Andrée Lumière (22 June 1894 – 26 November 1918) was a French actress, best known for appearing in ''

Repas de bébé ''Repas de bébé'' (also known as ''Le Repas de bébé,'' ''Le Repas (de bébé),'' ''Le Déjeuner de bébé,'' ''Baby’s First Meal,'' ''Baby’s Breakfast,'' ''Baby’s Lunch,'' ''Baby's Dinner,'' ''Baby's Tea Time,'' ''The Family Breakfast ...

'' (1895).

Early life and career

Andrée Lumière was born on 22 June 1894 in

Lyon Lyon (Franco-Provençal: ''Liyon'') is a city in France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, Switzerland, north ...

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, as the only daughter of

Auguste Lumière Auguste Marie Louis Nicolas Lumière (; 19 October 1862 – 10 April 1954) was a French engineer, industrialist, biologist, and illusionist. In 1894 and 1895, he and his brother Louis Lumière, Louis invented an animated photographic camera a ...

and Marguerite Lumière. In 1895, at the age of 1, Andrée appeared in the silent short film ''

''. She is possibly the actress in the 1896 silent short film '' Childish Quarrel''.

Death

On 26 November 1918 in Lyon, France, Andrée Lumière died due to the

Spanish influenza The 1918–1920 flu pandemic, also known as the Great Influenza epidemic or by the common misnomer Spanish flu, was an exceptionally deadly global influenza pandemic caused by the H1N1 subtype of the influenza A virus. The earliest docum ...

at the age of 24.

Filmography

* ''

'', as herself. * ''

La Pêche aux poissons rouges ''La Pêche aux poissons rouges'' is an 1895 French short black-and-white silent actuality film directed and produced by Louis Lumière. It was filmed in Lyon, Rhône, Rhône-Alpes, France. Given its age, this short film is in the public domai ...

'', as herself. * '' Retour d'une promenade en mer'', as herself. * '' Enfants aux jouets'', as herself. * '' Ronde enfantine'', as herself.

In media

Andrée Lumière is seen in the 2016 documentary ''Lumière!''.

References

1894 births 1918 deaths 20th-century French actresses French film actresses Deaths from the Spanish flu pandemic in France Actresses from Lyon {{france-film-actor-1890s-stub