Yvonne Vallée
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Yvonne Vallée was a French
actress.
She was born Marguerite Yvonne Vallee in Bordeaux
in 1899.
Vallée was the wife of Maurice Chevalier
from 1927 to 1933.
She died in Vallauris
, France
in 1996, aged 97.
She is buried in the Cimetière du Grand Jas in Cannes (Alpes-Maritimes)
Before their marriage Yvonne Vallee was Chevalier's music
hall dancing partner.
She performed Operetta often alongside her husband Maurice
Chevalier and was in the ensemble for the Paris debut of
"Belle of New York"
Reportedly she met Maurice Chevalier in 1924 during his
period of depression on return to France from a failed
venture in New York City; this culminated in attempted
suicide, but things turned around for Chevalier and he married
Yvonne three years later.
The pair is featured in the photograph "Réunion de stars du cinéma" by Erich Salomon.
PERCY CUDLIPP recounts their meeting in "Maurice
Chevalier's Own Story" (NASH & GRAYSON
LIMITED, 1930):
A romance ensued
"In the next season Mile. Vallee joined me
as my regular dancing partner. Meanwhile,
we had become something more than good
comrades. We found that we had fallen in
love." (49, Maurice Chevalier's own story)
and Maurice Chevalier proposed in 1926, they intended to
have a quiet wedding but the wedding's location had been
leaked to the paparazzi.
Yvonne frequently performed alongside her husband, playing the café proprietor's daughter (the love interest of her husband's character) in "Le Petit Cafe", in the musical "Playboy of Paris" directed by Ludwig Berger and singing in duo with him on the recording " Dit's moi M'sieur Chevalier".
The marriage lasted 8 years, and they were divorced on grounds
of incompatibility. Maurice Chevalier took up with dancer
Nita Ray shortly after.
French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
actress.
She was born Marguerite Yvonne Vallee in Bordeaux
Bordeaux
Bordeaux is a port city on the Garonne River in the Gironde department in southwestern France.The Bordeaux-Arcachon-Libourne metropolitan area, has a population of 1,010,000 and constitutes the sixth-largest urban area in France. It is the capital of the Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture...
in 1899.
Vallée was the wife of Maurice Chevalier
Maurice Chevalier
Maurice Auguste Chevalier was a French actor, singer, entertainer and a noted Sprechgesang performer. He is perhaps best known for his signature songs, including Louise, Mimi, Valentine, and Thank Heaven for Little Girls and for his films including The Love Parade and The Big Pond...
from 1927 to 1933.
She died in Vallauris
Vallauris
Vallauris is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. It is located in the metropolitan area of Sophia-Antipolis, and is today effectively an extension of the town of Antibes, bordering it on its west side.-Population:-Culture:In...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
in 1996, aged 97.
She is buried in the Cimetière du Grand Jas in Cannes (Alpes-Maritimes)
Before their marriage Yvonne Vallee was Chevalier's music
hall dancing partner.
She performed Operetta often alongside her husband Maurice
Chevalier and was in the ensemble for the Paris debut of
"Belle of New York"
Reportedly she met Maurice Chevalier in 1924 during his
period of depression on return to France from a failed
venture in New York City; this culminated in attempted
suicide, but things turned around for Chevalier and he married
Yvonne three years later.
The pair is featured in the photograph "Réunion de stars du cinéma" by Erich Salomon.
PERCY CUDLIPP recounts their meeting in "Maurice
Chevalier's Own Story" (NASH & GRAYSON
LIMITED, 1930):
"ON the bare stage at the Bouffe Parisienne
an audition was in progress.
Performers were being picked for a fourth-
coming revue in which Maurice Chevalier was
to be the star.
One by one applicants detached themselves
from a waiting group in the wings and danced
or sang so that Chevalier and his producers
could make their choice.
There was one girl whose dancing particularly
impressed the onlookers. She was
petite, dark and shy. She danced as if she
did so for enjoyment rather than for a living.
As the sharp tinkle of the piano died away
one of the produced announced, "Madamoiselle
is engaged," and shortly afterwards
the girl whose name was Yvonne Vallee
heard that she was to have a dance in the
revue as partner to Chevalier himself. "
A romance ensued
"In the next season Mile. Vallee joined me
as my regular dancing partner. Meanwhile,
we had become something more than good
comrades. We found that we had fallen in
love." (49, Maurice Chevalier's own story)
and Maurice Chevalier proposed in 1926, they intended to
have a quiet wedding but the wedding's location had been
leaked to the paparazzi.
Yvonne frequently performed alongside her husband, playing the café proprietor's daughter (the love interest of her husband's character) in "Le Petit Cafe", in the musical "Playboy of Paris" directed by Ludwig Berger and singing in duo with him on the recording " Dit's moi M'sieur Chevalier".
The marriage lasted 8 years, and they were divorced on grounds
of incompatibility. Maurice Chevalier took up with dancer
Nita Ray shortly after.