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Denise Darcel is a Actor French born on 8 september 1924 at Paris (France)
Denise Darcel (8 September 1924 – 23 December 2011) was a French actress who also made films in Hollywood.
In the early 1950s, Darcel was linked romantically with singer Billy Eckstine. In 1993, Jet magazine reported, "Eckstine's hot romance with actress Denise Darcel cooled off after their photo appeared on cover of Life Magazine, causing a White backlash."
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Birth name Denise Marie-Louise Billecard
Nationality France
Birth 8 september 1924 at Paris (France)
Death 23 december 2011 (at 87 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Nationality France
Birth 8 september 1924 at Paris (France)
Death 23 december 2011 (at 87 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Biography
Darcel's first husband, William Shaw, was an American Army captain whom she married in 1947. Darcel obtained a Mexican divorce from Peter Crosby August 12, 1951. She married Robert Atkinson April 24, 1961. They had two sons, Christopher (born November 17, 1961) and Craig. Husband George Simpson died in 2003.In the early 1950s, Darcel was linked romantically with singer Billy Eckstine. In 1993, Jet magazine reported, "Eckstine's hot romance with actress Denise Darcel cooled off after their photo appeared on cover of Life Magazine, causing a White backlash."
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Seven Women from Hell (1961)
, 1h28Directed by Robert D. Webb
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Seafaring films, Prison films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Patricia Owens, Denise Darcel, Cesar Romero, John Kerr, Margia Dean, Yvonne Craig
Roles Claire Oudry
Rating49%
When the Japanese invade New Guinea in 1942, Grace Ingram (Patricia Owens), an Australian member of a scientific expedition, is put in a women's detention camp. She shares her cell with six other women: Janet Cook (Yvonne Craig), a pregnant American teenager; Ann Van Laer (Sylvia Daneel), a tightlipped but sympathetic German widow; Claire Oudry (Denise Darcel), a French waitress; Mai-Lu Ferguson (Pilar Seurat), a Eurasian nurse; and two other Americans, Mara Shepherd (Margia Dean) and Regan (Evadne Baker).
Vera Cruz (1954)
, 1h34Directed by Robert Aldrich
Origin USA
Genres Action, Romance, Western
Themes Political films, Buddy films
Actors Gary Cooper, Burt Lancaster, Ernest Borgnine, Denise Darcel, Cesar Romero, Charles Bronson
Roles Countess Marie Duvarre
Rating69%
During the Franco-Mexican War, ex-Confederate soldier Ben Trane (Cooper) travels to Mexico seeking a job as a mercenary. He falls in with Joe Erin (Lancaster), a lethal gunslinger who heads a gang of cutthroats (including Ernest Borgnine, Jack Elam, Charles Bronson, and Archie Savage). They are recruited by Marquis Henri de Labordere (Cesar Romero) for service with the Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico (George Macready) After an almost miraculous display of shooting with a lever action model 1873 Winchester rifle, the Emperor offers them $25,000 to escort the Countess Duvarre (Denise Darcel) to the seaport city of Veracruz on the Gulf of Mexico. Trane uses a compliment to the countess to get the Emperor to double it, impressing Erin with his boldness.
Dangerous When Wet (1953)
, 1h35Directed by Charles Walters
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about animals, Films about music and musicians, Sports films, Musical films
Actors Rita Hayworth, Esther Williams, Glenn Ford, Fernando Lamas, Jack Carson, George Macready
Roles Gigi Mignon
Rating61%
Katie Higgins (Williams) is the wholesome daughter of a dairy farmer. The entire family (Pa, Ma, Suzie, Katie, and Junior) start the day with a brisk song and morning swim. One day, Katie meets travelling salesman Windy Weebe (Carson) who is instantly smitten. Weebe sells an elixir that purports to turn the user into a peppy, fit-as-a-fiddle specimen, and upon noticing the entire family's strength in the water, suggests that they all attempt to swim the English Channel. The family and Weebe head off to England whereupon they learn that the distance to be conquered is 20 miles "as the seagull flies" but with the currents, can be up to 42 miles. Katie is the only one in the family strong enough to attempt this feat, so she begins training with Weebe as her coach.
