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Françoise Dorléac is a Actor French born on 21 march 1942 at Paris (France)
Françoise Dorléac (21 March 1942 – 26 June 1967) was a French actress. She was the daughter of screen actor Maurice Dorléac and Renée Simonot, and the elder sister of Catherine Deneuve. The two sisters starred together in the 1967 musical, The Young Girls of Rochefort. Her other films include Philippe de Broca's movie L'Homme de Rio, François Truffaut's La Peau douce, Roman Polanski's Cul-de-sac and Val Guest's Where the Spies Are.
She appeared as the adulterous wife in Roman Polanski's black comedy Cul-de-sac, and joined Gene Kelly and her sister Catherine, who was a cinematic star by this time, in the candy-coated The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967), a colorful homage to the Hollywood musical. Branching out into such non-French movies as Genghis Khan (1965), Where the Spies Are (1965) with David Niven, and Billion Dollar Brain (1967) opposite Michael Caine.
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Birth name Françoise Paulette Louise Dorléac
Nationality France
Birth 21 march 1942 at Paris (France)
Death 26 june 1967 (at 25 years) at Nice (France)
Nationality France
Birth 21 march 1942 at Paris (France)
Death 26 june 1967 (at 25 years) at Nice (France)
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Slim, pale-skinned and brunette, Dorléac graced several movies before hitting stardom with François Truffaut's melodrama La Peau douce (1964) and the classic spy spoof L'Homme de Rio (1964) with Jean-Paul Belmondo. Known for her spirited, outgoing personality, Françoise proved a carefree screen presence in the comedy films Arsène Lupin contre Arsène Lupin (1962) opposite Jean-Claude Brialy, and Male Hunt (1964).She appeared as the adulterous wife in Roman Polanski's black comedy Cul-de-sac, and joined Gene Kelly and her sister Catherine, who was a cinematic star by this time, in the candy-coated The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967), a colorful homage to the Hollywood musical. Branching out into such non-French movies as Genghis Khan (1965), Where the Spies Are (1965) with David Niven, and Billion Dollar Brain (1967) opposite Michael Caine.
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The Young Girls Turn 25 (1993)
, 1h4Directed by Agnès Varda
Origin France
Genres Documentary, Musical
Themes Films about films, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentary films about films
Actors Mag Bodard, Françoise Dorléac, Agnès Varda, George Chakiris, Danielle Darrieux, Jacques Demy
Roles Self (archive footage)
Rating69%
C’est un documentaire en hommage à Jacques Demy et à son oeuvre Les Demoiselles de Rochefort, film qui fut tourné pendant l'été 1966. La ville de Rochefort organisa une grande fête en 1992 pour célébrer les 25 ans de la sortie du film en 1967. Profitant de l’occasion Agnès Varda a tourné ce documentaire en mêlant des plans du tournage de l’époque en 1966 par Varda elle-même, des extraits, des interviews d’acteurs et figurants Rochefortais qui ont participé au tournage du film.
Jacquot (1991)
, 1h58Directed by Agnès Varda
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Documentary
Themes Films about children
Actors Jacques Demy, Agnès Varda, Catherine Deneuve, Anne Vernon, Françoise Dorléac, Anouk Aimée
Roles Archives (uncredited)
Rating76%
Le film retrace l'enfance nantaise, puis l'adolescence du réalisateur Jacques Demy. Le petit Jacques, dit Jacquot, vit au-dessus du garage familial. Très vite, il rêve de cinéma et de mise en scène. Il achète une minuscule caméra pour film 8mm afin de tourner ses premières œuvres. Il finit par partir pour Paris suivre les cours d'une école de cinéma.
The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967)
, 2hDirected by Jacques Demy
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Feminist films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Jumeaux ou jumelles
Actors Catherine Deneuve, Françoise Dorléac, Michel Piccoli, George Chakiris, Gene Kelly, Jacques Perrin
Roles Solange Garnier
Rating76%
The Young Girls of Rochefort takes place over the course of one weekend in the seaside town of Rochefort, where a fair is coming to the town square. The story centers on twin sisters Delphine (Deneuve) and Solange (Dorléac) — Delphine teaches ballet classes and Solange gives music lessons for a living, but each longs to find her ideal love and a life outside of Rochefort. When the fair comes to town, Delphine and Solange meet two smooth-talking but kind-hearted carnies, Étienne (George Chakiris) and Bill (Grover Dale).
