Dany Saval
| Dany Saval | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
Danielle Nadine Suzanne Savalle January 5, 1942 Paris, France |
| Occupation | actress |
| Years active | 1958–1987 |
| Spouse(s) | Michel Drucker |
Dany Saval (born Danielle Nadine Suzanne Savalle on January 5, 1942, in Paris, France) is a former French actress.
Her career flourished during the 1950s and 1960s. For his leading woman, Disney chose Dany Saval, then touted as the "new Brigitte Bardot" for her American debut in the Walt Disney romantic comedy film, Moon Pilot (1962) in the role of Lyrae, a mysterious “foreign” girl who seems to know all about the astronaut's coming mission. She approaches Talbot (played by Tom Tryon) to warn him about possible defects in his spacecraft. The various agencies assume she is a foreign spy. Best known in America as one of a trio of airline stewardesses being shuffled around by Tony Curtis and Jerry Lewis in the slapstick comedy Boeing Boeing, in which she played alongside Thelma Ritter, Christiane Schmidtmer and Suzanna Leigh.
Dany Saval retired from the movie and entertainment business in the late 1980s. She has a daughter named Stephanie Jarre (daughter of Maurice Jarre, her first husband), and currently resides in Paris with her second husband, Michel Drucker.
Selected filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Girl and the River | uncredited | François Villiers |
| 1962 | Moon Pilot | Lyrae | James Neilson |
| 1964 | Une souris chez les hommes | Lucile | Jacques Poitrenaud |
| 1964 | Constance aux enfers | Pascale | François Villiers |
| 1965 | Boeing Boeing | Jacqueline Grieux aka "Air France" | John Rich |
| 1972 | It Can Be Done Amigo | Mary Bronston | Maurizio Lucidi |
| 1974 | Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre (TV show, 1 episode) | Nathalie Gilain | Georg Tressler |
| 1977 | Animal | Doris | Claude Zidi |
| 1980 | Inspector Blunder | the antiquarian | Claude Zidi |
External links
- Dany Saval at the Internet Movie Database
- Dany Saval at AllMovie