Janine Darcey

Acting

Janine Darcey

Born January 14, 1917 · Asnières, Seine [now Asnières-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine], France

Died October 1, 1993 · aged 76

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.

Known For

The AdolescentThe Adolescent · 1979
The Adolescent
★ 4.81979
MovieDrama
In the summer of 1939, 13-year-old Marie goes with her parents to visit her grandparents in a small town near Avignon. Marie discovers her femininity and falls for a young Jewish doctor, but he prefers Eva, Marie's mother.
RififiRififi · 1955
Rififi
★ 7.81955
MovieCrimeThriller
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.
Out of ItOut of It · 1978
Out of It
★ 6.61978
MovieComedy
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.
Le Bon PlaisirLe Bon Plaisir · 1984
Le Bon Plaisir
★ 5.81984
MovieComedyDrama
Claire's handbag is stolen. It contained a letter written ten years previously by the man who is now the French President. In the letter, he urges his pregnant mistress to have an abortion. Claire immediately alerts the President's men. From that moment, the machinery of state swings into action.
To Kill a PriestTo Kill a Priest · 1988
To Kill a Priest
★ 6.21988
MovieDramaThriller
A young priest speaks out against the Communist regime in Poland and is killed for it.
The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big FishThe Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish · 1991
The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish
★ 5.91991
MovieComedyRomance
A farce, Hoskins plays a photographer who specializes in religious pictures who searches for a model for Jesus. He does a favor for a friend and finds himself doing a voice track for a porno movie with Natasha Richardson. Hoskins finds his model for Jesus in Jeff Goldblum and a romantic triangle begins in which Goldblum finds adoring crowds believing him to be Jesus and then begins to believe it himself.
Witness in the CityWitness in the City · 1959
Witness in the City
★ 6.31959
MovieCrimeThriller
Industrialist Pierre Verdier kills his mistress Jeanne Ancelin by throwing her off a train. Her husband, Ancelin, decides to take revenge on his wife's murderer, who has been acquitted by justice.
American DreamerAmerican Dreamer · 1984
American Dreamer
★ 6.31984
MovieActionAdventure
American housewife Cathy Palmer loses her memory on a trip to Paris after being hit by a car. She wakes up in the hospital believing she's the fictional international spy, Rebecca Ryan.

Filmography

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The Curtain RisesThe Curtain Rises · 1938
The Curtain Rises
★ 7.81938
MovieComedyDrama
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!"

Isabelle Didier

A Man and Two WomenA Man and Two Women · 1991
A Man and Two Women
★ 5.01991
MovieComedyDrama
The film is a wonderfully accurate portrayal of the three stories: The stories are tied together with original dialogue and scenes by Martha / Anne / Freda / Judith (Valérie Stroh) and René Feret which follow a Golden Notebook/Anna Wulf theme: she is "writing" the stories and has a boyfriend named Paul who is a psychiatrist. A Man and Two Women: Anne, a young woman, a slightly bohemian painter: "in love" with her newborn, she abandons her husband while Isabelle, her best friend, attracted by to him and becomes little by little her rival. Each Other:Fréda finds her brother every morning in the secret of her bedroom,they leave themselves and incestuous effective becomes the only possible relationship for both. Our Friend Judith: Judith, a cold and warm intellectual, secret and complex - Beautiful, Judith is careful not to show it, she knows interment and that is enough. Intelligent, she does not bend to the rules of fashion nor seduction.

Marianne's aunt