Dany Robin
Known For
Acting
Born
1927-04-14 in Clamart, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France
Died
1995-05-25
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.
Most Known For
Cinépanorama
as Self
Discorama
as Self
Topaz
as Nicole Devereaux
Napoleon
as Désirée Clary
Jupiter
as Yvette Cornet
Scheidungsgrund: Liebe
as Marylin
The Passenger
as Nicole Vernier
Good Evening Paris
as Annick Bernier
The Mysteries of Paris
as Irène, Rodolphe's mistress
Love and the Frenchwoman
as Nicole Perret, l'épouse frivole (segment "L'Adultère")
Don't Lose Your Head
as Jacqueline
Famous Love Affairs
as Mme de Monaco
The Anatomy of Love
as L'innamorata
Act of Love
as Lise Gudayec
Tales of Paris
as Antonia (segment "Antonia")
Holiday for Henrietta
as Henriette
Follow the Boys
as Michele
Waltz of the Toreadors
as Ghislaine
The Chasers
as Denise
Two Pennies Worth of Violets
as Thérèse Desforges, la vendeuse de fleurs