Dominique Darel (1950–1978) was a French model and actress, mainly active in Italian cinema. Darel was born in

Cannes Cannes ( , , ; oc, Canas) is a city located on the French Riviera. It is a commune located in the Alpes-Maritimes department, and host city of the annual Cannes Film Festival, Midem, and Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. T ...

and moved to Rome in the late 1960s. She made her film debut in

Luchino Visconti Luchino Visconti di Modrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo (; 2 November 1906 – 17 March 1976) was an Italian filmmaker, stage director, and screenwriter. A major figure of Italian art and culture in the mid-20th century, Visconti was one of the ...

's ''

Death in Venice ''Death in Venice ''(German: ''Der Tod in Venedig'') is a novella by German author Thomas Mann, published in 1912. It presents an ennobled writer who visits Venice and is liberated, uplifted, and then increasingly obsessed by the sight of a Poli ...

'', then became a minor starlet in Italian genre cinema. She is probably best known for the role of Maria Romana De Gasperi in

Roberto Rossellini Roberto Gastone Zeffiro Rossellini (8 May 1906 – 3 June 1977) was an Italian film director, producer, and screenwriter. He was one of the most prominent directors of the Italian neorealist cinema, contributing to the movement with films such ...

's '' Year One''. She died at 28, on June 4, 1978, in a car accident in Cannes.

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* French film actresses 1978 deaths Road incident deaths in France 1950 births People from Cannes French female models 20th-century French actresses {{France-actor-stub