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=== Cinema ===
=== Cinema ===


* 1933 : [[Bouboule 1er, roi nègre]] - [[Léon Mathot]]
* 1933 : ''[[Bouboule 1er, roi nègre]]'' - [[Léon Mathot]]
* 1937 : [[Les Perles de la couronne]] - [[Sacha Guitry]] and [[Christian Jaque]]
* 1937 : ''[[Les Perles de la couronne]]'' - [[Sacha Guitry]] and [[Christian Jaque]]
* 1946 : [[Un ami viendra ce soir]] - [[Raymond Bernard]]
* 1946 : ''[[Un ami viendra ce soir]]'' - [[Raymond Bernard]]
* 1947 : Le Bateau à soupe - [[Maurice Gleize]]
* 1947 : ''Le Bateau à soupe'' - [[Maurice Gleize]]
* 1947 : Les Trois cousines - [[Jacques Daniel-Norman]]
* 1947 : ''Les Trois cousines'' - [[Jacques Daniel-Norman]]
* 1950 : [[Casimir]] - [[Richard Pottier]]
* 1950 : ''[[Casimir]]'' - [[Richard Pottier]]
* 1952 : Le Chemin de Damas - [[Max Glass]]
* 1952 : ''Le Chemin de Damas'' - [[Max Glass]]
* 1953 : [[Le Salaire de la peur]] ([[Wages Of Fear]])- [[Henri-Georges Clouzot]]
* 1953 : ''[[Le Salaire de la peur]]'' ([[Wages Of Fear]])- [[Henri-Georges Clouzot]]
* 1953 : Tourbillon (film) - [[Alfred Rode]]
* 1953 : ''Tourbillon'' (film) - [[Alfred Rode]]
* 1954 : [[Flesh and the Woman]] - [[Robert Siodmak]]
* 1954 : ''[[Flesh and the Woman]]'' - [[Robert Siodmak]]
* 1955 : [[Napoléon]] - [[Sacha Guitry]] and [[Eugène Lourié]] : the nanny
* 1955 : ''[[Napoléon]]'' - [[Sacha Guitry]] and [[Eugène Lourié]] : the nanny
* 1955 : [[Le Port du désir]] - [[Edmond T. Gréville]]
* 1955 : ''[[Le Port du désir]]'' - [[Edmond T. Gréville]]
* 1955 : Un missionnaire - [[Maurice Cloche]]
* 1955 : ''Un missionnaire'' - [[Maurice Cloche]]
* 1957 : [[Les Sorcières de Salem]] ([[The Crucible]])- [[Raymond Rouleau]]
* 1957 : ''[[Les Sorcières de Salem]]'' ([[The Crucible]])- [[Raymond Rouleau]]
* 1960 : Comment qu'elle est - [[Bernard Borderie]]
* 1960 : ''Comment qu'elle est'' - [[Bernard Borderie]]
* 1962 : [[La Poupée]] - [[Jacques Baratier]]
* 1962 : ''[[La Poupée]]'' - [[Jacques Baratier]]
* 1963 : Le Feu follet - [[Louis Malle]]
* 1963 : ''Le Feu follet'' - [[Louis Malle]]
* 1971 : [[Le Cri du cormoran le soir au-dessus des jonques]] - [[Michel Audiard]]
* 1971 : ''[[Le Cri du cormoran le soir au-dessus des jonques]]'' - [[Michel Audiard]]
* 1971 : Églantine - Jean-Claude Brialy : Lolo
* 1971 : ''Églantine'' - Jean-Claude Brialy : Lolo
* 1971 : [[Boulevard du Rhum|Boulevard du rhum]] - [[Robert Enrico]]
* 1971 : ''[[Boulevard du Rhum|Boulevard du rhum]]'' - [[Robert Enrico]]
* 1972 : [[Le Dernier Tango à Paris]] ([[Last Tango in Paris]] ) de [[Bernardo Bertolucci]] : concierge
* 1972 : ''[[Le Dernier Tango à Paris]]'' ([[Last Tango in Paris]] ) de [[Bernardo Bertolucci]] : concierge
* 1973 : La Dernière Bourrée à Paris - [[Raoul André]]
* 1973 : ''La Dernière Bourrée à Paris'' - [[Raoul André]]
* 1976 : Les vécés étaient fermés de l'intérieur - [[Patrice Leconte]]
* 1976 :'' Les vécés étaient fermés de l'intérieur'' - [[Patrice Leconte]]
* 1979 : O Madiana - [[Constant Gros-Dubois]] : Mme Jonas
* 1979 : ''O Madiana'' - [[Constant Gros-Dubois]] : Mme Jonas
* 1980 : La Bande du Rex -108-13 / [[Jean-Henri Meunier]]
* 1980 : ''La Bande du Rex'' -108-13 / [[Jean-Henri Meunier]]
* 1980 : 5% de risques - [[Jean Pourtalé]]
* 1980 : ''5% de risques'' - [[Jean Pourtalé]]
* 1983 : Rue Cases-Nègres ([[Sugar Cane Alley]]) - [[Euzhan Palcy]] : M'Man Tine
* 1983 : ''Rue Cases-Nègres'' ([[Sugar Cane Alley]]) - [[Euzhan Palcy]] : M'Man Tine


