Darling Légitimus
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 21, 1907, Le Carbet, Martinique
- Died
- December 7, 1999
- Movies
- 23
Mathilda Marie Berthilde Paruta (21 November 1907 – 7 December 1999), better known as Darling Légitimus, was a French actress. In 1983, she received the Volpi Cup for Best Actress for her performance in the film Sugar Cane Alley.
Born on 21 November 1907 at Le Carbet in Martinique, she spent her early years in Caracas, Venezuela. Mathilda Paruta arrived in Paris, France, at age of 16, wanting to become a dancer. She met Victor-Etienne Légitimus, son of the government deputy, Hegesippe Jean Légitimus, and went on to become his lifelong companion and bear him five children.
Known for a long time as Miss Darling, she later chose to go by the name of Darling Legitimus. She performed as a dancer in La Revue Nègre (1925) with Josephine Baker, and posed for Picasso as well as for sculptor Paul Belmondo, father of Jean-Paul Belmondo, the actor.
Best-Known Movies
Last Tango in Paris
1972
The Wages of Fear
1953
The Fire Within
1963
The Toilets Were Closed from the Inside
1976
The Witches of Salem
1957
Sugar Cane Alley
1983
Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
1971
Flesh and the Woman
1954
A Friend Will Come Tonight
1946
Women Are Like That
1960
Filmography
| 1983 | Sugar Cane Alley | M'Man Tine |
| 1980 | La bande du Rex | Nounou |
| 1976 | The Toilets Were Closed from the Inside | Rose |
| 1973 | La Dernière Bourrée à Paris | |
| 1972 | Last Tango in Paris | Concierge |
| 1972 | Églantine | Lolo |
| 1971 | Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques | |
| 1965 | The Ghostly Rental | Belinda |
| 1964 | Les verts pâturages | Madame Noé |
| 1963 | The Fire Within | (uncredited) |
| 1962 | The Doll | (uncredited) |
| 1960 | Women Are Like That | Palmyre |
| 1957 | The Witches of Salem | Tituba |
| 1955 | A Missionary | |
| 1954 | Flesh and the Woman | (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Tourbillon | |
| 1953 | The Wages of Fear | Rosa |
| 1952 | The Road to Damascus | (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Three Feet in a Bed | Caroline |
| 1947 | Les trois cousines | |
| 1947 | Le Bateau à soupe | (uncredited) |
| 1946 | A Friend Will Come Tonight | (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Bouboule 1er, roi nègre |
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