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Véra Sergine
Véra Sergine (born Marie Marguerite Aimée Roche; August 18, 1884 – August 19, 1946) was a French actress (though her stage name meant she was often described as Russian). She was married to actor Pierre Renoir and was the mother of cinematographer Claude Renoir. Early life Marie Marguerite Aimée Roche was born in Paris. Her father worked at the Ministry of Justice and Religion. She trained as an actress at the Conservatoire de Paris, and won a first prize while there, for Tragedy. Career Sergine was a stage actress in Paris. She appeared in ''Une lâche'' (1907) with Albert Dieudonné, ''Le Grand Soir'' (1908), ''The Children's Cardinal, L'Aiglon,'' and Racine's ''Phedre''. Critic André Germain counted her as one of the "three best actresses in Paris" in 1921, alongside Berthe Bady and Ève Francis. Sergine appeared in several silent films, including ''Mary Stuart'' (1908), ''The Great Breach'' (1909), ''Pygmalion'' (1910), ''L'écharpe'' (1911), ''Moderne Galathée ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cagnes-sur-Mer
Cagnes-sur-Mer (, literally ''Cagnes on Sea''; oc, Canha de Mar) is a French Riviera town in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. Geography Cagnes-sur-Mer is a town in south-eastern France located on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea, between Saint-Laurent-du-Var and Villeneuve-Loubet. It stretches along a cove offering nearly four kilometers (2 miles) of beach and is surrounded by hills, including that of the castle which rises to 300 feet (90 meters) above sea level. History It was the retreat and final address of the painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir, who moved there in 1907 in an attempt to improve his arthritis, and remained until his death in 1919. In the late 1920s, Cagnes-sur-Mer became a residence for many American renowned literary and art figures, such as Kay Boyle, George Antheil and Harry and Caresse Crosby. Author Georges Simenon (1903–1989), creator of the fictional detective ''Commissaire Jules Maigre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aline Charigot
Aline Victorine Charigot (23 May 1859 – 27 June 1915) was a model for Auguste Renoir and later became his wife while continuing to model for him and then caring for him when he became disabled. She is pictured in many of his paintings over very many years, most famously in the early 1880s ''Luncheon of the Boating Party'' (where she is the woman on the left with the little dog), and '' Blonde Bather''. They had three children together, two of whom, Pierre and Jean, went on to have distinguished careers in film, and the third, Claude, became a ceramic artist. Pierre had a son Claude who became the well-known cinematographer. She predeceased her elderly husband. Biography Aline Charigot was born on 23 May 1859 to a farming family who cultivated grapes in Essoyes in the department of Aube, France. When she was still a baby her father went to America and her mother moved away leaving Aline to be looked after by her aunt and uncle. She received little education. In 1874 she follo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Actresses
This is a list of notable actors and actresses from France. ''(Persons are listed alphabetically according to their surname.)'' A * Kev Adams * Isabelle Adjani * Fatima Adoum * Renée Adorée * Anouk Aimée * Madame Albert * Catherine Allégret * Béatrice Altariba * Mathieu Amalric * Aurélie Amblard * Annabella * André Antoine * Fanny Ardant * Mhamed Arezki * Arletty * Françoise Arnoul * Henri Attal * Yvan Attal * Jeanne Aubert * Cécile Aubry * Michel Auclair * Stéphane Audran * Claudine Auger * Jean-Pierre Aumont * Michel Aumont * Daniel Auteuil * Serge Avedikian B * Édouard Baer * Germaine Bailac * Josiane Balasko * Nicolas Anselme Baptiste * Brigitte Bardot * Olivier Baroux * Jean-Louis Barrault * Marie-Christine Barrault * Gérard Barray * Jeanne Julia Bartet * Harry Baur * Nathalie Baye * Emmanuelle Béart * Ramzy Bedia * Loleh Bellon * Frédérique Bel * Annie Belle * Yasmine Belmadi * Jean-Paul Belmondo * Jeanne Bérangère * Sarah Bernhardt * Claude Ber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1946 Deaths
Events January * January 6 - The first general election ever in Vietnam is held. * January 7 – The Allies recognize the Austrian republic with its 1937 borders, and divide the country into four occupation zones. * January 10 ** The first meeting of the United Nations is held, at Methodist Central Hall Westminster in London. ** ''Project Diana'' bounces radar waves off the Moon, measuring the exact distance between the Earth and the Moon, and proves that communication is possible between Earth and outer space, effectively opening the Space Age. * January 11 - Enver Hoxha declares the People's Republic of Albania, with himself as prime minister. * January 16 – Charles de Gaulle resigns as head of the French provisional government. * January 17 - The United Nations Security Council holds its first session, at Church House, Westminster in London. * January 19 ** The Bell XS-1 is test flown for the first time (unpowered), with Bell's chief test pilot Jack Woolams at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1884 Births
Events January–March * January 4 – The Fabian Society is founded in London. * January 5 – Gilbert and Sullivan's ''Princess Ida'' premières at the Savoy Theatre, London. * January 18 – Dr. William Price attempts to cremate his dead baby son, Iesu Grist, in Wales. Later tried and acquitted on the grounds that cremation is not contrary to English law, he is thus able to carry out the ceremony (the first in the United Kingdom in modern times) on March 14, setting a legal precedent. * February 1 – ''A New English Dictionary on historical principles, part 1'' (edited by James A. H. Murray), the first fascicle of what will become ''The Oxford English Dictionary'', is published in England. * February 5 – Derby County Football Club is founded in England. * March 13 – The siege of Khartoum, Sudan, begins (ends on January 26, 1885). * March 28 – Prince Leopold, the youngest son and the eighth child of Queen Victoria and Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Rollan
