Jules Dassin - Personal Life

Personal Life

Jules Dassin was married twice:

  • Béatrice Launer, a New York–born, Jewish–American violinist (aka Beatrice Launer-Dassin; 1913–2005), a graduate of the Juilliard School of Music. They married in 1937 and divorced in 1962. Their children were Joseph Ira Dassin (1938–80), a popular French singer in the 1970s; songwriter Richelle "Rickie" Dassin (born 1940); and actress–singer Julie Dassin (born 1944; also known as Julie D.).
  • Melina Mercouri, Greek actress and former wife of Panos Harokopos; they married in 1966 and remained married until Mercouri's death in 1994. She starred in several of Dassin's films.

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