Irina Demick

Biography

Irina Demick was a French actress of Slavic and Polish Jewish ancestry, born in Pommeuse, France. She began her career as a model and made appearances in several French films before meeting producer Darryl F. Zanuck, whom she later became romantically involved with. Zanuck cast her in his epic production The Longest Day (1962) and subsequent American films, including OSS se déchaîne, The Visit, and Up from the Beach. Her career in American cinema was short-lived, fading by 1972.