Danielle De Metz
{{Short description|French actress (born 1938)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Danielle De Metz
| image = Odio mortale (1962) Danielle De Metz.jpg
| caption = De Metz in Odio mortale (1962)
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1938|7|27|df=yes}}
| nationality = French
| occupation = Actress
| spouse = {{plainlist|
- {{marriage|George De Metz|1956|1961|reason=divorced}}
- {{marriage|Alan Sher|1962|1971|reason=divorced}}
- {{marriage|Samuel Kupper|1972|1984|reason=divorced}}
}}
| yearsactive = 1959–1972
File:Oskar Homolka-Danielle De Metz in Alfred Hitchcock Presents.jpg and Danielle De Metz in "The Ikon of Elijah", an episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1960) ]]
Danielle De Metz (born 27 July 1938) is a French actress who appeared in movies and television during the 1960s and early 1970s.{{cite web |title=Danielle De Metz |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0210298/ |website=Internet Movie Database |access-date=21 February 2021}}
Career
Movie columnist Louella Parsons reported that film director Jean Negulesco met De Metz when he was in Paris, France, and told her to contact him if she came to Hollywood, California. When she came and called him, he had no role available, so he put her in school at 20th Century Fox.{{cite news|last1=Parsons|first1=Louella|title=Polynesian Picked|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1368&dat=19610105&id=4RAwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2RAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7388,2574372&hl=en|work=The Milwaukee Sentinel|date=January 5, 1961|page=Page 6, Part 1|access-date=July 5, 2016|archive-date=March 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200327073107/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1368&dat=19610105&id=4RAwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2RAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7388,2574372&hl=en|url-status=dead}}
De Metz guest starred in such shows as Dr. Kildare, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Girl from U.N.C.L.E., The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, The Tab Hunter Show, My Three Sons, I Dream of Jeannie, 77 Sunset Strip, Combat!, Lock-Up, Perry Mason, I Spy, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Boris Karloff Presents, Alfred Hitchcock Presents and Have Gun - Will Travel. Her film work includes Return of the Fly (1959), Valley of the Dragons (1961), The Magic Sword (1962), Gidget Goes to Rome (1963), The Party (1968), and Raid on Rommel (1971).{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/danielle-de-metz/credits/146077|title=Danielle De Metz {{!}} TV Guide|website=TVGuide.com|language=en|access-date=2019-03-18}}
Personal life
De Metz married George De Metz in Paris in 1956. They divorced January 23, 1961, in Los Angeles, California{{cite news|title=Our World Today|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5784862/the_daily_newstexan/|work=The Daily News-Texan|agency=United Press International|date=January 24, 1961|location=Texas, Grand Prairie|page=1|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = July 4, 2016}} {{Open access}} She married Alan "Lanny" Sher in March 1962.{{cite news|last1=Psarras|first1=Millie|title=Europe Vs. U.S. Teen Styles|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5784937/the_salt_lake_tribune/|work=The Salt Lake Tribune|date=August 7, 1963|location=Utah, Salt Lake City|page=15|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = July 4, 2016}} {{Open access}}
Filmography
- Return of the Fly (1959) as Cecile Bonnard
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1960) (Season 5 Episode 16: "The Ikon of Elijah") as Malvira
- La ragazza di mille mesi (1961) as Didi
- Thriller (1961) as Babette
- Valley of the Dragons (1961) as Nateeta
- Jessica (1962) as Nicolina Lombardo
- The Magic Sword (1962) as Mignonette
- Odio mortale (1962)
- Duel at the Rio Grande (1963) as Manuela
- Gidget Goes to Rome (1963) as Daniela
- The Scorpio Letters (1967) as Marie
- The Party (1968) as Stella D'Angelo
- Raid on Rommel (1971) as Vivi
References
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External links
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- {{IMDb name|0210298}}
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Category:French television actresses
Category:French film actresses