Danielle De Metz

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Danielle De Metz
Odio mortale (1962) Danielle De Metz.jpg
De Metz in Odio mortale (1962)
Born (1938-07-27) 27 July 1938 (age 85)
NationalityFrench
OccupationActress
Years active1959–1972
Spouses
George De Metz
(m. 1956;div. 1961)
Alan Sher
(m. 1962;div. 1971)
Samuel Kupper
(m. 1972;div. 1984)
Children1 [1]
Oskar Homolka and Danielle De Metz in "The Ikon of Elijah", an episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1960) Oskar Homolka-Danielle De Metz in Alfred Hitchcock Presents.jpg
Oskar Homolka and Danielle De Metz in "The Ikon of Elijah", an episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1960)

Danielle De Metz (born 27 July 1938) is a French actress who appeared in movies and television during the 1960s and early 1970s. [2]

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Career

Movie columnist Louella Parsons reported that film director Jean Negulesco met De Metz when he was in Paris, France, and told her to contact him if she came to Hollywood, California. When she came and called him, he had no role available, so he put her in school at 20th Century Fox. [3]

De Metz guest starred in such shows as Dr. Kildare , The Man from U.N.C.L.E. , The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. , The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis , The Tab Hunter Show , My Three Sons , I Dream of Jeannie , 77 Sunset Strip , Combat! , Lock-Up , Perry Mason , I Spy , Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea , Boris Karloff Presents, Alfred Hitchcock Presents and Have Gun - Will Travel . Her film work includes Return of the Fly (1959), Valley of the Dragons (1961), The Magic Sword (1962), Gidget Goes to Rome (1963), The Party (1968), and Raid on Rommel (1971). [4]

Personal life

De Metz married George De Metz in Paris in 1956. They divorced January 23, 1961, in Los Angeles, California [5] She married Alan "Lanny" Sher in March 1962. [6]

Filmography

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References

  1. Profile, glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com; accessed 1 April 2016.
  2. "Danielle De Metz". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  3. Parsons, Louella (January 5, 1961). "Polynesian Picked". The Milwaukee Sentinel. p. Page 6, Part 1. Archived from the original on March 27, 2020. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  4. "Danielle De Metz | TV Guide". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2019-03-18.
  5. "Our World Today". The Daily News-Texan. Texas, Grand Prairie. United Press International. January 24, 1961. p. 1. Retrieved July 4, 2016 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  6. Psarras, Millie (August 7, 1963). "Europe Vs. U.S. Teen Styles". The Salt Lake Tribune. Utah, Salt Lake City. p. 15. Retrieved July 4, 2016 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg