Andrée Rose Godard (19 May 1903 – 3 October 1989), known by her stage-name as Andrée Lafayette, also known by her self-invented title as Countess Andrée de la Bigne, was a French stage and film actress, and granddaughter of the infamous demi-mondaine (prostitute) Émilie Louise Delabigne who was known by her self-invented title as Countess Valtesse de La Bigne.

Biography

Lafayette was born in 1903 to Julia Pâquerette Fossey and Paul Jules Auguste Godard. She had two siblings, Paul and Margot. Describing Lafayette as "one of the most beautiful girls in France," author Richard Walton Tully brought her to the United States to star in the film ''

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'' (1923). On April 17, 1923, Lafayette married actor Arthur Max Constant.

Selected filmography

* ''

'' (1923) * '' Why Get Married?'' (1924) * '' Queen of the Boulevards'' (1927) * ''

The Eighteen Year Old ''The Eighteen Year Old'' () is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Manfred Noa and starring Andrée Lafayette, Ernő Verebes, and Frida Richard. It was made at the Staaken Studios in Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of German ...

'' (1927) * '' The Great Unknown'' (1927) * '' The Hangman'' (1928) * '' Casanova's Legacy'' (1928) * ''

The Three Musketeers ''The Three Musketeers'' () is a French historical adventure novel written and published in 1844 by French author Alexandre Dumas. It is the first of the author's three d'Artagnan Romances. As with some of his other works, he wrote it in col ...

'' (1932) * ''

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'' (1934) * ''

The Lady of the Camellias ''The Lady of the Camellias'' (), sometimes called ''Camille'' in English, is a novel by Alexandre Dumas fils, Alexandre Dumas ''fils''. First published in 1848 and subsequently Theatrical adaptation, adapted by Dumas for the Drama, stage, the pl ...

'' (1934) * '' The Porter from Maxim's'' (1953)

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

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(Univ. of South Carolina) 1903 births 1989 deaths French film actresses French silent film actresses 20th-century French actresses French stage actresses People from Yvelines Actresses from Île-de-France {{france-film-actor-1900s-stub