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Renée Simonot
Jeanne Renée Deneuve (; 10 September 1911 – 11 July 2021), known professionally as Renée-Jeanne Simonot (), was a French actress and voice artist. She was married to actor Maurice Dorléac, the mother of actresses Catherine Deneuve and Françoise Dorléac and the grandmother of actor Christian Vadim and actress Chiara Mastroianni. Early life and career Born in Le Havre, France to Joseph-Sévère Deneuve and Antoinette-Jeanne Deneuve (née Schenardi), she debuted at the Odéon Theatre in 1918 at the age of seven. Primarily a stage actress, she remained there for 28 years, holding the post of "leading lady". Her daughter Catherine chose to use her maiden name, Deneuve, as her stage name. Simonot is Renée's stage name, which she took from an opera singer and family friend. Renée Simonot was one of the first French actresses to begin the dubbing of American films in France from the beginning of the talkies in 1929 through the 1930s. She was the voice of Olivia de Havilland ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Havre
Le Havre is a major port city in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy (administrative region), Normandy region of northern France. It is situated on the right bank of the estuary of the Seine, river Seine on the English Channel, Channel southwest of the Pays de Caux, very close to the Prime Meridian (Greenwich), Prime Meridian. Le Havre is the most populous commune of Upper Normandy, although the total population of the greater Le Havre conurbation is smaller than that of Rouen. It is also the second largest subprefecture in France, after only Reims. The name ''Le Havre'' means "the harbour" or "the port". Its inhabitants are known as ''Havrais'' or ''Havraises''. The city and Port of Le Havre, port were founded by Francis I of France, King Francis I in 1517. Economic development in the early modern period was hampered by European wars of religion, religious wars, conflicts with the English, epidemics, and storms. It was from the end of the 18th century that Le Havre st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gala (magazine)
''Gala'' is a French language weekly celebrity and women's magazine published in Paris, France. The magazine also has international editions in various languages. On 21 November 2023, the magazine was sold to Groupe Figaro as part of Vivendi's efforts to obtain approval from the European Commission for the purchase of a controlling stake in Lagardère Group. History and profile ''Gala'' was first published in 1993. The magazine is published by Groupe Figaro on a weekly basis. The headquarters of the weekly is in Paris. The editor-in-chief is Juliette Serfati. The magazine provides news on significant figures from entertainment, fashion and society A society () is a group of individuals involved in persistent social interaction or a large social group sharing the same spatial or social territory, typically subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations. ... and targets women. ''Gala'' had a circulation of 264,000 copies in France in 2010. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Georges De Bouhélier
Stéphane-Georges Lepelletier de Bouhélier ( Rueil 19 May 1876 – Montreux 20 December 1947) known as Saint-Georges de Bouhélier, was a French poet and dramatist. He was the son of Edmond Lepelletier. Works *''Chant d'apothéose pour Victor Hugo'' (for the Hugo centenary) with music by Gustave Charpentier (1902) *adaption of Sophocles' Oedipus Rex ''Oedipus Rex'', also known by its Greek title, ''Oedipus Tyrannus'' (, ), or ''Oedipus the King'', is an Athenian tragedy by Sophocles. While some scholars have argued that the play was first performed , this is highly uncertain. Originally, to ..., directed by Firmin Gémier at the Cirque d'Hiver in 1919, London 1920The London Stage 1920–1929: A Calendar of Productions J. P. Wearing - 0810893029 2014 Page 38 "Saint-Georges de Bouhélier was present for the 20/6 performance. The 21/6 matinée was in aid of the Save-the Children Fund and specifically Serbian children. New Age noted that “the attendance was miserably sm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martial Piéchaud
