Françoise Dorléac

Known for ActingBorn 1942-03-21Died 1967-06-26Paris, France

Françoise Paulette Louise Dorléac (21 March 1942 – 26 June 1967) was a French actress. She was the elder sister of Catherine Deneuve, with whom she starred in the musical comedy film, The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967). Her other films include Philippe de Broca's That Man from Rio, François Truffaut's The Soft Skin (both 1964), Val Guest's Where the Spies Are (1965), and Roman Polanski's Cul-de-sac (1966). Dorléac was the daughter of screen actors Maurice Dorléac and Renée Simonot. Slim, fair and blonde, she modeled for Dior and then made her film debut in The Wolves in the Sheepfold (1960), directed by Hervé Bromberger. She went on to appear in The Door Slams (1960) with Dany Saval and her sister Catherine Deneuve. Dorléac had a small role in Tonight or Never (1961) with Anna Karina for director Michel Deville, The Girl with the Golden Eyes (1961) with Marie Laforêt, All the Gold in the World (1961) with Bourvil, and Adorable Liar (1961) from director Deville. Dorléac was Jean-Pierre Cassel's leading lady in The Dance (1962) and had one of the leads in a TV movie, Les trois chapeaux claques (1962), directed by Jean-Pierre Marchand. She was reunited with Cassel in Arsène Lupin contre Arsène Lupin (1962) and was one of many stars of the television movie Teuf-teuf (1963). Dorléac leapt to international stardom with the female lead in That Man from Rio (1964) starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and directed by Philippe de Broca. She followed it with The Soft Skin (1964) directed by François Truffaut. She was in The Gentle Art of Seduction (1964) with Belmondo and Jean-Paul Brialy, with her sister in a support part. Dorléac was one of several French stars in Circle of Love (1964) directed by Roger Vadim, and appeared in a TV show, Les petites demoiselles (1964), directed by Deville and starring De Broca. She also appeared in the comedy films, Arsène Lupin contre Arsène Lupin (1962) opposite Jean-Claude Brialy, and Male Hunt (1964), with Belmondo and her sister. That Man from Rio and Soft Skin were seen widely internationally and Dorléac received an offer to play the female lead in an expensive Hollywood financed epic, Genghis Khan (1965). She was David Niven's love interest in a spy film at MGM, Where the Spies Are (1966). Dorléac appeared as the adulterous wife in Roman Polanski's black comedy Cul-de-sac (1966), shot in Britain. She returned to France to star in a TV adaption of the Prosper Mérimée novel Julie de Chaverny ou la Double Méprise (1966) directed by Marchand. Then she joined Gene Kelly and her sister Catherine, who was a cinematic star by this time, playing starstruck singing twins in The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967), an homage to Hollywood musicals. Her final film role was the female lead in Billion Dollar Brain (1967) opposite Michael Caine, who played spy Harry Palmer. Dorléac's parents were protective of her and her siblings, and well into adulthood she shared a bunk bed with her sister Catherine Deneuve in the family home, to which she regularly returned, according to Roger Vadim. Dorléac was on the brink of international stardom when she died in a traffic accident on 26 June 1967, aged 25. Source: Article "Françoise Dorléac" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.Read more

Movies & web series

French Beauty

The Double Contempt

4XD

Elle s'appelait Françoise

Hollywood in Deliblatska Pescara

Teuf-teuf

Belmondo: The Incorrigible

Cinépanorama

Françoise Dorléac, from The Man from Rio to The Young Girls of Rochefort

Deneuve, la reine Catherine

Behind the Screen

Dim Dam Dom

Discorama

Jacques Demy: The Pink and the Black

The Young Girls of Rochefort

Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là

The Young Girls Turn 25

That Man from Rio

The Soft Skin

The Door Slams

Cul-de-sac

Françoise Dorléac, une promesse

Male Hunt

All the Gold in the World

Arsène Lupin vs. Arsène Lupin

Genghis Khan

Adorable Liar

Circle of Love

Billion Dollar Brain

The Wolves in the Sheepfold

Tonight or Never

The Girl with the Golden Eyes

Where the Spies Are

The Dance

Les Trois Chapeaux claques

Morceaux de Cannes

Hommage à Michel Legrand et Jacques Demy au festival Sœurs Jumelles

Mag Bodard, un destin

Françoise Dorléac à Saint-Tropez

Le trésor de l’orpheline

Behind the screens : Les demoiselles de Rochefort

Behind the screens : Jacques Demy’s Les demoiselles de Rochefort - Les décors

The Little Misses