=== Television ===
=== Television ===

Revision as of 09:46, 25 February 2015

Darling Légitimus (born Mathilda (Marie-Berthilde) Paruta on 21 November 1907 at Le Carbet, died 7 December 1999 at Kremlin-Bicetre) was a Caribbean-born French actress. She was the mother of Gesip Légitimus (1930–2000) artist and television producer, Theo Légitimus, actor, Pascal Légitimus comedian in the "Inconnus" troupe, Diana Légitimus artist, Samuel Légitimus, actor, and David Légitimus, French singers and Billie Richardson, English singer.

Biography

Born on 21 November 1907 at Le Carbet in Martinique, she spent her early years in Caracas, Venezuela. Mathilda Paruta arrived in Paris, France, at age of 16, wanting to become a dancer. She met Victor-Etienne Légitimus, son of the government deputy, Hegesippe Jean Légitimus, and went on to become his lifelong companion and bear him five children.

Known for a long time as Miss Darling, she later chose to go by the name of Darling Legitimus. She performed as a dancer in La Revue Nègre (1925) with Josephine Baker,[1] and posed for Picasso as well as for sculptor Paul Belmondo, father of Jean-Paul Belmondo, the actor.

During the 1930s, Darling wrote, composed and sang numerous Caribbean songs such as Biguine and Mazurka. She often performed alongside known musicians of the era, including "Pe En Kin Sosso" and his band.

She also performed in plays by Jean Genet (Les Nègres) and Aimé Césaire. She was directed on the big screen by Raymond Rouleau in Les Sorcieres de Salem (The Crucible) alongside Simone Signoret and Yves Montand, and Le Salaire de la Peur (Wages of Fear) by Henri Georges Clouzot, with Sacha Guitry, Jean-Claude Brialy and Bernardo Bertolucci.

In 1983, at the age of 76, she won the Volpi Cup for the best female interpretation of "The Mostra of Venise", also for her role in La Rue Cases-Nègres (Sugar Cane Alley), directed by her compatriot Euzhan Palcy. During her long life, she was acquainted with a great number of famous actors, among them Arletty, Fernandel, Marlon Brando and Pierre Brasseur. She also took part in numerous ORTF (Office de Radio-diffusion de la Television Française) productions, of which a telefilm by Jean-Christophe Averty, Les verts Paturages (The Green Pastures, written by Marc Connelly), was produced.

Death

She died on 7 December 1999 at Kremlin-Bicetre in the Val de Marne near Paris, in France, without any more acting roles after Sugar Cane Alley in spite of hopes of her nomination and rewards.

Public tribute

The writer, Calixthe Beyala[2] and Caribbean actor Luc Saint-Eloy,[3] representatives of "Liberté" collective came up on stage at the César ceremony in 2000, to claim one of the largest presence on French television screens and to pay her a public tribute, since the organizers had "forgotten" to name Darling as one of the previous year's great losses.

Filmography

Cinema

Television

Theater

References

  1. ^ Mark Slobin (ed.), Global Soundtracks: Worlds of Film Music, Wesleyan University Press, 2008, p. 305.
  2. ^ DELIRIUM Interview Calixte Beyala
  3. ^ Afrocine - Le cinéma dans toutes ses couleurs
  4. ^ "Continuo". "Dakar 1966 – 1er Festival Mondial des Arts Nègres". Continuo's weblog | Reassessed aural delicacies.
  5. ^ Yves Jasmin (27 April 2013). "Day 039 — Monday, 5 June 1967". Expo 67 — Day by Day. Fondation Expo 67. A third premiere, La Tragédie du roi Christophe by Aimé Césaire is performed in the Port Royal by the Paris-trained Toucan Noir group from Africa.

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