Denise Darcel ( née Billecard, September â€" December ) was a
French vaudevillian, actress and singer, who from and , appeared in
films in Hollywood, and briefly on the stage, television and
radio.Born as Denise Billecard in Paris, she was one of five daughters
of a French baker, and she was college educated, studying at the
University of Dijon. According to a friend, whom she met in Paris
during World War II, she was a passenger in an L- Stinson light
observation aircraft on VJ Day to see the celebration from the air.
The pilot, James Helinger Sr., a US Army Air Corps glider pilot (a
friend) was at the controls, while they flew under several bridges
along the Seine and finally, under the Eiffel Tower, with the crowds
below.A winner of the title "The Most Beautiful Girl in France,"
Darcel was a cabaret singer in Paris after World War II before being
spotted by Hollywood. Denise came to the United States in and became
an American citizen in .
French vaudevillian, actress and singer, who from and , appeared in
films in Hollywood, and briefly on the stage, television and
radio.Born as Denise Billecard in Paris, she was one of five daughters
of a French baker, and she was college educated, studying at the
University of Dijon. According to a friend, whom she met in Paris
during World War II, she was a passenger in an L- Stinson light
observation aircraft on VJ Day to see the celebration from the air.
The pilot, James Helinger Sr., a US Army Air Corps glider pilot (a
friend) was at the controls, while they flew under several bridges
along the Seine and finally, under the Eiffel Tower, with the crowds
below.A winner of the title "The Most Beautiful Girl in France,"
Darcel was a cabaret singer in Paris after World War II before being
spotted by Hollywood. Denise came to the United States in and became
an American citizen in .
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