Find A Grave - Departement des Hauts-de-Seine

Brigouleix, Martial b. April 24, 1903 d. October 2, 1943
French Military Hero. Born in Ambrugeat (Corrèze) into a farming family, he was appointed a reserve officer in 1923 and promoted to second lieutenant in 1924; assigned to the 22nd Riflemen in Verdun; later appointed professor of French and History-Geography at the Tulle Military Academy perparatory school in November 1924. With the war mobilization in September 1939, he took command of a company of 126ème IH. During operations in Aisne, Alsace, he returned survivors of his company to Haute-...[Read More] (Bio by: Fred Beisser)
Cimètiere de Bagneux, Bagneux, Departement des Hauts-de-Seine, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: au Carré Militaire (Military Square)
Bruneau, Alfred b. March 3, 1857 d. June 15, 1934
Composer. A pioneer of realism in French opera, he is best remembered for his collaborations with novelist Emile Zola. Louis-Charles-Bonaventure-Alfred Bruneau was born in Paris and studied at the Conservatory there. He played cello with the Pasdeloup Orchestra before gaining recognition with his first opera, "Kerim" (1887). The following year he met Zola, forming a close friendship that lasted until the latter's death in 1902. Most of Bruneau's stage works, beginning with "Le Reve" (1891)...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Batignolles Cemetery, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Division 6
Celine, Louis-Ferdinand b. May 27, 1894 d. July 1, 1961
Author, Physician. Real name Louis-Ferdinand Destouches. A major figure of 20th Century French Literature, he is noted for the spectacular misanthropy of his semi-autobiographical fiction. "It is of men, and them only, that one should always be frightened" he declared, and he portrayed the human race as forever doomed to torment itself with malice, greed and stupidity. Celine's first and most famous novel, "Journey to the End of Night" (1932), is a first-person rant by the author's...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Cimetière de Meudon, Meudon, Departement des Hauts-de-Seine, Ile-de-France, France
Cendrars, Blaise [original burial site] b. September 1, 1887 d. January 21, 1961
Author. Real name Frédéric Louis Sauser. An innovator in poetry and prose, he had a significant impact on French literature before and after World War I. His novels "Gold" (aka "Sutter's Gold", 1925) and "Moravagine" (1926) have been translated into over 20 languages. Cendrars was born in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Neuchâtel, Switzerland. At 15 he was kicked out of school for poor grades and ran away to begin a life of restless travel. By his own accounts he was a jeweler's apprentice in Russia...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Batignolles Cemetery, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Division 7
Chaliapin, Fyodor [cenotaph] b. February 13, 1873 d. April 12, 1938
Legendary Bass Singer. This is his original burial site. (Bio by: Ginny M)
Batignolles Cemetery, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Division 25
Chevalier, Maurice b. September 12, 1888 d. January 1, 1972
Actor, Singer. He is best remembered for his trademark straw boater hat and cane, and for his songs, "Louise," and "Thank Heavens for Little Girls." Born in Paris, France, he began working as a circus acrobat, when an accident turned him towards singing and acting. His first films, beginning in 1908, were French-made silent films for the French audience. In 1914, he joined the French Army when World War I broke out, but a year later he was captured by the Germans, and held as a Prisoner of...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Cimetière de Marnes la Coquette, Marnes-la-Coquette, Departement des Hauts-de-Seine, Ile-de-France, France
Clair (Chomette), René b. November 11, 1898 d. March 15, 1981
Motion Picture Director. He is best remembered for his films "Un Chapeau de Paille d'Italie" (1927), "Sous les Toits de Paris" (1930), "A Nous la Liberté" (1931), "The Ghost Goes West" (1936), "The Flame of New Orleans," "I Married a Witch" (1941), "It Happened Tomorrow" (1944), "And Then There Were None" (1945), "Porte des Lilas" (1957), and "Les Fêtes Galantes" (1965). (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Cimetière de Neuilly-sur-Seine (Ancien), Neuilly-sur-Seine, Departement des Hauts-de-Seine, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Chapelle Morel-Chomette
