Dany Robin

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.

Known For

Topaz

as Nicole Devereaux

Carry On Don't Lose Your Head

as Jacqueline

Gates of the Night

as Étiennette

The Mysteries of Paris

as Irène, Rodolphe's mistress

Napoleon

as Désirée Clary

Silence Is Golden

as Lucette

Cadet Rousselle

as Violetta Carlino

Holiday for Henrietta

as Henriette

The Anatomy of Love

as L'innamorata

The Chasers

as Denise