'Danièle Delorme' (born
October 9,
1926 in
Levallois-Perret,
Hauts-de-Seine,
France) is an
actress and
film producer.
Born 'Danièle Girard', she is a talented
pianist but is best known for her role in the
cinema of France. She acted in the first of her more than sixty films in 1942 using her birth name but then adopted the
stage name, "Delorme." She is best remembered for her starring role in the 1948 original French production of ''
Gigi'' and in 1950's ''
Minne L'Ingenue Libertine'', both of which were based on novels by
Colette.
In 1945 Delorme married actor
Daniel Gélin with whom she had a son, Xavier. Delorme divorced Gélin in 1954 after he admitted having an affair with German model Marie Christine Schneider that produced a daughter,
Maria Schneider. Her son, Xavier Gélin, became a successful actor but died of cancer in 1999 at the age of forty-three.
In 1956 Danièle Delorme married actor/filmmaker
Yves Robert who partnered with her in an award-winning
film production company. They remained married until his death in 2002.
Delorme served as a member of the jury at the 1988
Cannes Film Festival.
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