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Dany Robin

{{short description|French actress (1927–1995)}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Dany Robin

| image = Dany Robin.jpg

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| birthname = Danielle Robin

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1927|4|14|df=y}}

| birth_place = Clamart, France

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1995|5|25|1927|4|14|df=y}}

| death_place = Paris, France

| spouse = Georges Marchal (1951–1969; 2 children)
Michael Sullivan (1969–1995)

| years_active = 1930–1969

| occupation = Actress}}

Dany Robin ({{IPA|fr|dani ʁɔbɛ̃}}; 14 April, 1927 – 25 May, 1995) was a French actress of the 1950s and the 1960s. Nicknamed ‘la petite fiancée de la France’ (France's little fiancée) in the post-war years, she became one of the leading female stars of the 1950s, moving from the role of ‘ingénue’ to that of saucy Parisienne. She played the leading lady in Topaz (1969), and is regarded as the last ‘Hitchcock blonde’.

Career

Robin was born Danielle Robin in Clamart. 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).{{IMDb name|0732184}}

Personal life and death

Robin was married to fellow actor Georges Marchal. On 25 May 1995, she and her second husband, Michael Sullivan, died in a fire in their apartment in Paris.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-dany-robin-1621744.html|title=Obituary: Dany Robin|author=David Shipman|date= 29 May 1995|work=The Independent}}

Selected filmography

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External links

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  • {{Find a Grave|13741003}}

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Category:1927 births

Category:1995 deaths

Category:People from Clamart

Category:Actresses from Île-de-France

Category:French film actresses

Category:Accidental deaths in France

Category:20th-century French actresses

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