Françoise Dorléac

Françoise Dorléac

Françoise Paulette Louise Dorléac (21 March 1942 – 26 June 1967) was a French actress. She was the elder sister of Catherine Deneuve, with whom she starred in the musical comedy film, The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967). Her other films include Philippe de Broca's That Man from Rio, François Truffaut's The Soft Skin (both 1964), Val Guest's Where the Spies Are (1965), and Roman Polanski's Cul-de-sac (1966). Dorléac was the daughter of screen actors Maurice Dorléac and Renée Simonot. Slim, fair and blonde, she modeled for Dior and then made her film debut in The Wolves in the Sheepfold (1960), directed by Hervé Bromberger. She went on to appear in The Door Slams (1960) with Dany Saval and her sister Catherine Deneuve. Dorléac had a small role in Tonight or Never (1961) with Anna Karina for director Michel Deville, The Girl with the Golden Eyes (1961) with Marie Laforêt, All the Gold in the World (1961) with Bourvil, and Adorable Liar (1961) from director Deville. Dorléac was Jean-Pierre Cassel's leading lady in The Dance (1962) and had one of the leads in a TV movie, Les trois chapeaux claques (1962), directed by Jean-Pierre Marchand. She was reunited with Cassel in Arsène Lupin contre Arsène Lupin (1962) and was one of many stars of the television movie Teuf-teuf (1963). Dorléac leapt to international stardom with the female lead in That Man from Rio (1964) starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and directed by Philippe de Broca. She followed it with The Soft Skin (1964) directed by François Truffaut. She was in The Gentle Art of Seduction (1964) with Belmondo and Jean-Paul Brialy, with her sister in a support part. Dorléac was one of several French stars in Circle of Love (1964) directed by Roger Vadim, and appeared in a TV show, Les petites demoiselles (1964), directed by Deville and starring De Broca. She also appeared in the comedy films, Arsène Lupin contre Arsène Lupin (1962) opposite Jean-Claude Brialy, and Male Hunt (1964), with Belmondo and her sister. That Man from Rio and Soft Skin were seen widely internationally and Dorléac received an offer to play the female lead in an expensive Hollywood financed epic, Genghis Khan (1965). She was David Niven's love interest in a spy film at MGM, Where the Spies Are (1966). Dorléac appeared as the adulterous wife in Roman Polanski's black comedy Cul-de-sac (1966), shot in Britain. She returned to France to star in a TV adaption of the Prosper Mérimée novel Julie de Chaverny ou la Double Méprise (1966) directed by Marchand. Then she joined Gene Kelly and her sister Catherine, who was a cinematic star by this time, playing starstruck singing twins in The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967), an homage to Hollywood musicals. Her final film role was the female lead in Billion Dollar Brain (1967) opposite Michael Caine, who played spy Harry Palmer. Dorléac's parents were protective of her and her siblings, and well into adulthood she shared a bunk bed with her sister Catherine Deneuve in the family home, to which she regularly returned, according to Roger Vadim. Dorléac was on the brink of international stardom when she died in a traffic accident on 26 June 1967, aged 25. Source: Article "Françoise Dorléac" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

  • Title: Françoise Dorléac
  • Popularity: 0.5938
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1942-03-21
  • Place of Birth: Paris, France
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  • Also Known As: Φρανσουάζ Παουλέτ Λουίζ Ντορλεάκ, Φρανσουάζ Ντορλεάκ, フランソワーズ・ドルレアック
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Françoise Dorléac Movies

  • 1964
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    The Soft Skin

    The Soft Skin

    7.1 1964 HD

    Pierre Lachenay is a well-known publisher and lecturer, married to Franca and father of Sabine. He starts a love affair with air hostess Nicole, which Pierre is hiding, but he cannot stay away from her.

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    That Man from Rio

    That Man from Rio

    7.365 1964 HD

    French military man Adrien Dufourquet gets an eight-day furlough to visit his fiancée, Agnès. But when he arrives in Paris, he learns that her late father's partner, museum curator Professor Catalan, has just been kidnapped by a group of Amazon tribesmen who have also stolen a priceless statue from the museum. Adrien and Agnès pursue the kidnappers to Brazil, where they learn that the statue is the key to a hidden Amazon treasure.

