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Dominique Darel
French model and actress / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dominique Darel (1950–1978) was a French model and actress, mainly active in Italian cinema.
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Born | 1950 Cannes, France |
Died | June 4, 1978 Cannes, France |
Nationality | French |
Occupation(s) | French model and actress |
Years active | Late 1960s–1978 |
Known for | Maria Romana De Gasperi in Roberto Rossellini's Year One |
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Darel was born in Cannes and moved to Rome with her boyfriend Max Delys in 1968.[1][2] She made her film debut in Luchino Visconti's Death in Venice, then became a minor starlet in Italian genre cinema.[3] She is probably best known for the role of Maria Romana De Gasperi in Roberto Rossellini's Year One.
She died at 28, on June 4, 1978, in a car accident in Cannes.[2][3]