Denise Darcel
Biography
Denise Darcel was a French-American actress, singer and vaudeville performer who made Hollywood films between 1948 and 1963 and also worked on stage, television and radio. Born in Paris, she studied at the University of Dijon, won a Most Beautiful Girl in France title, sang in Paris cabarets and moved to the United States in 1947. Her first notable screen part was in Battleground (1949), and she followed it with Westward the Women (1951), starring Robert Taylor, and Dangerous When Wet (1953). She took her most important role in Vera Cruz (1954), playing opposite Gary Cooper and Burt Lancaster as the female lead. Her stage debut came in Pardon Our French on Broadway in 1950, she hosted the summer program Gamble on Love in 1954, and in later years she returned to cabaret and appeared in revivals of Follies in 1991 and 1995.
87years old at death
- Born 8th arrondissement of Paris
- Died Los Angeles
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
- Denise Marie Louise Billecard (birth name)Also credited as Denise Billecard
Movie Career
- Films
- 5
- Career span
- 6 years1948 to 1954
Every film, newest first
- 1954Vera CruzIMDb rating 7.0
- 1953Dangerous When WetIMDb rating 6.3
- 1951Westward the WomenIMDb rating 7.6
- 1949BattlegroundIMDb rating 7.4
- 1948Thunder in the PinesIMDb rating 6.2
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First role
Denise Darcel's first Broadway appearance came in 1950 in the revue Pardon Our French, which opened on 5 October at the Broadway Theatre.
Beyond film
Darcel recorded the album Banned in Boston in 1958, which iTunes later made available for purchase alongside Lizabeth Scott's album Lizabeth.
Denise Darcel movies on Netflix
Worked with
Denise Darcel shares two films with Milicent Patrick, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Milicent Patrick's page
Charles Bronson's page
Ernest Borgnine's page
Burt Lancaster's page
Gary Cooper's page
Morris Ankrum's page
All films by William A. Wellman
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