Allegret, Marc b. December 23, 1900 d. November 3, 1973 Motion Picture Director. Icon of the French Cinema. Directed over 60 films, and was also renowned for discovering and directing some of France's true cinema greats, including such well-known stars as Michèle Morgan, Jean-Louis Barraut,Raimu, Fernandel, Simone Simon, Gérard Philipe, Odette Joyeux, Louis Jourdan, Danièle Delorme, Roger Vadim, and Brigitte Bardot. Among his films were such well-known works as Fanny (with Raimu), Lac aux dames (with Simone Simon and Jean-Pierre Aumont), Zouzou (...[Read More] Cimetière des Gonards, Versailles, Departement des Yvelines, Ile-de-France, France
Bleriot, Louis b. July 1, 1872 d. August 2, 1936 French Inventor, Engineer, and Pioneering Aviator. A native of Cambrai, France, he studied engineering at the prestigious Ecole Centrale Paris, in France. While studying at the school he became interested in aviation and began to dabble in science. In 1900 he invented the ornithopter, a motor-powered machine, which flew while flapping it's man made wings. In 1903 he opened the Bleriot-Voisin Company with fellow aircraft designer, Gabriel Voisin, and with him, he designed a floatplane glider and...[Read More] (Bio by: K) Cimetière des Gonards, Versailles, Departement des Yvelines, Ile-de-France, France
Vilatte, Rev. René b. January 24, 1854 d. July 1, 1929 Religious Leader. A teacher in Quebec, he joined Reformer priest Charles Chiniquy, the Organizer and First Overseer of the Christian Catholic Community Church at St. Anne (Kankakee), Illinois. Trained by him at St. Anne (1883 to 1884), he was sent to Wisconsin where he organized and led many churches and missions in Brown, Door and Kewaunee Counties. Ordained priest in 1885, he was elected first Bishop Ordinary of the Church at a Synod held at Duval (Kewaunee), Wisconsin, and was consecrated in...[Read More] (Bio by: The Most Rev. Dr. Serge A Theriault) Cimetière des Gonards, Versailles, Departement des Yvelines, Ile-de-France, France Plot: No. 133540, Canton J, Alley I, Rank 3G, Tomb 15
Wharton (Jones), Edith b. January 24, 1862 d. August 11, 1937 Pulitzer Prize winning author in 1921 for "The Age of Innocence". Born to wealth, Edith Wharton wrote, with great authenticity, novels which depict the old New York aristocracy of the 19th and 20th centuries. Although not published until she was forty, she established herself as a novelist who could satisfy a large number of readers and yet win critical acclaim. In her lifetime, she wrote over fifty books, and the novels Ethan Frome, House of Mirth and the Age of Innocence have secured a...[Read More] (Bio by: mj) Cause of death: Unknown Cimetière des Gonards, Versailles, Departement des Yvelines, Ile-de-France, France
b. December 23, 1900 d. November 3, 1973