ROBIN, DANY

(1927-1995)

Actress. Dany Robin originally intended to be a dancer. She studied ballet and even danced professionally before studying drama at the Paris Conservatoire d'art dramatique. She made her screen debut in 1946, appearing inMarc Allegret'sLune-garde, and she went on to appear in more than fifty films during the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. Among the films in which Robin appeared areMarcel Carné'sLes Portes de la nuit(1946),René Clair'sLe Silence est d'or(1947),Henri Decoin'sLes Amoureux sont seuls au monde(1948), Gilles Grangier'sJupiter(1952),Julien Duvivier'sLa Fête à Henriette(1952),Roger Richebé'sLes Amants de minuit(1953),André Hunébelle'sCadet-Rouselle(1954) andLes Mystères de Paris(1962),Sacha Guitry'sNapoléon(1955),Jacqueline Audry'sL'École des cocottes(1958) andLe Secret du Chevalier d'Éon(1959),Jean-Paul Le Chanois'sMandrin(1962), and Alfred Hitchcock'sTopaz(1969), her last film. A solid actress who was as capable of doing comedy as drama, Robin was also one of the bomb-shells of French cinema.