Danielle Darrieux (1 May 1917) (A) superb vintage portrait of French actress Danielle Darriux by Ray Jones, 1938. This specific photograph was mentioned in the book, The Art of the Great Hollywood Photographers by Kobal, pp. 114. The quientessential Hollywood glamour photograph. Danielle Darrieux was born in 1917 in Bordeaux, France, but raised in Paris. She was only 14 when she auditioned for a secondary role in Le Bal (1931): she got the part and the producer offered her a five-year contract. She had her first romantic lead in La Crise est Finie (1934) and scored an international hit with the historical drama Mayerling (1936), in which she played Marie Vetsera, opposite Charles Boyer. In 1938 she went to Hollywood to appear in the fine comedy The Rage of Paris (1938), but quickly returned to Paris. After a three-year break during the Occupation, she made a comeback in 1945, appearing both on stage (in Tristan et Isolde) and on screen (in Au Petit Bonheur (1946). In the next three decades she found several important roles, in films like La Ronde (1950), Madame de... (1953) - in which she gave her best performance, as a society lady torn between her husband and her lover - and Les Demoiselles de Rochefort (1967). In 1970 she replaced Katharine Hepburn on Broadway in Coco. Afterwards, she made occasional screen and stage appearances. But she made a triumphant comeback in 2002, playing Catherine Deneuves mother in the international hit 8 femmes.
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