- Françoise Dorléac
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name = Françoise Dorleac
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location = Paris
deathdate = death date and age|1967|6|26|1942|3|21|mf=y
deathplace =Nice ,France
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yearsactive = 1960–67
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tonyawards =Françoise Dorléac (
March 21 ,1942 –June 26 ,1967 ) was a popular French actress.Born in
Paris , she was the daughter of screen actorMaurice Dorléac and Renée Deneuve, and the elder sister of the now better-knownCatherine Deneuve . The two sisters starred together in the 1967 musical, "Les Demoiselles de Rochefort ".She was made famous by
Philippe de Broca 's movie "L'homme de Rio ",François Truffaut 's "La peau douce " andRoman Polański 's "Cul-de-Sac".Death
Francoise Dorléac was killed when she lost control of the rented Renault 10 she was driving and hit a sign post ten kilometers from
Nice at the end of the Esterel-Côte d'Azur motorway. The car flipped over, and burst into flames. She had been "en route" to Nice airport and was afraid of missing her flight. Dorléac was seen struggling to get out of the car, but was unable to open the door. Police later identified her body only from the fragment of a cheque book, a diary and her driving license.Dorléac had intended to fly to Paris, then on to London to complete work on the film "
Billion-Dollar Brain ". She was then to have stayed in Britain for the premiere of "The Young Girls of Rochefort".Filmography
(Partial list)
* "Les loups dans la bergerie " (1960)
* "Les portes claquent " (1960) together with her sister Catherine Deneuve
* "Ce soir ou jamais " (1960)
* "Tout l'or du monde " (1961)
* "La fille aux yeux d'or " (1961)
* "La gamberge " (1962)
* "Arsène Lupin contre Arsène Lupin " (1962)
* "L'homme de Rio " (1964)
* "La Peau douce " (1964)
* "La Ronde" (1964)
* "Genghis Khan" (1965)
* "Where the Spies Are " (1965)
* "Cul-de-Sac" (1966)
* "The Young Girls of Rochefort " (1967)
* "Billion-Dollar Brain " (1967)External links
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