Darlanne Fluegel

Darlanne Fluegel

actress, producer, casting director

Darlanne Fluegel was born on Nov 25, 1953 in USA. Darlanne Fluegel's big-screen debut came with Eyes of Laura Mars directed by Irvin Kershner in 1978. Darlanne Fluegel is known for Land of the Rising Fastball directed by Lance Miccio, Miwako Atarashi stars as Self and Randy Bass as Self. The upcoming new movie Darlanne Fluegel plays is Land of the Rising Fastball which will be released on Sep 17, 2010.

American leading lady, briefly prominent on screen during the 80s and 90's. Blond, gray-eyed Darlanne (whose not very Hollywood-sounding birth name literally translates to 'wing' in German) began her career in 1974 as a model with the Eileen Ford and Zoli Agencies in New York. Seven year later, though very much a success in this most competitive industry (earning $300 per hour) she decided, that, at 25, she "was washed up as a model". Determined to make a serious go of becoming an actress, Darlanne's early film roles instead suggested inevitable typecasting as high fashion models, accentuating allure factor rather than acting ability. As it turned out, more promising offers did come her way, beginning with a role as the chief love interest in Roger Corman's cultish space opera Les mercenaires de l'espace (1980). She was then briefly featured as Robert De Niro's girlfriend Eve, the first person murdered in Il était une fois en Amérique (1984), followed by a grittier role as a junkie/police informant in Police fédérale, Los Angeles (1985). Between 1986 and 1991, Darlanne derived her primary source of income from the small screen where she found an appreciative audience playing Julie Torello, the wife of Dennis Farina's tough 1960s Chicago cop in Les incorruptibles de Chicago (1986) and Lacey Marseille in season three of Un flic dans la mafia (1987). She took over the female lead in season seven of Rick Hunter (1984), but, given 'creative differences' between her and co-star Fred Dryer , she wanted to quit the show and her character was killed off after twelve episodes. Darlanne's career then gradually lost direction and she retired from acting in the mid-90s. Between 2002 and 2007, she held a position as a college professor teaching drama and production at the University of Central Florida film faculty.

  • Birthday

    Nov 25, 1953
  • Place of Birth

    Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA

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