Dany Dauberson
Dany Dauberson (16 January 1925 – 16 March 1979) was a French singer[1] and actress.[2]
Eurovision
Dauberson was born in
Car crash
On 8 April 1967, Dauberson suffered major injuries while riding in a car driven by her companion, actress Nicole Berger. The vehicle skidded off the road and crashed into a tree while driving towards Duranville, Eure, on the N13. Dauberson was thrown out of her seat and through the windscreen, while Berger suffered a fractured skull and a crushed rib cage. Both were rushed to hospital, where Berger died from her injuries six days later.[4][5] Dauberson never fully recovered emotionally or physically from the crash, which ended her career as a singer. She died in 1979, at the age of 54.[6]
She was buried in the town of
Filmography
- 1951 : L'Inconnue des cinq cités (A Tale of Five Cities)
- 1954 : Soirs de Paris, by Jean Laviron
- 1957 : Et par ici la sortie, by Willy Rozier : Florina
- 1957 : C'est arrivé à 36 chandelles, by Henri Diamant-Berger : herself
- 1966 : Du rififi à Paname, by Denys de La Patellière : Léa
References
- ^ "Dany Dauberson", Der Spiegel, 17 February 1960, http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-43063357.html
- ^ "Accueil: Personne: Dany Dauberson", L'Express, http://fiches.lexpress.fr/personnalite/dany-dauberson_349849 (accessed 1 May 2012)
- ^ "1956", Eurovisionary, http://www.eurovisionary.com/history/1956 Archived 10 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine (accessed 1 May 2012).
- ISBN 282381096X: "Dans la nuit du 8 avril, pendant un orage de grêle sur la route de Honfleur à la sortie de Folleville [...], la Chevrolet Corvair de Nicole Berger dérape et s'encastre contre un arbre. La chanteuse Dany Dauberson, à côté, éjectée du véhicule, s'en tire sans trop de mal. Nicole Berger, crâne fracturé, a la cage thoracique enfoncée par le volant."
- ^ "Biographie de Dany Dauberson".
- ^ Patrin, Vincent (14 May 2016). "Dany Dauberson, enterrée à Saint-Claude, avait représenté la France à l'Eurovision". Le Progrès.
External links
- Dany Dauberson at IMDb
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