Geneviève Gilles

Zanuck had a long history of trying to turn his European mistresses into film stars – he had previously done this with Bella Darvi, Juliette Gréco and Irina Demick. Gilles' only movie, as the lead in Hello Goodbye (1970), was created and written by Zanuck, and was the first production he personally supervised since he inserted Demick in The Longest Day (1962).

Zanuck's will was settled on January 8, 1988 after Gilles provided that her claim on the estate would be given to Yeshiva University in New York. The university received a $50,000 payment.

In October 1986, Zanuck's daughter, Darrylin Zanuck de Pineda, filed a malicious prosecution suit against Gilles seeking $10 million. Ms. de Pineda's suit claimed the former mistress falsely accused her of forging the will and of exerting undue influence on her father.

Raised as an orphan in convent schools, the 19-year-old Gillaizeau found the 63-year-old Zanuck irresistible. She was quoted, in 1980, as stating "... his age didn't bother me. He was wonderful, very powerful and smart. About sex, he was like Picasso."

Geneviève Gilles was born in 1948 in Paris, France as Geneviève Gillazeau.

Geneviève Gilles (born Geneviève Gillaizeau; 1946) is a French actress. She acted in one film and in one episode of a television series. She was the mistress of film producer Darryl Zanuck, from 1965 to 1973.