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1	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/danielle_darrieux_6.jpg]]
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3	Danielle Darrieux (1 May 1917 – 17 October 2017) was a French actress. She had a long career, starting in 1931 and extending into the 21st century, appearing in over 110 movies.
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5	She was born in Bordeaux but grew up in Paris. Her long, long career started in 1931, when she was fourteen, with musical ''Le Bal''. 1936 film ''Mayerling'' was her StarMakingRole. In 1938 she made a brief sojourn to Hollywood, starring in English-language film ''The Rage of Paris'' opposite Creator/DouglasFairbanksJr, but she soon returned to France.
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7	She continued to work during the Nazi occupation, which caused her to receive some criticism, but her career suffered little after the war. In the 1950s she again dabbled in Hollywood, appearing in films like ''5 Fingers'' and EpicMovie ''Alexander the Great''. She was a talented singer; in musical ''The Young Girls of Rochefort'', Darrieux was the only member of the cast who sang for herself.
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9	[[ProductionPosse Often cast]] by Creator/MaxOphuls, who directed her in some of her most famous roles. She was prone to playing Creator/CatherineDeneuve's mother in later years.
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11	!!Filmography:
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13	* ''Film/BadSeed'' (1934) as Jeannette[[note]]Also the first directing credit for Creator/BillyWilder[[/note]]
14	* ''Theatre/LaRonde'' (1950) as Emma Breitkopf
15	* ''[[Film/FiveFingers1952 5 Fingers]]'' (1952) as Countess Anna Staviska
16	* ''Film/LePlaisir'' (1952) as Rosa
17	* ''Film/TheEarringsOfMadameDe'' (1953) as Comtesse Louise de...
18	* ''Literature/LadyChatterleysLover'' (1955) as Constance Chatterley
19	* ''Film/AlexanderTheGreat1956'' as Olympias
20	* ''Film/TheYoungGirlsOfRochefort'' (1967) as Yvonne
21	* ''Film/ARoomInTown'' (1982) as Margot Langlois
22	* ''Film/EightWomen'' (2002) as Mamy
23	* ''ComicBook/{{Persepolis}}'' (2007) as Grandma

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