Françoise Dorléac
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| Françoise Dorleac | |
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| Born | March 21, 1942 Paris |
| Died | June 26, 1967 Nice  |
| Years active | 1960-67 |
| Notable roles | Nicole in La Peau Douce Teresa in Cul-de-sac Solange Garnier in Les Demoiselles de Rochefort Anya in Billion Dollar Brain |
Françoise Dorléac (March 21, 1942 - June 26, 1967), was a popular French actress.
She was the daughter of screen actor Maurice Dorléac and Renée Deneuve. Also the elder sister of the now better-known Catherine 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 and Roman Polański's Cul-de-Sac, but her career was cut short by her tragic death in a car crash at the age of 25.
[edit] Tragic 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-Cote d'Azur autoroute. 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. To this day, she is remembered with great affection by those who knew her, those who worked with her and those who saw her in the movies.
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.
[edit] Filmography
(Partial list)
- 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)
