Danièle Delorme

Gabrielle Danièle Marguerite Andrée Girard (9 October 1926 – 17 October 2015), known by her stage name Danièle Delorme, was a French actress, famous for her roles in films directed by Marc Allégret, Julien Duvivier or Yves Robert, and prize-winning film producer.

In 1945, Delorme married actor Daniel Gélin with whom she had a son, Xavier (1946–1999). Delorme divorced Gélin in 1954 after he admitted having an affair with Romanian-born model Marie Christine Schneider, that produced a daughter, Maria Schneider. Delorme's son was a successful actor who died of cancer in 1999, aged 53. In 1956, Delorme married actor/filmmaker Yves Robert who partnered her in an award-winning film production company. They remained married until his death in 2002. Delorme served as a member of the Caméra d'Or jury at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival. Delorme died in Paris on 17 October 2015 at the age of 89. Her death was announced on October 19 by the director of the Paris art gallery An Girard, which she created to present, among other things, the works of her father. According to the statement, she died in her sleep after years of illness.