Dominique Darel

Dominique Darel
Dominique Darel, 1973
Born1950 (1950)
Cannes, France
DiedJune 4, 1978(1978-06-04) (aged 27–28)
Cannes, France
OccupationsFrench model and actress
Years activeLate 1960s–1978
Known forMaria Romana De Gasperi in Roberto Rossellini's Year One

Dominique Darel (1950–1978) was a French model and actress, mainly active in Italian cinema.

Biography

Dominique Darel was born in Cannes and moved to Rome with her boyfriend Max Delys in 1968.[1][2]

Darel made her film debut in Luchino Visconti's Death in Venice, then became a minor starlet in Italian genre cinema.[3] She appeared in Andy Warhol's Dracula (1974), and for a pictorial that was published in the August 1974 issue of Playboy magazine, Warhol photographed Darel and Delys nude with his Polaroid camera in 1973.[4] She is probably best known for the role of Maria Romana De Gasperi in Roberto Rossellini's Year One.

Darel died at 28, on June 4, 1978, in a car accident in Cannes.[2][3]

Filmography

References

  1. ^ Boero, Beatrice (2021-01-13). "Roma vintage, i favolosi anni '70 e i miti di quel tempo". Italia Chiama Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-06-19.
  2. ^ a b "E' morta Dominique Darel". La Stampa. 7 June 1978.
  3. ^ a b Centro sperimentale di cinematografia. Bianco e Nero, Volume 39. Società Gestione Editoriali., 1978.
  4. ^ "Instant". Playboy. 21 (8): 83–85. August 1974.