Janine Darcey

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Janine Darcey (born January 14, 1917 in Asnières-sur-Seine as Janine Renée Casaubon , † October 1, 1993 in Fontenay-lès-Briis ) was a French actress .

Life

Janine Darcey was the daughter of Eugène Casaubon and Marie Bouchon. She grew up in Paris and attended schools in France and England. After her return she studied acting and then appeared on several theater stages before she increasingly worked in French film from the late 1930s. She had her first leading role in the drama Theaterliebe , published in 1938 and directed by Marc Allégret .

During the filming of Le Carrefour des enfants perdus , Darcey fell in love with the main actor Serge Reggiani in 1943 , whom she married in 1945. They had two children, of whom Stéphan Reggiani (1945–1980) became a singer and songwriter. The marriage ended in divorce in 1955. She married the writer Michel Jacovleff in 1957. Both lived in the mountain village of Gréolières from the 1970s. After Stéphan's suicide, Darcey increasingly withdrew from acting.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1936: Tender enemy (La Tendre ennemie)
  • 1938: The Shanghai Drama (Le Drame de Shanghaï)
  • 1938: The street of love (Remontons les Champs-Élysées)
  • 1938: love of theater (Entrée des artistes)
  • 1940: The Castle of Love (Cavalcade d'amour)
  • 1949: return to life (Retour à la vie)
  • 1953: The girls on Rue D'Amour (Les Compagnes de la nuit)
  • 1953: Children of Love (Les Enfants de l'amour)
  • 1955: Rififi (Du rififi chez les hommes)
  • 1959: The murderer came at midnight (Un Temoin dans la Ville)
  • 1963: At the end of all roads (Le Glaive et la balance)
  • 1967: Defamation (Les Risques du métier)
  • 1974: The Specter of Freedom (Le Fantôme de la liberté)
  • 1978: The gentle one with the quick legs (La Carapate)
  • 1979: That settles the matter for me (Coup de tête)
  • 1979: Girls' Years (L'Adolescente)
  • 1984: Le bon Plaisir - A political love affair (Le Bon plaisir)
  • 1988: To Kill a Priest (To Kill a Priest)
  • 1991: The Favor, the Watch and the Very Big Fish

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personal data
SURNAME Darcey, Janine
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Casaubon, Janine Renée (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION french actress
DATE OF BIRTH January 14, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH Asnières-sur-Seine , France
DATE OF DEATH October 1, 1993
Place of death Fontenay-lès-Briis , France