Mireille Dargent

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Mireille Dargent
Born
Mireille d'Argent

1951 (age 7273)
Occupation Actress
Years active19711976

Mireille Dargent (born 1951) is a French film actress.

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Career

She is best known for appearing in Jean Rollin films, like Requiem pour un vampire , alongside Marie-Pierre Castel in the two leading roles. When an agent introduced Mireille to Rollin, Rollin discovered he was stealing her wages and keeping them for himself. Rollin hired a lawyer for Mireille and the agent was made to pay back everything to Mireille. [1] Her other appearances in Rollin's films include La rose de fer (The Iron Rose), Les démoniaques (The Demoniacs) and Lèvres de sang (Lips of Blood). Mireille has also worked with directors Pierre Chevalier, Marius Lesoeur and Jacques Orth. She has been credited in her films as "Dily D'Argent" and "Dily Dargent".

Filmography

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References

  1. Richey, Jeremy (20 November 2008) "Jean Rollin: The Collaborators (Mireille Dargent)". requiemforjeanrollin.blogspot.com. Retrieved 10 July 2011.