Henri Rollan (23 March 1888 – 23 June 1967) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 40 films between 1910 and 1962. Selected filmography * '' De afwezige'' (1913) * ''Les Trois Mousquetaires'' (1921) * ''The Three Masks'' (1921) * ''Paris Qui Dort'' (1925) * '' Alone'' (1931) * ''Moonlight'' (1932) * ''The Three Musketeers'' (1932) * '' The Ironmaster'' (1933) * '' Miquette'' (1934) * '' The Scandal'' (1934) * '' L'Aventurier'' (1934) * ''The Mysteries of Paris'' (1935) * '' La Garçonne'' (1936) * ''The Phantom Gondola'' (1936) * ''Giuseppe Verdi'' (1938) * '' Les joueurs'' (1951) * ''Bluebeard'' (1951) * ''The Case of Doctor Galloy'' (1951) * ''Fanfan la Tulipe'' (1952) * ''The Lovers of Marianne'' (1953) * ''The Adventures of Arsène Lupin ''The Adventures of Arsène Lupin'' (french: Les Aventures d'Arsène Lupin) is a 1957 French crime film directed by Jacques Becker. It was entered into the 7th Berlin International Film Festival. It was followed by '' S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vera Sergine-Carnaval Des Enfants
Vera may refer to: Names * Vera (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) *Vera (given name), a given name (including a list of people and fictional characters with the name) **Vera (), archbishop of the archdiocese of Tarragona Places Spain *Vera, Almería, a municipality in the province of Almería, Andalusia *Vera de Bidasoa, a municipality in the autonomous community of Navarra * La Vera, a comarca in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura United States * Vera, Illinois, an unincorporated community *Vera, Kansas, a ghost town *Vera, Missouri, an unincorporated community *Vera, Oklahoma, a town *Vera, Texas, an unincorporated community *Vera, Virginia, an unincorporated community * Veradale, Washington, originally known as Vera, CDP Elsewhere *Vera, Santa Fe, a city in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina *Vera Department, an administrative subdivision (departamento) of the province of Santa Fe *Vera, Mato Grosso, Brazil, a municipality *Cape Vera, Nun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sorbonne (building)
The name Sorbonne (French: ''La Sorbonne''; , , ) is commonly used to refer to the historic University of Paris in Paris, France or one of its successor institutions (see below). It is also the name of a building in the Latin Quarter of Paris which from 1253 onwards housed the College of Sorbonne, part of one of the first universities in the Western world, later renamed University of Paris and commonly known as "the Sorbonne". Today, it continues to house the successor universities of the University of Paris, such as Panthéon-Sorbonne University, Sorbonne University, Sorbonne Nouvelle University and Paris City University, as well as the . Sorbonne Université is also now the university resulting from the merger on 1 January 2018 of Paris 6 UPMC and Paris 4 Sorbonne.. Collège de Sorbonne The college was founded in 1253 by Robert de Sorbon. Louis IX of France confirmed the foundation in 1257. It was one of the first significant colleges of the medieval University of Paris. ... [...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'' ( grc, Οἰδίπους Τύραννος, ), or ''Oedipus the King'', is an Athenian tragedy by Sophocles that was first performed around 429 BC. Originally, to the ancient Gr ..., 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 sma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Grande Illusion
''La Grande Illusion'' (also known as ''The Grand Illusion'') is a 1937 French war film directed by Jean Renoir, who co-wrote the screenplay with Charles Spaak. The story concerns class relationships among a small group of French officers who are prisoners of war during World War I and are plotting an escape. The title of the film comes from the 1909 book ''The Great Illusion'' by British journalist Norman Angell, which argued that war is futile because of the common economic interests of all European nations. The perspective of the film is generously humanistic to its characters of various nationalities. ''La Grande Illusion'' is regarded by critics and film historians as one of the masterpieces of French cinema and among the greatest films ever made. Orson Welles named ''La Grande Illusion'' as one of the two movies he would take with him "on the ark." In 1958, the film was voted number 5 on the prestigious Brussels 12 list at the 1958 World Expo. In 1995, the Vatican included ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fighting occurring throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Pacific, and parts of Asia. An estimated 9 million soldiers were killed in combat, plus another 23 million wounded, while 5 million civilians died as a result of military action, hunger, and disease. Millions more died in genocides within the Ottoman Empire and in the 1918 influenza pandemic, which was exacerbated by the movement of combatants during the war. Prior to 1914, the European great powers were divided between the Triple Entente (comprising France, Russia, and Britain) and the Triple Alliance (containing Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy). Tensions in the Balkans came to a head on 28 June 1914, following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Renoir
Pierre Renoir (March 21, 1885 – March 11, 1952) was a French stage and film actor. He was the son of the impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir and elder brother of the film director Jean Renoir. He is also noted for being the first actor to play Georges Simenon's character Inspector Jules Maigret in ''Night at the Crossroads'', directed by his brother. Life and career Pierre Renoir was born on March 21, 1885, in Paris, at 18 rue Houdon, about a hundred meters from place Pigalle, to painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Aline Charigot. He was married to actress Véra Sergine from 1914 to 1925. For his best remembered role, as Jėricho the ragman in '' Children of Paradise'' (''Les Enfants du Paradis'', 1945), he was cast at short notice to replace the collaborator Robert Le Vigan; Jėricho's scenes had to be reshot after Le Vigan fled. Renoir was briefly the director of the Théâtre de l'Athénée in Paris, taking over after the death of Louis Jouvet in 1951. Pie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
