Fabulous Photos of Genevieve Gilles in the 1970s

Born 1946 in Paris, French-Romanian chef turned actress Genevieve Gilles acted in one film and three 1980s era sitcoms. She was the mistress of film producer Darryl Zanuck, from 1965 to 1973.

Zanuck had a long history of trying to turn his European mistresses into film stars – he had previously done this with Bella Darvi, Juliette Gréco and Irina Demick. Gilles’ only movie, as the lead in Hello Goodbye (1970), was created and written by Zanuck, and was the first production he personally supervised since he inserted Demick in The Longest Day (1962).

Take a look at these fabulous photos to see the beauty of a young Genevieve Gilles in the 1970s.