- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- April 14, 1927
- Place of Birth
- Clamart, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France
- Died
- May 25, 1995
Dany Robin
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 fi…
Filmography
movieOn Location: The Carry Ons
2001 · Jacqueline (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieTopaz
1969 · Nicole Devereaux
movieThe Best House in London
1969 · Babette
movieDon't Lose Your Head
1967 · Jacqueline
movieRope Around the Neck
1965 · Isabelle
movieX-Ray of a Killer
1965 · Mrs. Roussel
movieHow Do You Like My Sister?
1964 · Martine Jolivet
movieI misteri di Roma
1963
movieFollow the Boys
1963 · Michele
movieMandrin
1962 · Baroness d'Escourt
movieThe Mysteries of Paris
1962 · Irène, Rodolphe's mistress
movieConduite à gauche
1962 · Catherine
movieWaltz of the Toreadors
1962 · Ghislaine
movieTales of Paris
1962 · Antonia (segment "Antonia")
movieFamous Love Affairs
1961 · Mme de Monaco
movieLove and the Frenchwoman
1960 · Nicole Perret, l'épouse frivole (segment "L'Adultère")
Scheidungsgrund: Liebe
movieScheidungsgrund: Liebe
1960 · Marylin
movieThe Great Deception
1959 · la comtesse De Monval, l'envoyée spéciale du Roi Louis XV
movieThe Chasers
1959 · Denise
tvDiscorama
1959 · Self
movieFollow Me Young Man
1958 · Françoise
movieMimi Pinson
1958 · Mimi Pinson
movieSchool for Coquettes
1958 · Ginette Masson
movieWhen Will It Strike Noon
1958 · Christine Dumartin
movieIn Six Easy Lessons
1957 · Eléonore 'Nora' de Savigny
movieLet's Be Daring, Madame
1957 · Danielle
movieGood Evening Paris
1956 · Annick Bernier
movieIt Happened in Aden
1956 · Albine
tvCinépanorama
1956 · Self
movieMaid in Paris
1956 · Penny Benson
movieFrou-Frou
1955 · Antoinette Dubois dite « Frou Frou »
movieNapoleon
1955 · Désirée Clary
movieIntermediate Landing in Paris
1955 · Michèle Tellier dite 'Baby Face'
movieCadet Rousselle
1954 · Violetta Carlino
movieThe Rebels of Lomanach
1954 · Monique de Lomanach
movieThe Anatomy of Love
1954 · L'innamorata
movieAct of Love
1953 · Lise Gudayec
movieJulietta
1953 · Julietta Valendor
movieThe Lovers of Midnight
1953 · Françoise Letanneur
movieShe and Me
1952 · Juliette Capulet
movieHoliday for Henrietta
1952 · Henriette
movieJupiter
1952 · Yvette Cornet
movieYoung Love
1951 · Catherine Mareuil
movieTwo Pennies Worth of Violets
1951 · Thérèse Desforges, la vendeuse de fleurs
movieThe Prettiest Sin in the World
1951 · Zoé
movieThirst of Men
1950 · Julie
movieAu P'tit Zouave
1950 · Mademoiselle Hélène
movieThe Unexpected Voyager
1950 · Dany
movieThe Passenger
1949 · Nicole Vernier
movieMonelle
1948 · Monelle Picart, young pianist
movieA Girl Knew
1948 · Corinne
movieThe Fan
1947 · Martine
movieSilence Is Golden
1947 · Lucette
movieSix Hours to Lose
1947 · Rosy
movieLe destin s'amuse
1946 · Gabrielle
movieGates of the Night
1946 · Étiennette
movieLunegarde
1946 · Martine