Billion Dollar Brain (1967)
, 1h51Directed by Ken Russell
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Spy
Themes Spy films, Films about computing, Politique, Political films
Actors Michael Caine, Karl Malden, Ed Begley, Oskar Homolka, Françoise Dorléac, Donald Sutherland
Roles Anya
Rating59%
Harry Palmer (Michael Caine), who has left MI5 to work as a private investigator, is told by a mechanical voice on the phone to take a package to Helsinki. The package contains six virus-laden eggs that have been stolen from the British government's research facility at Porton Down. In Helsinki, he is met by Anya (Françoise Dorléac) who takes him to meet her handler, Harry's old friend Leo Newbigen (Karl Malden). Leo is in love with Anya, but Harry knows that she is only pretending to reciprocate. Leo takes Harry to a secret room where a computer issues daily instructions to Leo and Anya. The computer speaks in the same voice as the one which summoned Harry to Helsinki.
Cul-de-sac (1966)
, 1h53Directed by Roman Polanski
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, Transgender in film, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Donald Pleasence, Françoise Dorléac, Lionel Stander, Jack MacGowran, Jacqueline Bisset, Iain Quarrier
Roles Teresa
Rating69%
The film begins with gruff American gangster Dickey pushing his broken-down car along a causeway through rising seawater while his eccentric companion Albie lies inside, bleeding from a gunshot wound after a bungled robbery. Cut off by the unexpected rising tide, they are on the only road to a bleak and remote tidal island (Lindisfarne in Northumberland), where, in a dark castle on a hilltop, a highly neurotic Englishman named George lives with his pretty and promiscuous young French wife Teresa. Dickey disconnects the phone lines and proceeds to hold the two hostage while awaiting further instructions from his underworld boss, the mysterious Katelbach.
Where the Spies Are (1966)
, 1h50Directed by Val Guest
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Spy
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors David Niven, Françoise Dorléac, John Le Mesurier, Cyril Cusack, Eric Pohlmann, Richard Marner
Roles Vikki
Rating56%
Après qu'un agent secret britannique a été tué à Beyrouth par des communistes, le Colonel MacGillivray persuade le docteur Jason Love d'aller au Moyen-Orient pour trouver ce que cet agent avait découvert. Parce qu'il a fait un peu de renseignements pendant la guerre, Jason accepte en s'attendant à un peu d'aventure au soleil. En route pour le Liban, il rencontre un mannequin, Vikki, et décide de prendre l'avion suivant pour rester avec elle. En voyant l'avion qu'il aurait dû prendre exploser peu après le décollage, Jason se rend compte que cette mission est plus sérieuse qu'il ne le pensait. À Beyrouth, il apprend que les communistes prévoient d'assassiner le Prince Zahlouf, proche des Britanniques, dans le but de compromettre des accords sur le pétrole. Bien qu'il fasse échouer la tentative d'attentat, il est obligé de se réfugier sur le toit d'un château pour échapper à la foule en colère. Il y est secouru par un hélicoptère russe, la "colombe de la paix". Jason y retrouve Vikki. Elle essaye de le sauver mais est abattue. Jason arrive néanmoins à sauter de l'hélicoptère. Un message de MacGillivray lui propose une autre mission, mais il décline l'offre.
Genghis Khan (1965)
, 2h7Directed by Henry Levin
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Action, Adventure, Historical
Themes Politique, Political films, Films about royalty
Actors Omar Sharif, Stephen Boyd, James Mason, Françoise Dorléac, Eli Wallach, Telly Savalas
Roles Bortei
Rating58%
De son enfance à sa vie d’adulte, l’histoire (romancée) de Temüjin qui deviendra le premier empereur mongol sous le nom de Genghis Khan. Très jeune, il est réduit en esclavage par le chef de tribu Djamuqa. Devenu adulte et libre, Temüjin n’aspirera qu’à se venger de son ancien ravisseur...
That Man from Rio (1964)
, 1h50Directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Philippe de Broca
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Spy films, Transport films, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Jean-Paul Belmondo, Françoise Dorléac, Jean Servais, Adolfo Celi, Simone Renant, Daniel Ceccaldi
Roles Agnès Villermosa
Rating70%
As airman Adrien Dufourquet embarks on an 8-day leave in Paris to see his fiancée, Agnès, two South American Indians steal an Amazon statuette from a museum and force Professor Catalan, the curator, into their car. Catalan was Agnès' father's companion on an Amazon expedition during which her father died. Catalan believes that the statuette is one of three which hold the secret to an Amazon treasure. Adrien arrives in time to see the Indians abducting Agnès, the only one who knows the location of the other statuettes, and he pursues them to the airport where he steals a ticket and boards the same plane.