Flame of Calcutta (1953)
, 1h9Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Historical
Actors Denise Darcel, Patric Knowles, Paul Cavanagh, Leonard Penn, George Keymas, Gregory Gaye
Roles Suzanne Roget aka The Flame
Rating53%
Young Man with Ideas (1952)
, 1h24Directed by Mitchell Leisen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Glenn Ford, Ruth Roman, Denise Darcel, Nina Foch, Donna Corcoran, Ray Collins
Roles Dorianne Gray
Rating59%
Maxwell Webster is a Montana attorney whose career isn't going as well as wife Julie feels it should be. She gets tipsy at a country club and praises her husband's work in front of colleagues, then urges him to ask boss Edmund Jethrow for a partnership. Instead, he loses his job.
Westward the Women (1951)
, 1h58Directed by William A. Wellman, Jerry Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Western
Actors Robert Taylor, Denise Darcel, John McIntire, Hope Emerson, Julie Bishop, Mary Murphy
Roles Fifi Danon
Rating75%
In 1851, Roy Whitman (John McIntire) decides to bring marriageable women west to California to join the lonely men of Whitman's Valley, hoping the couples will put down roots and settle there. Roy hires a skeptical, experienced wagon master, Buck Wyatt (Robert Taylor), to lead the wagon train along the California Trail. In Chicago, Roy recruits 138 "good women", after they have been warned of the journey's hardships and dangers by Buck, who flatly states up to a third of them might not survive the journey. The women range from Patience (Hope Emerson), an older widow from New Bedford seeking a new start after losing her sea captain husband and sons when their clipper went down while attempting to round Cape Horn, to Rose Meyers (Beverly Dennis), a pregnant, unmarried woman running from her shame. Telling the women about his valley, Roy encourages them to pick their prospective mates from daguerreotype pictures he has tacked to a display board. Two showgirls, Fifi Danon (Denise Darcel) and Laurie Smith (Julie Bishop), hastily change their flashy clothes when others like them are rejected and return to try and sign on again. Whitman is not fooled by their disguise, but convinced their wish to reform is sincere he adds them to the group, bringing the number of women on the wagon train up to 140.
Tarzan and the Slave Girl (1950)
, 1h14Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about children, Tarzan films
Actors Lex Barker, Vanessa Brown, Robert Alda, Hurd Hatfield, Arthur Shields, Denise Darcel
Roles Lola
Rating56%
Tarzan and Jane are spending some time by a river when they hear a scream. A local tribal girl has gone missing, and the tribes people believe this is due to some evil spirit. Tarzan and Jane quickly realize the girl has been kidnapped. The kidnappers are Lionians, a "lost" culture of Caucasians who have a culture similar to ancient Egypt and who worship lions. The Lionians are kidnapping girls throughout the region to bring back to their city deep in the jungle. But they have brought a terrible disease with them which can kill within hours. Tarzan seeks the help of Dr. Campbell, who has a serum that can both cure the disease as well as vaccinate against it. After saving the local tribe, Dr. Campbell and Tarzan (with the help of Neil, a drunken big game hunter) head for the Lionian city. Meanwhile, Dr. Campbell's native assistant, the buxom and blonde Lola, has fallen for Tarzan. Jane and Lola have a fight, after which both women are captured by a Lionian raiding party.
Battleground (1949)
, 1h58Directed by William A. Wellman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Comedy, Action, Adventure
Themes Political films
Actors Van Johnson, John Hodiak, George Murphy, Ricardo Montalbán, James Whitmore, Don Taylor
Roles Denise
Rating73%
In mid-December 1944 Pvt. Jim Layton (Marshall Thompson) and his buddy Pvt. William J. Hooper are fresh replacements assigned to separate companies in the 327th Glider Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. As a newcomer Layton receives a chilly welcome. PFC Holley (Van Johnson) returns to the company after recuperating from a wound.
To the Victor (1948)
, 1h40Directed by Delmer Daves
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Actors Dennis Morgan, Viveca Lindfors, Victor Francen, Eduardo Ciannelli, Anthony Caruso, Konstantin Shayne
Roles Bar Singer (uncredited)
Rating59%
Peu après la fin de la Seconde Guerre mondiale et sa démobilisation, l'Américain Paul Taggart s'installe à Paris où il trafique au marché noir. Il fait la connaissance de Christine Lund Lestrac, dont le mari est en prison pour avoir collaboré avec les Allemands. Ils tombent amoureux...