Janine Darcey
Acting
Biography
Janine Darcey (14 January 1917 – 1 October 1993) was a French film actress. She appeared in 60 films between 1936 and 1993. Source: Article "Janine Darcey" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Born: January 14, 1917
Place of Birth: Asnières, Seine [now Asnières-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine], France
Known For
Yoshiwara
Based on a novel by Maurice Dekobra, the film is set in Yoshiwara, the red-light district of Tokyo, in the nineteenth century. It depicts a love triangle between a high-class prostitute, a Russian naval officer, and a rickshaw man.
La 99ème Minute
Death live! In the middle of filming a detective drama, the main actor Gérard Gérard dies from a gunshot. This returning star was hated by her partners... So, suicide, accident or crime? The investigation takes place before our eyes until the 99th minute. Let the masks fall!
Six Little Girls in White
On his fiftieth birthday, Serge Charan, a large industrialist overloaded with activities, decides to leave everything to go on an adventure. In a train heading for the Côte d'Azur, he meets six young girls returning to their boarding school. Arrived at their destination, Serge Charan rents, under an assumed name, a villa with a view of the garden of the boarding school. His presence arouses questions and the interest of young girls who are sensitive to his charm. But one of them, Simone, falls completely in love and runs away from boarding school.
Le Grand Échiquier
The Curtain Rises
1938, France, Paris, at the Superior Conservatory of Dramatic Art ("Conservatoire Supérieur d'Art Dramatique"). The first-year entrance exams are in full swing. Many applicants, few accepted. Isabelle (Janine Darcey) is one of the few chosen. She joins former students from the second and third years, including François (Claude Dauphin) and Cécilia (Odette Joyeux). They attend the drama class run by Professor Lambertin (Louis Jouvet). The young people, passionate and eager to become comedians, clash in tumultuous love affairs, because by dint of acting, they imagine that life is a farce. François, for example, is in love with Isabelle, who also loves him, but is pursued by Cecilia, his former mistress... "Put art in your life and life in your art!"
Rififi
Out of prison after a five-year stretch, jewel thief Tony turns down a quick job his friend Jo offers him, until he discovers that his old girlfriend Mado has become the lover of local gangster Pierre Grutter during Tony's absence. Expanding a minor smash-and-grab into a full-scale jewel heist, Tony and his crew appear to get away clean, but their actions after the job is completed threaten the lives of everyone involved.
The Sword and the Balance
Three young men are suspected of kidnapping and murdering a little boy. Most likely, two of them are really involved, but one is not. All of their pasts are questionable, riddled with violence and controversy. Neither the police nor the court can decide how to solve that puzzle.
Hothead
François, a miserable football player, becomes a town hero after bringing victory in an extremely important game. He uses his fame for revenge on the team star for the previous mockeries.
Little Nothings
Following a broadcast on the radio, each of the listeners remembers these "little nothings" (the title is borrowed from a play by Mozart), which have often changed their lives. Each of these stories told will prove that a tiny detail in life can change an entire destiny.
Out of It
The lawyer is visiting a prison to meet with a violent criminal who has been condemned to death. During the visit, things turn bad, there is a riot where prisoners escape and the criminal escapes taking a lawyer hostage.
Filmography
as Yvonne
as Marianne's aunt
as Old Lady in Park
as Village Woman
as Héléna
as Alek's Mother
as Lady on Train
as Berthe, la serveuse
as Self
as Ms. Sidoine
as Mrs. Lambert, secretary
as Postwoman at the telephone counter
as Self
as Chantal
as Owner of the hotel
as Louise
as Future mother
as Mary (segment "Le retour d'Antoine")
as Sylvie
as Fine
as Andrée Denolle
as Mireille
as Martine
as Simone
as Denise
as Rose
as Armande, friend of Irène
as Lucie
as Françoise
as la jeune femme
as Edwige
as Jacqueline Maingot
as Julie
as Sylvia Clayton
as Une Biche (uncredited)
as Denise
as Isabelle Didier
as Student of the institution (uncredited)
as Midinette
as Camille
as Monique's friend
as (uncredited)
as Une geisha
as A barmaid
as Maid (uncredited)
as (uncredited)
as La Cousine (uncredited)