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  • 1962
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    Arsène Lupin vs. Arsène Lupin

    Arsène Lupin vs. Arsène Lupin

    6 1962 HD

    André Laroche, an industrialist, has just passed away. Face to his grave, as he is being buried, Anne de Vierne, the wife of a magistrate, confesses to her son François that Laroche was in fact Lupin and that he is his natural child. But he is not the gentleman thief's only offspring! Lupin had indeed another son by a housemaid, Gérard Dagmar, a dancer, magician and - occasionally - burglar. Which complicates the task of François who, to respect the last wishes of the testator, has gone in search of the treasure of Poldavia. For he keeps finding Gérard on his way and his efforts are constantly thwarted by his half-brother. Will Gérard prevent François from becoming the worthy successor to their father or will the two young men decide to join forces? That is the question.

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  • 1966
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    Cul-de-sac

    Cul-de-sac

    6.71 1966 HD

    On the run and in search of help, two wounded gangsters find refuge in the secluded castle of a feeble man and his wife; however, under the point of a gun, nothing is what it seems.

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  • 1964
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    Male Hunt

    Male Hunt

    6.5 1964 HD

    A few stories about marriage and its problems. Antoine is about to marry Gisèle. His friend Julien, an established bachelor, desperately tries to convince him not to do it, recounting his own painful experiences.

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  • 1967
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    Billion Dollar Brain

    Billion Dollar Brain

    5.626 1967 HD

    A former British spy stumbles into in a plot to overthrow Communism with the help of a supercomputer. But who is working for whom?

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  • 1965
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    Genghis Khan

    Genghis Khan

    5.8 1965 HD

    This is the story of the shy Mongol boy Temujin who,during the 13th century, becomes the fearless Mongol leader Genghis Khan that unites all Mongol tribes and conquers India,China,Persia,Korea and parts of Rusia,Europe and Middle-East.

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  • 1962
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    The Dance

    The Dance

    1 1962 HD

    The Dance is a 1962 French comedy film directed by Norbert Carbonnaux and starring Jean-Pierre Cassel, Françoise Dorléac and Arletty. The film is based on the French comic strip 13 rue de l'Espoir.

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  • 1966
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    Where the Spies Are

    Where the Spies Are

    5.2 1966 HD

    A local doctor is recruited as a cold war spy to fulfill a very important secret mission in the Middle East, only to experience that his mission is complicated by a sexy female double agent.

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  • 1960
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    The Wolves in the Sheepfold

    The Wolves in the Sheepfold

    5 1960 HD

    Three gangsters on the run break into a rehabilitation center for delinquent teenagers run by the couple Roger and Irène. The residents are divided over how to deal with the three bad guys, who want to take over the home.

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  • 1960
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    The Door Slams

    The Door Slams

    1 1960 HD

    Between a whimsical wife, two insolent girls, a son who is engaged in strange chemical experiments and a mother-in-law who is being courted by a rich English lord, André Costais, an intractable industrialist, is struggling to impose his authority on his family.

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  • 1961
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    The Girl with the Golden Eyes

    The Girl with the Golden Eyes

    5 1961 HD

    A skirt-chasing fashion photographer meets a charming young woman who captures his interest immediately. She is not wholly forthcoming, but after a period of time, he realizes that he is in love with her -- she is not just another conquest. It takes awhile before he also realizes that she is the partner of his femme associate who is possessive, at the very least.

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  • 2021
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    Hommage à Michel Legrand et Jacques Demy au festival Sœurs Jumelles

    Hommage à Michel Legrand et Jacques Demy au festival Sœurs Jumelles

    1 2021 HD

    In the summer of 2021, the Sœurs Jumelles festival was launched in Rochefort, a place where music and images come together. A film concert was held there on June 23 in tribute to Michel Legrand and Jacques Demy.

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  • 1961
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    All the Gold in the World

    All the Gold in the World

    6.3 1961 HD

    Businessman Victor Hardy wants to buy the entire area around the small village of Cabosse. He claims that he wants to return to nature, but he also intends to profit by selling the water from the village fountain, which is reputed to enhance longevity. However old farmer Mathieu and his sons don't want to sell...