Martial Piéchaud (6 September 1888 in Bordeaux – 24 August 1957 in Nay), was a 20th-century French writer, literary critic and playwright. He was a member of the "Lost Generation", and childhood friend of François Mauriac, André Lafon and Jean de La Ville de Mirmont. He won the Narcisse Michaud prize of the Académie française in 1951. Biography Martial Piéchaud was from an old family of Bordeaux bourgeoisie. His father, , was a professor at the Faculty of Medicine of Bordeaux and eminent surgeon. His mother, Marie Cardez, was the daughter of Ferdinand Cardez, and descended from an old family of Bordeaux wine merchants, his family owning the Jourdan, Carsin, Villandraut and Deylet vineyards ( Rions). He attended the Lycée Saint-Joseph-de-Tivoli in Bordeaux before he was graduated in law in Paris. He wrote his first novel, ''Le Retour dans la nuit'', first published in '' La Revue hebdomadaire'', then by Éditions Grasset in 1914. This first novel assured him fame. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Étienne Rey
Étienne Rey (1 March 1879 – 16 February 1965) was a French writer, dramatist and literary critic and one of the first best-seller writers of the Grasset publisher. His play ''La belle aventure'', co-written with Robert de Flers and Gaston Arman de Caillavet was premiered in 1913 at the Théâtre du Vaudeville, and played again numerous times. It has been adapted to the screen in 1917, 1932 and 1942 The Uppsala Conflict Data Program project estimates this to be the deadliest year in human history in terms of conflict deaths, placing the death toll at 4.62 million. However, the Correlates of War estimates that the prior year, 1941, was th ... under the title ''The Beautiful Adventure''. Works * 1911: ''Sous la Lumière rouge'', drama in 3 acts * 1912: ''La renaissance de l'orgueil français'', Ed. Grasset * 1913: ''La belle aventure'': comedy in three acts (with Gaston Arman de Caillavet and Robert de Flers), performed at the Théâtre de l'Odéon in 1927 and 1949 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert De Flers
Robert Pellevé de La Motte-Ango, marquis de Flers (25 November 1872, Pont-l'Évêque, Calvados – 30 July 1927, Vittel) was a French playwright, opera librettist, and journalist. Pierre Barillet, ''Les Seigneurs du rire: Flers – Caillavet – Croisset'', Paris, Arthème Fayard, 1999 Biography He entered the Lycée Condorcet in 1888 where he studied law with the initial ambition of entering diplomatic service. He met and befriended fellow student and writer Marcel Proust, and that relationship had a great influence upon him. Proust exposed Flers to art, literature, and music and his interests soon switched from law to writing, journalism, and literature. The two men enjoyed a lifelong friendship. After completing his studies, he toured throughout Asia in the mid-1890s. The event inspired his earliest writings: the novel ''La Courtisane Taïa et son singe vert'' (1896), the short story ''Ilsée, princesse de Tripoli'' (1896), and the travel narrative ''Vers l’Orient'' (1897) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaston Arman De Caillavet
Gaston Arman de Caillavet (13 March 1869 Р13 January 1915) was a French playwright. Early life Gaston Arman de Caillavet was born on 13 March 1869. He was the son of Albert Arman de Caillavet and L̩ontine Lippmann. His maternal grandfather, Auguste Lippmann, was a banker of Jewish descent. Career De Caillavet was a playwright. From 1901 to 1915, he collaborated with Robert de Flers on many works, including light and witty operettas or com̩dies de boulevard, many of which were great successes. Personal life In April 1893 he married Jeanne Pouquet. He was a close friend of Marcel Proust who found in him and his fianc̩e, Jeanne Pouquet, a model of the relationship between Robert de Saint-Loup and Gilberte in his famous novel ''In Search of Lost Time''. Gaston and Jeanne had only one daughter, Simone, who married (second wedding) Andr̩ Maurois, future biographer of Proust.Kolbert, Jack (1985)''The Worlds of Andr̩ Maurois'' p. 250. Susquehanna University Press. Work ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Firmin Gémier
Firmin Gémier (; 1869–1933) was a French actor and director. Internationally, he is most famous for originating the role of Père Ubu in Alfred Jarry, Alfred Jarry’s play ''Ubu Roi''. He is known as the principal architect of the popular theatre movement in France. Early life Gémier was born in 1869 in Aubervilliers, Aubervilliers, France, with the given name Firmin Tonnerre.:514 He was raised an orphan.:88 After leaving school, he studied in a chemist's laboratory, but 'was discharged' for mimicking his employer. Career Gémier began his career as an actor in melodramas for working class actors, before going on to direct six different theaters, including the Théâtre Antoine-Simone Berriau, ''Théâtre Antoine'' and the Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe, ''Odéon''.:88 As actor He performed more than 300 roles as an actor, in styles that ranged from Naturalism (theatre), Naturalism to Symbolism (arts), Symbolism to more populist work.:88-90 In 1892 he joined André Ant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-José Frappa
