- Had a heart condition from childhood. In the 1980's her career was interrupted by open-heart surgery after a car accident in which she sustained serious injuries. She had further heart surgery in 2013.
- Blond actress and model, once compared to Brigitte Bardot. Best known for her role in Le Grand Blond Avec Une Chaussure Noire in which she wore a black, backless dress, deigned by Guy Laroche and now housed at the Louvre Museum.
- Had longtime relationship with actor Alain Delon from 1968 to 1982.
- Was awarded the Légion d'honneur in 2006.
- Born Mireille Aigroz, she adopted the stage name Darc due to her esteem of French national heroine Jeanne D'Arc.
- Studied at the Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Toulon before making her acting debut in Paris in 1959.
- Godmother of Romain Sardou.
- During 2016 she suffered several hemorrhages.
- In 2006, French President Jacques Chirac awarded Darc the Legion of Honour.
- She died on 28 August 2017 in Paris in a coma at the age of 79.
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