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Dany Robin(1927-1995)

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Dany Robin
A French Intelligence Agent becomes embroiled in the Cold War politics first with uncovering the events leading up to the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, and then back to France to break up an international Russian spy ring.
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Topaz (1969)
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This pert, petite, delicate, dreamy-eyed French dish of post-war filming with the piled-high blonde hairdo was a one-time threat to the sexy, kittenish pedestal Brigitte Bardot stood on during the 1950s. While working for such legendary directors as Marcel Carné, Marc Allégret, Julien Duvivier, Henri Decoin and René Clair, she also got to work opposite France's most handsome leading men, including Georges Marchal, Jean Marais, Jean Servais, François Périer, Daniel Gélin, Jacques Sernas and singer Marcel Amont, Dany became the epitome of the romantic, virginal heroine in light comedy souffles, although she was just as entrancing and touching in dramatic works.

Born Danielle Robin on April 4, 1927, the lithe Dany trained as a ballerina as a child and eventually made her way dancing with the Opera de Paris. At age 19, however, she opted for a movie career and decided to study at the Paris Conservatoire. Making her screen debut with a bit part in Lunegarde (1946), she first turned heads in the romantic dramedy Le silence est d'or (1947) directed by Clair and starring Maurice Chevalier.

Dany continued to touch pulses with her naïve lovelies throughout the 50's with such pictures as L'éventail (1947); Les amoureux sont seuls au monde (1948); four films co-starring heartthrob Georges Marchal, whom she married in 1951 -- La passagère (1949), La voyageuse inattendue (1950), La soif des hommes (1950) and Valley of Fire (1951); Elle et moi (1952); Vietelty (1951); Frou-Frou, Pariisin lemmikki (1955); the title role in the films Henrietten juhlat (1952) and Julietta (1953); the US/French co-production Kohtalokas rakkaus (1953) starring Kirk Douglas; Napoleon (1955) (as Desiree); Frou-Frou, Pariisin lemmikki (1955); Liian nuori Pariisiin (1956); C'est arrivé à Aden... (1956); Hyvää yötä Pariisi... huomenta rakkaus! (1956); C'est la faute d'Adam (1958); L'école des cocottes (1958); the title role in Mimi Pinson, pikku midinetti (1958); and Viettelijät (1959).

Though most of her films were produced in her own homeland, Dany branched out internationally from time to time in the 1960's, appearing in the British sex comedy Toreadorivalssi (1962) opposite Peter Sellers and the innocuous, teen-oriented flick Heila joka satamassa (1963) starring singing teen pop idol Connie Francis here in the U.S. She matured with roles in Ranskatar ja rakkaus (1960), Pariisin salaisuudet (1962), Mandrin (1962), Sursis pour un espion (1965) and a pair of British comedies Pidä pääsi (1967) and The Best House in London (1969). She would last appear on film in the Alfred Hitchcock thriller Topaz (1969), an American production.

Divorced from first husband Marchal, the father of her two children, in 1968, Dany married British agent/producer Michael Sullivan the following year and retired quietly. On May 25, 1995, the 68-year-old former actress was tragically killed, along with Sullivan, in a fire that consumed their Paris apartment.
BornApril 14, 1927
DiedMay 25, 1995(68)
BornApril 14, 1927
DiedMay 25, 1995(68)
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John Fraser and Dany Robin in Toreadorivalssi (1962)
Peter Sellers and Dany Robin in Toreadorivalssi (1962)
Dany Robin in Toreadorivalssi (1962)
Dany Robin in Toreadorivalssi (1962)
Peter Sellers and Dany Robin in Toreadorivalssi (1962)
Peter Sellers, John Fraser, and Dany Robin in Toreadorivalssi (1962)
Peter Sellers and Dany Robin in Toreadorivalssi (1962)
Peter Sellers and Dany Robin in Toreadorivalssi (1962)
John Fraser and Dany Robin in Toreadorivalssi (1962)
Peter Sellers and Dany Robin in Toreadorivalssi (1962)
Peter Sellers, Cyril Cusack, and Dany Robin in Toreadorivalssi (1962)
Dany Robin in Kohtalokas rakkaus (1953)

Known for:

Topaz (1969)
Topaz
6.2
  • Nicole Devereaux
  • 1969
Pidä pääsi (1967)
Pidä pääsi
6.5
  • Jacqueline
  • 1967
L'éventail (1947)
L'éventail
  • Martine
  • 1947
Elle et moi (1952)
Elle et moi
5.4
  • Juliette Capulet épouse Montaigu
  • 1952

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Actress

  • Topaz (1969)
    Topaz
    6.2
    • Nicole Devereaux
    • 1969
  • The Best House in London (1969)
    The Best House in London
    4.3
    • Babette
    • 1969
  • Pidä pääsi (1967)
    Pidä pääsi
    6.5
    • Jacqueline
    • 1967
  • Dick Emery in The Dick Emery Show (1963)
    The Dick Emery Show
    6.8
    TV Series
    • 1966
  • La corde au cou (1965)
    La corde au cou
    • Isabelle
    • 1965
  • Version grecque
    TV Movie
    • Bacchis
    • 1965
  • Sursis pour un espion (1965)
    Sursis pour un espion
    5.8
    • Mme Roussel
    • 1965
  • Comment trouvez-vous ma soeur? (1964)
    Comment trouvez-vous ma soeur?
    4.6
    • Martine Jolivet
    • 1964
  • Heila joka satamassa (1963)
    Heila joka satamassa
    5.3
    • Michele Perrier
    • 1963
  • Mandrin (1962)
    Mandrin
    5.4
    • La baronne d'Escourt
    • 1962
  • Pariisin salaisuudet (1962)
    Pariisin salaisuudet
    6.4
    • Irène
    • 1962
  • Conduite à gauche (1962)
    Conduite à gauche
    • Caatherine
    • 1962
  • Toreadorivalssi (1962)
    Toreadorivalssi
    5.8
    • Ghislaine
    • 1962
  • Pikku pariisittaret (1962)
    Pikku pariisittaret
    6.1
    • Antonia (segment "Antonia")
    • 1962
  • Rakastajattaria (1961)
    Rakastajattaria
    5.2
    • Madame de Monaco (segment "Lauzun")
    • 1961

Soundtrack

  • Mimi Pinson, pikku midinetti (1958)
    Mimi Pinson, pikku midinetti
    5.2
    • performer: "Mimi Pinson"
    • 1958

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  • Height
    • 1.60 m
  • Born
    • April 14, 1927
    • Clamart, Hauts-de-Seine, France
  • Died
    • May 25, 1995
    • Paris, France(fire)
  • Spouses
      Michael SullivanNovember 23, 1969 - May 25, 1995 (her death)
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    • 2 Interviews
    • 1 Article
    • 1 Pictorial
    • 82 Magazine Cover Photos

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    Dany Robin and her second husband, producer and agent Michael Sullivan, both died after a fire broke in their Paris apartment.
  • Salary
    • Pidä pääsi
      (1967)
      £3,500

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