Darling Légitimus
Actor
Born November 21, 1907 in Le Carbet, Martinique
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.
Filmography
Sugar Cane Alley
M'Man Tine
La bande du Rex
Nounou
The Toilets Were Closed from the Inside
Rose
La Dernière Bourrée à Paris
Last Tango in Paris
Concierge
Églantine
Lolo
Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
The Ghostly Rental
Belinda
Les verts pâturages
Madame Noé
The Fire Within
(uncredited)
The Doll
(uncredited)
Women Are Like That
Palmyre
Discorama
Self
The Witches of Salem
Tituba
A Missionary
Flesh and the Woman
(uncredited)
Tourbillon
The Wages of Fear
Rosa
The Road to Damascus
(uncredited)
Three Feet in a Bed
Caroline
Les trois cousines
Le Bateau à soupe
(uncredited)
A Friend Will Come Tonight
(uncredited)
Bouboule 1er, roi nègre