Yvonne Suzanne Chazelles du Chaxel, better known as Dany Carrel, (born 20 September 1932[1]) is a French actress.

[2] She was born in Tourane, today Đà Nẵng (Vietnam - then French Indochina) to French father Marie Yves Aimé du Chaxel,[3] a local Customs general manager,[4] and his Vietnamese mistress, Kam.

[4] She shot about 50 films and TV films from the 1950s - when she quickly became famous - to the 1990s, and also played in theatre.

She gradually retired starting from the eighties due to two bouts of cancer.

[5] This article about a French film and television actor is a stub.