Circle of Love (1964)
, 1h50Directed by Roger Vadim
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Théâtre, Films about prostitution, Films based on plays
Actors Jane Fonda, Anna Karina, Jean-Claude Brialy, Jean Sorel, Maurice Ronet, Francine Bergé
Rating55%
In 1913, a sentimental Parisian prostitute offers herself freely to a handsome soldier because he resembles her true love.
The Soft Skin (1964)
, 1h53Directed by François Truffaut
Origin France
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality
Actors Jean Desailly, Françoise Dorléac, Nelly Benedetti, Maurice Garrel, Daniel Ceccaldi, Laurence Badie
Roles Nicole
Rating74%
Pierre Lachenay (Jean Desailly), a well-known writer and editor of a literary magazine, is running late for his flight to Lisbon. His friend gives him a ride to the airport, with his daughter Sabine going along for the ride, and they arrive just in time. On the airplane he makes eye contact with a beautiful air hostess named Nicole (Françoise Dorléac). Upon landing, he is greeted by photographers who ask that he pose with the air hostess.
Male Hunt (1964)
, 1h40Directed by Édouard Molinaro, Costas Ferris
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Jean-Claude Brialy, Françoise Dorléac, Claude Rich, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Marie Laforêt, Marie Dubois
Roles Françoise Bicart alias Sandra Rossen
Rating63%
It is the day that Antoine (Jean-Claude Brialy), a Paris advertising man, is to marry the lovely Gisèle (Marie Laforêt) and his best man Julien (Claude Rich), a divorced statistician, tries to talk him out of it with tales of the hard times he had from women, ending in entrapment by his stunning secretary Denise (Catherine Deneuve), a professional virgin. Going into a bistro for a quick drink before they drive to the wedding, the owner Fernand (Jean-Paul Belmondo), a retired villain and pimp, tells the two of his exploits that ended in marriage to pretty but pushy Sophie (Marie Dubois). Antoine decides to run for it, taking one of the tickets for the honeymoon in Greece and giving the other to Fernand. On board ship, he falls for the delectable Sandra (Françoise Dorléac), a professional confidence woman, who cleans him out of his money but in the end agrees to marry him. Fernand comes back with an old millionairess, former brothel owner, who drives a Rolls. At the wedding of Antoine and Sandra, Julien falls for a sweet brunette.
The Dance (1962)
, 1h35Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Françoise Dorléac, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Arletty, Denise Gence, Jean Poiret, Michel Serrault
Roles Françoise
Rating54%
Une provinciale monte à Paris pour trouver la fortune. Pour cela elle délaisse Albert, son amour. Mais rien ne se passe comme elle le désirait...
, 1h30Directed by Édouard Molinaro
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Actors Jean-Pierre Cassel, Jean-Claude Brialy, Françoise Dorléac, Geneviève Grad, Jean Le Poulain, Michel Vitold
Roles Nathalie
Rating59%
L'industriel André Laroche vient de mourir. À son enterrement se trouve François de Vierne, à qui sa mère confesse « Laroche était Arsène Lupin, et tu es son fils ». Arsène Lupin avait eu un autre fils, Gérard Dagmar, danseur, magicien et parfois cambrioleur. François de Vierne apprend chez le notaire qu'il doit rechercher le trésor royal de Poldavie. Ce trésor est successivement trouvé par Gérard, repris par François, volé par le consul de Poldavie, le sinistre Von Krantz, qui n'hésite pas à faire enlever le petit prince de Poldavie, frère de la jolie Catherine. Finalement le trésor est récupéré. François et une jeune journaliste, Nathalie, Gérard et la princesse Catherine n'ont plus qu'à filer le parfait amour.
Tonight or Never (1961)
, 1h39Directed by Michel Deville
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Anna Karina, Claude Rich, Georges Descrières, Jacqueline Danno, Michel de Ré, Guy Bedos
Roles Danièle
Rating61%
Laurent, affichiste publicitaire, a organisé une soirée chez lui pour fêter le début des répétitions du premier spectacle qu’il monte (une comédie musicale). Mais sa vedette, Juliette, est victime d’un accident de la circulation et Laurent doit trouver d’urgence une remplaçante. Pour sa petite amie Valérie, élève du Conservatoire, cela va être « ce soir ou jamais » l’occasion de démontrer l’étendue de ses talents en jouant de tous ses charmes pour obtenir ce rôle principal que Laurent n’a pas songé à lui proposer…
, 1h35Directed by Jean-Gabriel Albicocco
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Marie Laforêt, Françoise Dorléac, Paul Guers, Françoise Prévost, Alice Sapritch, Jacques Verlier
Roles Katia
Rating61%
Marsay, séducteur cynique, vit dans le milieu de la mode. Il est photographe et travaille beaucoup avec Eléonore San-Real, dite Léo, sa plus vieille amie.