Jean-José Frappa (3 April 1882 – 1939) was a French playwright and screenwriter. Several of his works were made into films. Henry Dupuy-Mazuel, a writing partner of Frappa, owned the news magazine ''Le Monde Illustré''. Like many French art critics, Frappa disdained the influx of foreign art into French salons. He advocated for the closure of salons to foreigners in 1912, writing, "This ever-growing invasion of métèques, most of them without talent, who come, no longer as in the past for the clear genius of our race, but to impose on us the mists or extravagances of theirs, is a real national peril..." Frappa wrote the screenplay for the 1929 film ''The Marvelous Life of Joan of Arc'', directed by Marco de Gastyne. He was of the opinion that non-Catholic foreigners wouldn't be able to present Jeanne d'Arc in "the true French tradition". Painter (1854–1904) was his father. Writings *''Le mariage in extremis'' (''Marriage in extremis'') *"Un mariage in extermis" (190 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Dupuy-Mazuel
Henry Dupuy-Mazuel (May 17, 1885 – April 23, 1962) was a French author. He wrote plays and novels, employing the pseudonym Henry Catalan for his ''Soeur Angèle'' detective novels. Some of his work was adapted to films. Sociéte des Films Historiques contracted for him to write an account of The Turk, an automaton chess player, and funded theatrical and cinematic adaptations. He was co-director of '' Monde Illustré''. Writings *''L'Homme Riche'' (1919) *''Le Jouer de'échecs'' (1926) *''Le chant de l'alouette'' (1932) *''Soeur Angele and the Ghosts of Chambord'' Sheed & Ward *''Le miracle des loups'' Albin Michel (1924) (Miracle of the Wolves) *''Royoez, tambours!'', co-author *''Les Gardiens Anges'' *''Match de Boxe; Comedie En Trois Actes'' by Jean-Jose Frappa and Henry Dupuy-Mazuel *''Molière'', play *''Jeanne de Reims'' Filmography *'' The Miracle of the Wolves'' (1924) *''The Chess Player'' (1927) *''Le Tournoi'' (1928) *'' Chansons de Paris'' (1934), Songs of Paris *'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Hugo
Victor-Marie Hugo, vicomte Hugo (; 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French Romanticism, Romantic author, poet, essayist, playwright, journalist, human rights activist and politician. His most famous works are the novels ''The Hunchback of Notre-Dame'' (1831) and ''Les Misérables'' (1862). In France, Hugo is renowned for his poetry collections, such as and (''The Legend of the Ages''). Hugo was at the forefront of the Romanticism, Romantic literary movement with his play ''Cromwell (play), Cromwell'' and drama ''Hernani (drama), Hernani''. His works have inspired music, both during his lifetime and after his death, including the opera ''Rigoletto'' and the musicals ''Les Misérables (musical), Les Misérables'' and ''Notre-Dame de Paris (musical), Notre-Dame de Paris''. He produced more than 4,000 drawings in his lifetime, and campaigned for social causes such as the abolition of Capital punishment in France, capital punishment and Abolitionism, slavery. Although he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Hugo (writer)
Charles-Victor Hugo (; 4 November 1826 – 13 March 1871) was a French journalist and photographer. He was the second son of French novelist Victor Hugo and his wife Adèle Foucher. Life and work In 1851, Charles-Victor was sentenced to six months in jail and a fine of five hundred francs for an article opposing capital punishment he wrote for the French daily newspaper ''L'Evénement''. His father, Victor Hugo, delivered a notable speech in his defense on June 10, 1851. When Napoleon III came to power in 1851, Charles-Victor joined his father in voluntary exile on the island of Jersey Jersey ( ; ), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey, is an autonomous and self-governing island territory of the British Islands. Although as a British Crown Dependency it is not a sovereign state, it has its own distinguishing civil and gov .... Together with August Vacquerie, he photographed family and friends with the aim of publishing a volume titled ''Jersey et les îles de la Manch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
