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Dany Robin(1927-1995)

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Dany Robin
A French Intelligence Agent becomes embroiled in the Cold War politics first with uncovering the events leading up to the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, and then back to France to break up an international Russian spy ring.
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Topaz (1969)
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This pert, petite, delicate, dreamy-eyed French dish of post-war filming with the piled-high blonde hairdo was a one-time threat to the sexy, kittenish pedestal Brigitte Bardot stood on during the 1950s. While working for such legendary directors as Marcel Carné, Marc Allégret, Julien Duvivier, Henri Decoin and René Clair, she also got to work opposite France's most handsome leading men, including Georges Marchal, Jean Marais, Jean Servais, François Périer, Daniel Gélin, Jacques Sernas and singer Marcel Amont, Dany became the epitome of the romantic, virginal heroine in light comedy souffles, although she was just as entrancing and touching in dramatic works.

Born Danielle Robin on April 4, 1927, the lithe Dany trained as a ballerina as a child and eventually made her way dancing with the Opera de Paris. At age 19, however, she opted for a movie career and decided to study at the Paris Conservatoire. Making her screen debut with a bit part in Lunegarde (1946), she first turned heads in the romantic dramedy Man About Town (1947) directed by Clair and starring Maurice Chevalier.

Dany continued to touch pulses with her naïve lovelies throughout the 50's with such pictures as Naughty Martine (1947); Monelle (1948); four films co-starring heartthrob Georges Marchal, whom she married in 1951 -- La passagère (1949), La voyageuse inattendue (1950), The Thirst of Men (1950) and Valley of Fire (1951); Elle et moi (1952); Deux sous de violettes (1951); Frou-Frou (1955); the title role in the films Holiday for Henrietta (1952) and Julietta (1953); the US/French co-production Act of Love (1953) starring Kirk Douglas; Napoleon (1955) (as Desiree); Frou-Frou (1955); Maid in Paris (1956); C'est arrivé à Aden... (1956); Bonsoir Paris (1956); C'est la faute d'Adam (1957); L'école des cocottes (1958); the title role in Mimi Pinson (1958); and The Chasers (1959).

Though most of her films were produced in her own homeland, Dany branched out internationally from time to time in the 1960's, appearing in the British sex comedy Waltz of the Toreadors (1962) opposite Peter Sellers and the innocuous, teen-oriented flick Follow the Boys (1963) starring singing teen pop idol Connie Francis here in the U.S. She matured with roles in Love and the Frenchwoman (1960), Les mystères de Paris (1962), Mandrin (1962), X-Ray of a Killer (1965) and a pair of British comedies Carry on Don't Lose Your Head (1967) and The Best House in London (1969). She would last appear on film in the Alfred Hitchcock thriller Topaz (1969), an American production.

Divorced from first husband Marchal, the father of her two children, in 1968, Dany married British agent/producer Michael Sullivan the following year and retired quietly. On May 25, 1995, the 68-year-old former actress was tragically killed, along with Sullivan, in a fire that consumed their Paris apartment.
BornApril 14, 1927
DiedMay 25, 1995(68)
BornApril 14, 1927
DiedMay 25, 1995(68)
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Known for

Topaz (1969)
Topaz
6.2
  • Nicole Devereaux
  • 1969
Carry on Don't Lose Your Head (1967)
Carry on Don't Lose Your Head
6.5
  • Jacqueline
  • 1967
Naughty Martine (1947)
Naughty Martine
  • Martine
  • 1947
Waltz of the Toreadors (1962)
Waltz of the Toreadors
5.8
  • Ghislaine
  • 1962

Credits

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  • Topaz: Alternative Endings (1969)
    Topaz: Alternative Endings
    Video
    • Nicole Devereaux
    • 1969
  • Topaz (1969)
    Topaz
    6.2
    • Nicole Devereaux
    • 1969
  • The Best House in London (1969)
    The Best House in London
    4.4
    • Babette
    • 1969
  • Carry on Don't Lose Your Head (1967)
    Carry on Don't Lose Your Head
    6.5
    • Jacqueline
    • 1967
  • Dick Emery in The Dick Emery Show (1963)
    The Dick Emery Show
    6.8
    TV Series
    • 1966
  • La corde au cou (1965)
    La corde au cou
    • Isabelle
    • 1965
  • Version grecque (1965)
    Version grecque
    TV Movie
    • Bacchis
    • 1965
  • Dany Robin and Jean Servais in X-Ray of a Killer (1965)
    X-Ray of a Killer
    5.8
    • Mme Roussel
    • 1965
  • Comment trouvez-vous ma soeur? (1964)
    Comment trouvez-vous ma soeur?
    4.4
    • Martine Jolivet
    • 1964
  • Follow the Boys (1963)
    Follow the Boys
    5.3
    • Michele Perrier
    • 1963
  • Mandrin (1962)
    Mandrin
    5.6
    • La baronne d'Escourt
    • 1962
  • Les mystères de Paris (1962)
    Les mystères de Paris
    6.5
    • Irène
    • 1962
  • Conduite à gauche (1962)
    Conduite à gauche
    6.0
    • Caatherine
    • 1962
  • Waltz of the Toreadors (1962)
    Waltz of the Toreadors
    5.8
    • Ghislaine
    • 1962
  • Tales of Paris (1962)
    Tales of Paris
    6.1
    • Antonia (segment "Antonia")
    • 1962

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  • Jean-Paul Belmondo, Romy Schneider, Margarete Haagen, Franz-Otto Krüger, Michèle Mercier, Henri Vidal, Géza von Radványi, Erika von Thellmann, and Ernst Waldow in An Angel on Wheels (1959)
    An Angel on Wheels
    5.6
    • french voice dubbing: Romy Schneider (uncredited)
    • 1959

Soundtrack



  • Mimi Pinson (1958)
    Mimi Pinson
    4.6
    • performer: "Mimi Pinson"
    • 1958

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  • Height
    • 5′ 3″ (1.60 m)
  • Born
    • April 14, 1927
    • Clamart, Hauts-de-Seine, France
  • Died
    • May 25, 1995
    • Paris, France(fire)
  • Spouses
      Michael SullivanNovember 23, 1969 - May 25, 1995 (her death)
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    • 2 Interviews
    • 1 Article
    • 1 Pictorial
    • 82 Magazine Cover Photos

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    Dany Robin and her second husband, producer and agent Michael Sullivan, both died after a fire broke in their Paris apartment.
  • Salary
    • Carry on Don't Lose Your Head
      (1967)
      £3,500

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    May 25, 1995
  • How did Dany Robin die?
    Fire
  • How old was Dany Robin when she died?
    68 years old
  • Where did Dany Robin die?
    Paris, France
  • When was Dany Robin born?
    April 14, 1927

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