Dany Robin
Born April 14, 1927 (Age: 99)
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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
On Location: The Carry Ons
2001
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as Jacqueline (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Age: 73
Topaz
1969
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as Nicole Devereaux
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Age: 42
The Best House in London
1969
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as Babette
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Age: 42
Rope Around the Neck
1965
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as Isabelle
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Age: 38
X-Ray of a Killer
1965
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as Mrs. Roussel
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Age: 37
How Do You Like My Sister?
1964
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as Martine Jolivet
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Age: 36
I misteri di Roma
1963
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Age: 36
Follow the Boys
1963
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as Michele
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Age: 35
Mandrin
1962
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as Baroness d'Escourt
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Age: 35
The Mysteries of Paris
1962
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as Irène, Rodolphe's mistress
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Age: 35
Conduite à gauche
1962
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as Catherine
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Age: 35
Waltz of the Toreadors
1962
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as Ghislaine
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Age: 34
Tales of Paris
1962
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as Antonia (segment "Antonia")
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Age: 34
Famous Love Affairs
1961
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as Mme de Monaco
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Age: 34
Love and the Frenchwoman
1960
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as Nicole Perret, l'épouse frivole (segment "L'Adultère")
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Age: 33
No Image
Scheidungsgrund: Liebe
1960
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as Marylin
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Age: 33
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
Frou-Frou
1955
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as Antoinette Dubois dite « Frou Frou »
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Age: 28
Napoleon
1955
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as Désirée Clary
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Age: 27
Intermediate Landing in Paris
1955
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as Michèle Tellier dite 'Baby Face'
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Age: 27
Cadet Rousselle
1954
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as Violetta Carlino
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Age: 27
The Rebels of Lomanach
1954
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as Monique de Lomanach
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Age: 26
The Anatomy of Love
1954
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as L'innamorata
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Age: 26
Act of Love
1953
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as Lise Gudayec
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Age: 26
Julietta
1953
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as Julietta Valendor
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Age: 26
The Lovers of Midnight
1953
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as Françoise Letanneur
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Age: 25
Thirst of Men
1950
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as Julie
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Age: 22
Au P'tit Zouave
1950
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as Mademoiselle Hélène
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Age: 22
The Unexpected Voyager
1950
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as Dany
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Age: 22