Alain, Marie-Claire b. August 10, 1926 d. February 26, 2013 Organist. A performer and teacher who had a long and prolific career, she is remembered as perhaps her generation's foremost interpreter of the works of Johann Sebastian Bach. The child of a distinguished musical family, she was raised with a love of Bach, manifested her talent early, and was a professional organist from age 11 when she became her father's assistant at the Church of St. Germain-en-Laye. Her formal education delayed by the German occupation, in 1944 she was finally able to...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford) Saint Germain-en-Laye Old Communal Cemetery, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Departement des Yvelines, Ile-de-France, France
Gibson, Dorothy b. May 17, 1889 d. February 17, 1946 Actress. A survivor of the Titanic sinking, her life was more colorful than her films. Born in Hoboken, New Jersey, she started out as a model for fashion illustrator Harrison Fisher and began appearing in films for the Eclair studio in 1911. She also became romantically involved with Eclair producer Jules Brulator, who was 20 years older and married. Gibson appeared in such silent one-reel epics as "Miss Masquerader", "The Musician's Daughter" (both 1911), "Love Finds a Way," "The...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards) Saint Germain-en-Laye Old Communal Cemetery, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Departement des Yvelines, Ile-de-France, France
b. August 10, 1926 d. February 26, 2013
