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Dany Robin

 
Actor: Dany Robin
 
  • Born: Apr 14, 1927 in Clamart, France
  • Died: May 25, 1995
  • Occupation: Actor
  • Active: '40s-'60s
  • Major Genres: Comedy, Drama
  • Career Highlights: Le Silence Est d'Or, Julietta, Topaz
  • First Major Screen Credit: Six Heures a Perdre (1946)

Biography

Trained for the ballet, French leading lady Dany Robin entered films as an actress in 1946 and became the romantic ingénue of choice for directors like Marcel Carne and Rene Clair. Her first real break was Clair's Le Silence Est D'Or (also known as Man About Town) (1947), in which she was cast opposite Maurice Chevalier. Though the greater portion of her film work has been in France, Dany was seen in the 1961 British comedy Waltz of the Toreadors and the American productions Follow the Boys (1963) and Topaz (1969, her last film). Dany Robin has been married to film actor Georges Marcha and producer Michael Sullivan. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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Dany Robin
Born Danielle Robin
14 April 1927(1927-04-14)
Clamart, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France
Died 25 May 1995 (aged 68)
Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Occupation Actress
Years active 1930–1969
Spouse(s) Georges Marchal (1951–1969)
Michael Sullivan (1969–1995)

Dany Robin [IPA: dæni ʁɔbɑ̃)(born Danielle Robin) (14 April 1927 – 25 May, 1995) was a French actress of the 1950s and the early 1960s who was married to fellow actor Georges Marchal.

She performed with Peter Sellers in The Waltz of the Toreadors. Robin co-starred with Connie Francis, Paula Prentiss, and Janis Paige in Follow the Boys (1963). Her last leading role was the agent's wife Nicole Devereaux in Alfred Hitchcock's Topaz (1969). Hitchcock said that Robin and Claude Jade, cast as Robin's daughter, would provide the glamour in the story.

She died with her husband, Michael Sullivan, during a fire in their apartment in Paris.

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