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  • 1996
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    Elle s'appelait Françoise

    Elle s'appelait Françoise

    1 1996 HD

    Françoise Dorléac et Catherine Deneuve were nearly twins. Only 18 months separated these sisters who liked to say “Both of us could make the ideal woman”. Françoise Dorléac created her own style, unique even in France : a rare mix of elegance, humor, glamour. This is a touching portrait of an actress whose glory was cut short, seen through the eyes of her sister Catherine.

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  • 1993
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    The Young Girls Turn 25

    The Young Girls Turn 25

    7.1 1993 HD

    Agnes Varda's documentary of the celebrations arising from the 25th anniversary of her husband Jacques Demy's film The Young Girls of Rochefort.

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  • 1964
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    The Little Misses

    The Little Misses

    1 1964 HD

    Four young girls' love of boys put their newly opened all-services company in peril.

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  • 1965
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    Hollywood in Deliblatska Pescara

    Hollywood in Deliblatska Pescara

    1 1965 HD

    Short documentary on the making of Henry Levin's Genghis Khan, which filmed on location in Yugoslavia. The final film's epic battle scenes are contrasted with the mundane reality of life on a film set.

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  • 2021
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    Françoise Dorléac, de L'Homme de Rio aux Demoiselles de Rochefort

    Françoise Dorléac, de L'Homme de Rio aux Demoiselles de Rochefort

    8 2021 HD

    Born into a family of actors, Françoise Dorléac, Catherine Deneuve's older sister, began her career at the age of 15. She shone a few years later alongside Jean-Paul Belmondo in "L'Homme de Rio". From there, a great international career is announced to the young actress. But in 1967, a few months after filming the "Demoiselles de Rochefort" with her sister, she died tragically in a road accident, at the age of 25. Nevertheless, she leaves behind an abundant career and thus continues to be present in the minds of cinephiles.

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  • 1964
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    Circle of Love

    Circle of Love

    5.5 1964 HD

    In a chain reaction of romantic adventures, various people play musical beds in a remake of Max Ophul's "La Ronde."

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  • 1964
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    4XD

    4XD

    10 1964 HD

    In 1964, on the request of UniFrance, writer and director Philippe Labro filmed four young actresses – Mireille Darc, Marie Dubois, Catherine Deneuve, and Françoise Dorléac – in order to promote these young talents around the world. He took a free approach to the project, trying to capture the personality of each one, while also providing a vision of Paris as the quintessential backdrop of French cinema.

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  • 1961
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    Tonight or Never

    Tonight or Never

    4.8 1961 HD

    A theatrical director's relationship with his aspiring actress girlfriend begins to unravel when she fails to land a role in his play.

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  • 1967
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    The Double Contempt

    The Double Contempt

    1 1967 HD

    In Paris, under the Restoration, Julie de Chaverny, a young woman admired and envied by all, has been suffering for six years from an unhappy marriage to her husband, M. de Chaverny. She finally gives in to the advances of a young man she's known since childhood, deciding at last to live her own life. She wants to run away with him, but discovers it's only a passing fancy. Feeling disgraced and laughed at, she sets off for Nice to join her mother.

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  • 1966
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    Françoise Dorléac à Saint-Tropez

    Françoise Dorléac à Saint-Tropez

    1 1966 HD

    Filmed in Saint-Tropez, Françoise Dorléac presents fashion trends for the summer. She is staged in several symbolic places for holidays in Saint-Tropez.

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  • 1967
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    The Young Girls of Rochefort

    The Young Girls of Rochefort

    7.678 1967 HD

    In the seaside town of Rochefort, twin sisters Delphine and Solange dream of love and artistic fulfillment beyond their quiet lives. As sailors, artists, musicians, and chance visitors pass through town during a weekend fair, a web of near-misses and romantic longing brings ideal partners tantalizingly close—without their realizing it.

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  • 1963
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    Teuf-teuf

    Teuf-teuf

    1 1963 HD

    An automobile tribute

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  • 1962
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    Les trois chapeaux claques

    Les trois chapeaux claques

    2 1962 HD

    For 7 years Don Dionisio has been engaged to Marguerite, a young girl from a good family. Every year he comes from the distant village where he is a civil servant to spend a day with his beloved. But that evening is the last time he moves in with Don Rosario, the innkeeper: the next day he marries Marguerite. But the arrival of a troupe of music hall artists who settle in the neighboring rooms and the meeting with the pretty Paula, will disturb his projects ...

