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Dani
Actor

Dani

1 Oct 1944Born
18 Jul 2022Died
77Age at death
34Credits

Biography

Danièle Graule (1 October 1944 – 18 July 2022), known as Dani (sometimes as Dany), was a French actress and singer.

Dani was born in Castres. In 1966 she was contracted to Pathé-Marconi and released her first single "Garçon manqué". In 1968 "Papa vient d'épouser la bonne" sold a million copies and was a major hit. Dani was meant to have been France's Eurovision Song Contest 1974 entry with the song "La Vie à 25 ans", but President Georges Pompidou died in the week of the competition, so she never entered Eurovision properly.

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Her only English language record release to date was "That Old Familiar Feeling", which had the same music as "La Vie à 25 ans" but with English lyrics by British singer-songwriter Lynsey de Paul.

On the cinema screen, she played the script-girl Liliane in François Truffaut's Day for Night and in the last Antoine Doinel-adventure Love on the Run a short-time-affair of Antoine, Christine's friend Liliane. Truffaut who made her famous with one role in two movies: she is Liliane in Day for Night. The fickle girlfriend of actor Alphonse (Jean-Pierre Léaud) recruited as a script trainee who is pinching for the English stuntman. In 1978, this Liliane became the friend of Christine Doinel alias Claude Jade in the final film of the Doinel cyclus. Truffaut used Liliane's flashbacks for Love on the Run. Here Liliane becomes the best friend of Christine (Claude Jade). And later, she has an affair with her husband Antoine, again Jean-Pierre Léaud. Thanks to the installation of new and old scenes, Claude Jade also mounted in the flashbacks of Day for Night, it seems Dani was already part of the Doinel Cycle.

She died in Tours on 18 July 2022, aged 77.

Source: Article "Dani (singer)" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

Known for

Filmography

  1. 2022Le TournesolFilm
  2. 2020Rogue CityFilm: Angelina Maranzano
  3. 2018War on BeastsSeries: Mère Martel (6 episodes)
  4. 2018Morning DewFilm: The florist
  5. 2018GuyFilm: Anne-Marie
  6. 2017CarboneFilm: Dolly Wizman
  7. 2015My KingFilm: Mysterious lady at the wedding
  8. 2015Capitaine MarleauSeries: Elvira Chastagne (1 episode)
  9. 2014Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock HeartFilm: Brigitte Helm (voice)
  10. 2012On AirFilm: Barka
  11. 2006Avenue MontaigneFilm: Claudie
  12. 2004Work Hard, Play HardFilm: Mère d'Eva
  13. 2003The Car KeysFilm: Big Middle-class Woman
  14. 2003Drôle de genreFilm: Lou Wand
  15. 2003Sleep TightFilm: Néfertiti
  16. 2000PrincessesFilm: Léa
  17. 1994I Can't SleepFilm: Seamstress
  18. 1993La Robe à cerceauFilm
  19. 1988Story of WomenFilm: Loulou
  20. 1988La croisade des enfantsFilm: Une prostituée
  21. 1983Monsieur AbelFilm: La serveuse
  22. 1979Love on the RunFilm: Liliane
  23. 1978ClaudineSeries: Rézy Lambrook (1 episode)
  24. 1977Les Anneaux de BicêtreFilm: Lina
  25. 1976Police Commissioner MoulinSeries: La mère de Momo (1 episode)
  26. 1973Day for NightFilm: Liliane, the Trainee Script Girl
  27. 1973A Police Officer Without ImportanceFilm: Joëlle
  28. 1973Some Too Quiet GentlemenFilm: Odette
  29. 1971La Lucarne magiqueFilm: A young woman
  30. 1971Tumuc HumacFilm: Françoise
  31. 1969DelphineFilm: l'assistante de Delphine
  32. 1968The Girl Across the WayFilm: Martine
  33. 1964Chance at LoveFilm: Hélène's friend ('Fiancés de la chance, Les') (uncredited)
  34. 1964Circle of LoveFilm

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