Dany Robin (; 14 April, 1927 – 25 May, 1995) was a French actress of the 1950s and the 1960s.

Career

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).

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Personal life and death

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.

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Selected filmography

Lunegarde (1946) - Martine

Gates of the Night (1946) - Étiennette

Six heures à perdre (1947) - Rosy

Destiny Has Fun (1947) - Gabrielle

Man About Town (1947) - Lucette

L'Éventail (1947) - Martine

(1948) - Corinne

Monelle (1948) - Monelle Picart

The Passenger (1949) - Nicole Vernier

The Unexpected Voyager (1950) - Dany

The Little Zouave (1950) - Hélène

Thirst of Men (1950) - Julie

The Prettiest Sin in the World (1951) - Zoé

Two Pennies Worth of Violets (1951) - Thérèse Delbez

Une histoire d'amour (1951) - Catherine Mareuil

Jupiter (1952) - Yvette Cornet

She and Me (1952) - Juliette Capulet épouse Montaigu

Holiday for Henrietta (1952) - Henriette

The Lovers of Midnight (1953) - Françoise Letanneur

Julietta (1953) - Julietta Valendor

Act of Love (1953) - Lise Gudayec / Madame Teller

Tempi nostri - Zibaldone n. 2 (1954) - Lei

(1954) - Monique de Lomanach

Cadet Rousselle (1954) - Violetta Carlino

Stopover in Orly (1955) - Michèle Tellier dite 'Baby Face'

Napoléon (1955) - Désirée Clary

Frou-Frou (1955) - Antoinette Dubois dit 'Frou-Frou'

Maid in Paris (1956) - Penny Benson

It Happened in Aden (1956) - Albine

(1956) - Annick Bernier

Let's Be Daring, Madame (1957) - Danielle

It's All Adam's Fault (1958) - Eléonore 'Nora' de Savigny

(1958) - Christine Dumartin

School for Coquettes (1958) - Ginette Masson

Mimi Pinson (1958) - Mimi Pinson

Suivez-moi jeune homme (1958) - Françoise Marceau

Les Dragueurs (1959) - Denise

(1959) - La comtesse de Monval

Grounds for Divorce (1960) - Marylin

Love and the Frenchwoman (1960) - Nicole Perret (segment "Adultère, L'") Famous Love Affairs (1961) - Madame de Monaco (segment "Lauzun") Tales of Paris (1962) - Antonia (segment "Antonia") Waltz of the Toreadors (1962) - Ghislaine Conduite à gauche (1962) - Catherine The Mysteries of Paris (1962) - Irène Mandrin (1962) - Baronne d'Escourt Follow the Boys (1963) - Michele Perrier How Do You Like My Sister? (1964) - Martine Jolivet La corde au cou (1965) - Isabelle Don't Lose Your Head (1966) - Jacqueline The Best House in London (1969) - Babette Topaz (1969) - Nicole Devereaux (final film role)

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1927 births

1995 deaths

People from Clamart

French film actresses

Accidental deaths in France

20th-century French actresses