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French actress
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Female
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Birth:
14 August 1910(10th arrondissement of Paris)
Death:
28 July 2014(Cannes)
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Spouse(s):
Nathan Wachsberger
The details
Biography
Introduction
Yvette Lebon (14 August 1910 – 28 July 2014) was a French actress.
Biography
Lebon studied music and art before going into acting. During World War II, she was the mistress of Jean Luchaire, a French journalist and politician. After moving to the United States, she married American producer Nathan Wachsberger.
Centenarian
Lebon turned 103 in August 2013, and was France's oldest surviving actress until her death.
Partial filmography
- 1931: Rive gauche
- He Is Charming (1932)
- 1934: Zouzou, as Clare Valley
- Marinella (1936)
- 1938: Abused Confidence, as Alice
- 1938: Gibraltar, as Maud Wilco
- 1941: Romance de Paris
- 1942: Le Destin fabuleux de Désirée Clary, as Julie Clary
- 1952: Il Boia di Lilla, as Milady Anne
- The Night They Killed Rasputin (1960)
- 1966: Agent X-77 Orders to Kill
- 1970: Cannabis, as Emerys Mätresse
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- "Yvette Lebon". mubi.com. Retrieved 20 September 2013.