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 Brocas That Man from Rio François Truffauts The Soft Skin both 1964 Val Guests Where the Spies Are 1965 and Roman Polanskis Culdesac 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 JeanPierre Cassels leading lady in The Dance 1962 and had one of the leads in a TV movie Les trois chapeaux claques 1962 directed by JeanPierre Marchand She was reunited with Cassel in Arsène Lupin contre Arsène Lupin 1962 and was one of many stars of the television movie Teufteuf 1963 Dorléac leapt to international stardom with the female lead in That Man from Rio 1964 starring JeanPaul 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 JeanPaul 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 JeanClaude 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 Nivens love interest in a spy film at MGM Where the Spies Are 1966 Dorléac appeared as the adulterous wife in Roman Polanskis black comedy Culdesac 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 Dorléacs 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 CCBYSA