| Birth: | 1896
Brussels
Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium | | Death: | Apr. 22, 1930
Genoa
Provincia di Genova
Liguria, Italy | 
Singer. With a soprano voice and what many considered haunting violet eyes, she was popular in Paris music halls during the 1920's. The Surrealist Robert Desnos was obsessed with George and dedicated two volumes of poetry to her, "A La Mysterieuse" (1926) and "Les Tenebres" (1927). George knew Desnos but refused to become his lover; instead she used him to procure the heroin to which she was addicted. Suffering from tuberculosis, she retired from the stage in 1928 and moved to Genoa, where she died. George's handful of recordings are available on a CD. (bio by: Bobb Edwards)
Search Amazon for Yvonne George | | | Burial:
Cimitero monumentale di Staglieno
Genoa
Provincia di Genova
Liguria, Italy |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Originally Created by: Bobb Edwards
Record added: Jul 17, 2004
Find A Grave Memorial# 9115039 |
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