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  • 1966
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    Le trésor de l’orpheline

    Le trésor de l’orpheline

    1 1966 HD

    Homage to the novelist Delly, to celebrate her centenary, a mini-soap opera (silent photo-novel style with bubbles) with Françoise Dorléac in the role of the orphan Garlonne and Jacques Dutronc in that of the young director Alban.

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  • 2010
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    Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là

    Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là

    7.2 2010 HD

    Catherine Deneuve couldn’t care less about being a celebrity, but fame made her an icon long ago and she occupies a special place in our imagination. The star is not one to let others get too close, but when she gives you her confidence, she keeps her word. If Deneuve’s career covers a half-century of cinema, it also bears witness to the force of a generation that experienced the deepest transformation of mores. This portrait reflects her entirely. The story of a mystery and an adventure.

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  • 2018
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    Françoise Dorléac, une promesse

    Françoise Dorléac, une promesse

    6 2018 HD

    A portray of French actress Françoise Dorléac

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  • 1966
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    Behind the screens : Les demoiselles de Rochefort

    Behind the screens : Les demoiselles de Rochefort

    1 1966 HD

    Six-part documentary on the making of Jacques Demy's 'Le demoiselles de Rochefort'

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  • 1966
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    Behind the screens : Jacques Demy’s Les demoiselles de Rochefort - Les décors

    Behind the screens : Jacques Demy’s Les demoiselles de Rochefort - Les décors

    1 1966 HD

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  • 2005
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    Mag Bodard, un destin

    Mag Bodard, un destin

    1 2005 HD

    Mag Bodard, un destin is an archive documentary filmed for television by Anne Wiazemsky in 2005.

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  • 2005
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    French Beauty

    French Beauty

    1 2005 HD

    A story about the riddle of femininity in French cinema.

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  • 2022
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    Deneuve, la reine Catherine

    Deneuve, la reine Catherine

    7.8 2022 HD

    She is said to be cold, secretive and mysterious. She has the reputation of not letting anything of her intimate thoughts, her private life, her joys as well as her torments show through. She managed to protect her family, her loves, her choices from the curiosity of magazines and her public. A tour de force for a sixty year long career with more than one hundred and thirty films shot with the greatest filmmakers in the world. However, the raw material for a very personal account of Catherine Deneuve exists: it can be found in the interviews given by the actress from her beginnings until today. They allow us to discover another Catherine Deneuve.

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  • 2022
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    Belmondo: The Incorrigible

    Belmondo: The Incorrigible

    8.2 2022 HD

    Charismatic and resourceful, seducer and daredevil, Jean-Paul Belmondo has always played his roles as he lived, at a thousand miles an hour. He had only one passion: to entertain the public with his smile, his naturalness, his energy, his stunts. But contrary to appearances, his destiny was full of pitfalls. This film lifts the veil on a founding childhood that allowed him to overcome many obstacles throughout his life thanks to the tutelary figures of his father and mother. Told from the inside with the help of his autobiography, interviews and unpublished archives, this epic story traces the career of this turbulent young actor who launched the New Wave in Breathless before becoming the popular Bebel, an indestructible and provocative vigilante. From film to film, this documentary paints an intimate portrait of a man who built himself up to reach the top: his triumphs but also his trials, his doubts, his secrets, his angers, his clowning, his disappointments or his personal dramas.

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  • 2024
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    Jacques Demy: The Pink and the Black

    Jacques Demy: The Pink and the Black

    7.2 2024 HD

    Jacques Demy’s ability to enchant audiences was rooted in his personal struggles and doubts as a showman, establishing him as one of French cinema’s greatest artists.

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  • 1965
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    Dim Dam Dom

    Dim Dam Dom

    6 1965 HD

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  • 1966
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    Behind the Screen

    Behind the Screen

    1 1966 HD

    Episode about the making of "The Young Girls of Rochefort". Part of a series of 'behind the scenes / making of' films produced in Belgium

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  • 1956
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    Cinépanorama

    Cinépanorama

    8 1956 HD

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  • 1959
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    Discorama

    Discorama

    1 1959 HD

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