Danielle Darrieux

French actress whose career spanned eight decades

Danielle Darrieux, a prolific French actress whose movie and theatre career span ned eight decades, has died. She was 100.

One of France’ s best-loved actresses, Darrieux appeared in dozens of plays and more than 100 films during her long career.

Generations of French movie goers watched her maturefrom a precocious, fresh-faced teen–D arrieux made her on- screen debut at 14 - into a radiant older woman starring in films into her 90s.

With her expressive face and liquid eyes, Darrieux was a favorite of French directors including legends like Claude Chabrol, Jacques Demy and Andre Techine.