Danièle Graule

Dani (2012)

Dani (* 1. October 1944 in Castres as Danièle Graule ) is a French actress and singer .

Career

As an actress, she became known as a partner of Marc Porel in the early 1970s with Tumuc Humac and Un officier de police sans importance . She became known worldwide in 1973 with the role of the script volunteer Liliane in François Truffaut's The American Night . Five years later, Truffaut took up the role of Liliane for his last Antoine Doinel film Love on the Run : Liliane is now the friend of Christine ( Claude Jade ) who is married to Doinel (Léaud ) and who has an affair with Antoine. Truffaut used two sequences from the American Night for the flashbacks .

Dani was for her role as senior theater concierge Claudie in a perfect place for a César as best supporting actress nomination. However, she had to admit defeat to Valérie Lemercier , who plays aspiring actress Catherine Versen in the same film .

In 1974 she was supposed to represent France at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song La vie à 25 ans , but then could not take part because President Georges Pompidou died in the week of the competition and France's participation was canceled.

Filmography (selection)

• 1964: The round dance
• 1964: Weird charm and great opportunities (La chance et l'amour)
• 1971: Tumuc Humac
• 1973: Un officier de police sans importance
• 1973: The American Night (La nuit américaine)
• 1977: Between death and life (Les anneaux de Bicêtre)
• 1979: Love on the run (L'amour en fuite)
• 1988: A woman's affair (Une affaire de femmes)
• 1992: Commissioner Moulin (TV series, one episode)
• 1994: I can't sleep (J'ai pas sommeil)
• 2003: A unique opportunity (Violence des échanges en milieu tempéré)
• 2003: Les clefs de bagnole
• 2006: A perfect place (Fauteuils d'orchestre)
• 2012: Say that you love me (Parlez-moi de vous)
• 2013: Jack and the cuckoo clock heart (Jack et la mécanique du coeur) (dubbing)

Web links

• Dani in the Internet Movie Database (English)