Mireille Darc

Mireille Darc strikes me as the kind of star who carried elegance and intelligence in equal measure. Her lead in Godard's Weekend proved she could hold the screen for serious cinema, not just glamour, and France rightly honored her with the Legion of Honour and the National Order of Merit. What interests me is how easily her own range gets overshadowed by her long partnership with Alain Delon; she was also a director, photographer, and singer in her own right. Even after her passing in 2017, that distinctly French blend of poise and quiet melancholy feels timeless to me.

Name (English)

Mireille Darc

Name (Japanese)

ミレーユ・ダルク

Reading

みれーゆ・だるく

Born

May 15, 1938 – August 28, 2017

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Tiger

Origin

Toulon, Var, France

Height

172 cm

Occupation

actor / model / director / film actor / film director

Awards & achievements

• Knight of the Legion of Honour
• Commander of the National Order of Merit
• Officer of the Legion of Honour
• National Order of Merit

• Official sitehttp://www.mireille-darc.fr/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mireille%20Darc
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9F%E3%83%AC%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A6%E3%83%BB%E3%83%80%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AF
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q268569

Tags

• Var
• actor
• model
• director

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.