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Dany Robin Born Danielle Robin
14 April 1927
Clamart, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, FranceDied 25 May 1995 (aged 68)
Paris, Ile-de-France, FranceOccupation Actress Years active 1930–1969 Spouse Georges Marchal (1951–1969; 2 children)
Michael Sullivan (1969–1995)Dany Robin (French pronunciation: [dani ʁɔbɑ̃];[citation needed] born Danielle Robin, 14 April 1927 – 25 May 1995) was a French actress of the 1950s and the early 1960s who was married to fellow actor Georges Marchal.
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). Hitchcock said that Robin and Claude Jade, cast as Robin's daughter, would provide the glamour in the story.
She died with her husband, Michael Sullivan, during a fire in their apartment in Paris.
Selected filmography
- Six heures à perdre
- Elle et moi (1952)
- Les Amants de minuit (1953)
- Act of Love (1953)
- Julietta (1953)
- Frou-Frou (1955)
- Napoléon (1955)
- Waltz of the Toreadors (1962)
- Don't Lose Your Head (1966)
External links
Categories:- 1927 births
- 1995 deaths
- People from Clamart
- French actors
- Accidental deaths in France
- Screen actor stubs
- French actor stubs
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