965.
She appeared in a few films of first husband, writer/director Henri Decoin.
Darrieux married three times.
Has played Catherine Deneuve s mother in five films: Lhomme femmes , Les demoiselles de Rochefort , Le lieu du crime , 8 femmes and Persepolis .
Sister of actor Olivier Darrieux.
Decades before Brigitte Bardot ("BB"), she was known for her initials "DD".
Replaced Katharine Hepburn in the Broadway musical "Coco".
Studied the cello and piano at the Conservatoire de Musique in Paris.
Lost her father, an army doctor, at the age of seven.
The stage takes more from your life in three hours of work than one,whole day in the film studio. On stage, you are a prisoner, even though,it is a lovely prison. .
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