Dany Robin
Born April 14, 1927 (Age: 98)
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Clamart, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France
Biography
Dany Robin (14 April, 1927 – 25 May, 1995) was a French actress of the 1950s and the 1960s. Nicknamed ‘la petite fiancée de la France’ (France's little fiancée) in the post-war years, she became one of the leading female stars of the 1950s, moving from the role of ‘ingénue’ to that of saucy Parisienne. She played the leading lady in Topaz (1969), and is regarded as the last ‘Hitchcock blonde’. Robin was born Danielle Robin in Clamart. She performed with Peter Sellers in The Waltz of the Toreadors, and co-starred opposite Kirk Douglas in the 1953 romantic drama Act of Love. 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). Robin was married to fellow actor Georges Marchal. On 25 May 1995, she and her second husband, Michael Sullivan, died in a fire in their apartment in Paris. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dany Robin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Dany Robin (14 April, 1927 – 25 May, 1995) was a French actress of the 1950s and the 1960s. Nicknamed ‘la petite fiancée de la France’ (France's little fiancée) in the post-war years, she became one of the leading female stars of the 1950s, moving from the role of ‘ingénue’ to that of saucy Parisienne. She played the leading lady in Topaz (1969), and is regarded as the last ‘Hitchcock blonde’.
Robin was born Danielle Robin in Clamart. She performed with Peter Sellers in The Waltz of the Toreadors, and co-starred opposite Kirk Douglas in the 1953 romantic drama Act of Love. 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).
Robin was married to fellow actor Georges Marchal. On 25 May 1995, she and her second husband, Michael Sullivan, died in a fire in their apartment in Paris. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dany Robin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
Topaz
1969
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as Nicole Devereaux
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Age: 42
I misteri di Roma
1963
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as
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Age: 36
Conduite à gauche
1962
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as Catherine
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Age: 35
Famous Love Affairs
1961
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as Mme de Monaco
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Age: 34
The Great Deception
1959
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as la comtesse De Monval, l'envoyée spéciale du Roi Louis XV
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Age: 32
The Chasers
1959
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as Denise
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Age: 32
Follow Me Young Man
1958
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as Françoise
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Age: 31
Mimi Pinson
1958
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as Mimi Pinson
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Age: 31
School for Coquettes
1958
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as Ginette Masson
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Age: 31
When Will It Strike Noon
1958
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as Christine Dumartin
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Age: 31
Good Evening Paris
1956
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as Annick Bernier
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Age: 29
It Happened in Aden
1956
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as Albine
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Age: 29
Maid in Paris
1956
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as Penny Benson
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Age: 28