Danièle Delorme
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Danièle Delorme (born October 9, 1926 in Levallois-Perret, Hauts-de-Seine, France) is an actress and film producer.
Born Danièle Girard, she is a talented pianist but is best known for her role in the cinema of France. She acted in the first of her more than sixty films in 1942 using her birth name but then adopted the stage name, "Delorme." She is best remembered for her starring role in the 1948 original French production of Gigi and in 1950's Minne L'Ingenue Libertine, both of which were based on novels by Colette.
In 1945 Delorme married actor Daniel Gélin with whom she had a son, Xavier. Delorme divorced Gélin in 1954 after he admitted having an affair with German model Marie Christine Schneider that produced a daughter, Maria Schneider. Her son, Xavier Gélin, became a successful actor but died of cancer in 1999 at the age of forty-three.
In 1956 Danièle Delorme married actor/filmmaker Yves Robert who partnered with her in an award-winning film production company. They remained married until his death in 2002.
Delorme served as a member of the jury at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.
