Yvette Lebon (14 August 1910 – 28 July 2014) was a French actress.

Biography

Lebon studied music and art before going into acting. During

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, she was the mistress of

Jean Luchaire Jean Luchaire (21 July 1901 – 22 February 1946) was a French journalist and politician who became the head of the French collaborationist press in Paris during the German military occupation. Luchaire supported the ''Révolution nationale'' d ...

, a French journalist and press baron executed after the war for collaboration with France's German occupiers. She married

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producer Nat Wachsberger and later moved to the United States with him. She lived there until his death in 1992. The couple had one son, Patrick, who became a film producer. Her first husband was

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, a French actor who was sanctioned after the war for collaborating with the German occupiers. They acted together in the film ''

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'' (1938). Her relationship with collaborator-press baron Luchaire "attracted the most opprobrium." Indeed, in a 2010 television documentary, according to one account, she admitted "I don't

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how much theatre and film people knew about what was really going on. We felt privileged. There was always champagne. We didn't have ration books. We lacked for nothing." She also had a relationship with Sacha Guitry, a prominent French dramatist-actor-director-playwright. He was charged with colluding with the German enemy but separate courts in 1945 and 1947 dropped his case, stirring controversy among the French public.

Centenarian

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Partial filmography

* ''Rive gauche'' (1931) * ''

He Is Charming ''He Is Charming'' (French: ''Il est charmant'') is a 1932 French musical comedy film directed by Louis Mercanton and starring Meg Lemonnier, Henri Garat and Louis Baron fils.Waldman p.43 It was one of a large number of operetta films made durin ...

'' (1932) * '' Zouzou'' (1934), as Clare Valley * ''

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'' (1936) * ''

The Marriages of Mademoiselle Levy ''The Marriages of Mademoiselle Levy'' (French: ''Les mariages de Mademoiselle Lévy'') is a 1936 French comedy film directed by André Hugon and starring Yvette Lebon, Charles Lamy and Pierre Mingand.Rège p.511 It is the fourth and final entry i ...

'' (1936) * ''

Abused Confidence ''Abused Confidence'' (french: Abus de confiance) is a 1938 French drama film directed by Henri Decoin and starring Danielle Darrieux and Charles Vanel. Plot A female law student pretends to be the daughter of a famous historian. Selected cast ...

'' (1938), as Alice * ''

'' (1938), as Maud Wilco * ''

Romance of Paris ''Romance of Paris'' (French: ''Romance de Paris'') is a 1941 French musical film directed by Jean Boyer and starring Charles Trenet, Jean Tissier and Yvette Lebon.Burch & Sellier p.135 The film was shot at the Francoeur Studios in Paris. It was ...

'' (1941) * ''Le Destin fabuleux de Désirée Clary'' (1942), as

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'' (1945) * ''

Milady and the Musketeers ''Milady and the Musketeers'' (Italian: ''Il boia di Lilla'', also known as ''Vengeance of the Musketeers'' and ''La vita avventurosa di Milady'') is 1952 French-Italian historical adventure film directed by Vittorio Cottafavi and starring Rossa ...

'' (1952), as Milady Anne * ''

The Mysteries of Paris ''The Mysteries of Paris'' (french: Les Mystères de Paris) is a novel by the French writer Eugène Sue. It was published serially in 90 parts in ''Journal des débats'' from 19 June 1842 until 15 October 1843, making it one of the first seria ...

'' (1957) *''

The Night They Killed Rasputin ''The Night They Killed Rasputin'' ( it, L'ultimo zar, french: Les nuits de Raspoutine), also known as ''Nights of Rasputin'', is a 1960 Italian-French historical adventure film co-written and directed by Pierre Chenal, and starring Edmund Pur ...

'' (1960) * ''

Agent X-77 Orders to Kill ''Agent X-77 Orders to Kill'' (french: Baraka sur X 13, es, Operación Silencio, it, Agente X77 ordine di uccidere, also known as ''Baraka for Secret Service'') is a 1966 French-Spanish-Italian spy film directed by Maurice Cloche and starring G ...

'' (1966) * '' The Viscount'' (1967) * ''

All Mad About Him ''All Mad About Him'' (French: ''Toutes folles de lui'') is a 1967 French-Italian comedy film directed by Norbert Carbonnaux and starring Robert Hirsch, Sophie Desmarets and Maria Latour.Cowie & Elley p.136 The film's sets were designed by the ...

'' (1967) * ''

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'' (1970), as Emerys Mätresse

References

External links

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