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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''; ) is a French Riviera town near Nice that is in the Alpes-Maritimes department, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, in southeastern France. Geography Cagnes-sur-Mer is a town in southeastern France on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea between Saint-Laurent-du-Var and Villeneuve-Loubet. The largest suburb of Nice, it stretches along a cove offering nearly of beach and is surrounded by hills, including that of the castle, which rises to above sea level. History The Château Grimaldi (Cagnes), Château Grimaldi was established by Rainier I of Monaco, Lord of Cagnes, Rainier Grimaldi at the top of a hill in the area now known as "Haut-de-Cagnes" in 1309. A quite separate coastal area, known as "Cros-de-Cagnes", was developed by fishermen, who came twice a year from Menton, in the late 18th century. The Hôtel de Ville, Cagnes-sur-Mer, Hôtel de Ville was established in the "Les Logis" area, which developed in the 19th cent ... [...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 fo ... [...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 * Carole Achache * Kev Adams * Isabelle Adjani * Fatima Adoum * Renée Adorée * Anouk Aimée * Madame Albert * Catherine Allégret * Béatrice Altariba * Mathieu Amalric * Aurélie Amblard * Caroline Amiguet * Annabella (actress), Annabella * André Antoine * Fanny Ardant * Mhamed Arezki * Arletty * Swann Arlaud * 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 * Jea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1946 Deaths
1946 (Roman numerals, MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1946th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 946th year of the 2nd millennium, the 46th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1940s decade. Events January * January 6 – The 1946 North Vietnamese parliamentary election, first general election ever in Vietnam is held. * January 7 – The Allies of World War II recognize the Austrian republic with its 1937 borders, and divide the country into four Allied-occupied Austria, 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1884 Births
Events January * January 4 – The Fabian Society is founded in London to promote gradualist social progress. * January 5 – Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera '' Princess Ida'', a satire on feminism, premières at the Savoy Theatre, London. * January 7 – German microbiologist Robert Koch isolates '' Vibrio cholerae'', the cholera bacillus, working in India. * January 18 – 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. * January – Arthur Conan Doyle's anonymous story " J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement" appears in the ''Cornhill Magazine'' (London). Based on the disappearance of the crew of the '' Mary Celeste'' in 1872, many of the fictional elements introduced by Doyle come to replace the real event ... [...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) * '' Primerose'' (1934) * '' The Adventurer'' (1934) * ''Bux the Clown'' (1935) * ''The Mysteries of Paris'' (1935) * '' La Garçonne'' (1936) * ''The Phantom Gondola'' (1936) * ''Temptation'' (1936) * '' The Dark Angels'' (1937) * ''Giuseppe Verdi'' (1938) * '' Troubled Heart'' (1938) * ''Shot in the Night'' (1943) * ''The New Masters'' (1950) * '' Les joueurs'' (1951) * ''Bluebeard'' (1951) * ''The Case of Doctor Galloy'' (1951) * ''Fanfan la Tulipe'' (1952) * ''The Lovers of Marianne ''The Lovers of Marianne'' (French: ''Les amoureux de Marianne'') is a ... [...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, ... [...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". The Sorbonne building and the “''La Sorbonne''” trademark are owned by the Chancellerie des Universités de Paris. Today, it continues to house the successor universities of the University of Paris, such as : * Sorbonne University, * Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, * Sorbonne Nouvelle University, * and the ''Chancellerie des Universités de Paris'', which manages the building. Sorbonne University is also now the university resulting from the merger on 1 January 2018 of Pierre and Marie Curie University, UPMC (Paris VI) and Paris-Sorbonne U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
