Dany Robin
Birthday: 1927-04-14 | Place of Birth: Clamart, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, FranceDany 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
Acting
Role
as Babette
as Nicole Devereaux
as Jacqueline
as Isabelle
as Mrs. Roussel
as Martine Jolivet
as Michele
as Antonia (segment "Antonia")
as Catherine
as Ghislaine
as Irène, Rodolphe's mistress
as la baronne d'Escourt
as Mme de Monaco
as Denise
as la comtesse De Monval, l'envoyée spéciale du Roi Louis XV
as Christine Dumartin
as Françoise
as Ginette Masson
as Mimi Pinson
as Danielle
as Eléonore 'Nora' de Savigny
as Penny Benson
as Albine
as Annick Bernier
as Antoinette Dubois dite « Frou Frou »
as Henriette
as Michèle Tellier dite 'Baby Face'
as L'innamorata
