Danielle Yvonne Marie Antoinette Darrieux (born May 1, 1917) is a French actress and singer.

Danielle Darrieux was born in 1917 in Bordeaux, France, but raised in Paris. She was only 14 when she auditioned for a secondary role in Bal, Le (1931): she got the part, and the producer offered her a five-year contract. She had her first romantic lead in Crise est finie, La (1934) and scored an international hit with the historical drama Mayerling (1936) in which she played Marie Vetsera opposite Charles Boyer (I). In 1938, she went to Hollywood to appear in the fine comedy Rage of Paris, The (1938) but quickly returned to Paris. After a three-year break during the Occupation, she made a comeback in 1945, appearing both on stage (in "Tristan et Isolde") and on screen (in Au petit bonheur (1946)). In the next three decades, she found several important roles, in films like Ronde, La (1950), Madame de... (1953) -- in which she gave her best performance, as a society lady torn between her husband and her lover -- and Demoiselles de Rochefort, Les (1967). In 1970, she replaced Katharine Hepburn on Broadway in "Coco." Afterwards, she made occasional screen and stage appearances. But she made a triumphant comeback in 2002, playing Catherine Deneuve's mother in the international hit 8 femmes (2002).