Dalio, Marcel b. July 17, 1899 d. November 20, 1983
Actor. Born Israel Moshe Blauschild, he began his career in cinema in 1932. He is best remembered for his role as Emil, the croupier in classic film "Casablanca" (1942). He also appeared in "Pepé le Moko" (1937), "La Grande Illusion" (1937), "Le Regle du Jeu" (1939), "The Shanghai Gesture" (1942), "To Have and Have Not" (1944), "Jack el Negro" (1950), "On the Riviera" (1951), "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" (1953), "Sabrina" (1954), "Pillow Talk" (1959),"Donovan's Reef" (1963), "Catch 22" (1970) "...[Read More] (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Cimètiere de Bagneux, Bagneux, Departement des Hauts-de-Seine, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Division 106
Darvi, Bella b. October 23, 1928 d. September 10, 1971
Actress. Born Bayla Wegier of French/Polish descent. At the age of twelve, she was sent to a concentration camp when the Germans invaded France. In 1952 she moved to Hollywood at Darryl Zanuck’s invitation, there she had her big screen debut as ‘Denise Montel’ in “Hell and High Water,” followed by the most remembered ‘Nefer’ in “The Egyptian.” Sadly she committed suicide, on the same day that [Read More] (Bio by: MC)
Cimètiere de Bagneux, Bagneux, Departement des Hauts-de-Seine, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Division 55
Delanoë, Pierre b. December 16, 1918 d. December 27, 2006
Songwriter. Born Pierre Leroyer in Paris, he was nicknamed "the Pope of French song." He wrote over 4,000 songs in a career that spanned more than 50 years. Delanoë had a long collaboration with the singer Gilbert Becaud, for whom he created such hits as "Nathalie" and "L'Orange." He also worked with Petula Clark, Yves Montand, Edith Piaf, Nicoletta, Dalida, Sylvie Vartan, Nana Mouskouri and Michel Sardou. His many works include "Mes Mains," "Les Lacs du Connemara," "Le Jour Où la Pluie Viendra...[Read More] (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Cimetière de Fourqueux, Fourqueux, Departement des Yvelines, Ile-de-France, France
Delluc, Louis b. 1890 d. 1924
Motion Picture Director, Screenwriter, Theorist. Founder of the first film clubs, and director of the films "Cinema et Cie" (1919), "Photogénie" (1920), and "Charlot" (1920). A prize bearing his name is awarded each year for outstanding French films. (Bio by: Mademoiselle)
Cimètiere de Bagneux, Bagneux, Departement des Hauts-de-Seine, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Division 5
Delubac, Jacqueline b. June 27, 1907 d. October 14, 1997
Actress. She was born Isabelle Jacqueline Basset in Lyon (Rhône)(some sources say 2 or 27 May) and died in Créteil (Val de Marne). She began her career as dancer. Later, she moved to cinema with his husband Sacha Guitry, with wich was married from 1935 to 1939. She is remembered for her films Chérie (1930), Marions-nous (1931), Bonne Chance (1935), Le Roman d'un Tricheur (1936), Mon Père Avait Raison (1936), Les Perles de la Couronne (1937), Le Mot de Cambronne (1937), Désiré (1937), Remontons...[Read More] (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Cimetiere de Garches, Garches, Departement des Hauts-de-Seine, Ile-de-France, France
Deray, Jacques b. February 19, 1929 d. August 10, 2003
French Director. Best known for helming classic thrillers and police movies starring actor Alain Delon. He won the Jury Prize at the Montréal World Film Festival in 1985, for his movie "On ne Meurt que 2 Fois" (1985). (Bio by: Noni)
Cimetiere de Garches, Garches, Departement des Hauts-de-Seine, Ile-de-France, France
Duc de Broglie, Louis b. August 15, 1892 d. March 19, 1987
Scientist. He was awarded the 1929 Nobel Prize for physics "for his discovery of the wave nature of electrons." (Bio by: amy7252)
Cimetière de Neuilly-sur-Seine (Ancien), Neuilly-sur-Seine, Departement des Hauts-de-Seine, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Division 3, Row 69
Duvivier, Julien b. October 8, 1896 d. October 29, 1967
Motion Picture Director. He was born in Lille and died in Paris (France). He is one of the most important film-makers in the history of French cinema. His film making career spanned nearly half a century and comprises 67 films. From 1938 to the final of Second World War, he was forced to exile and worked in Hollywood. He is remembered for his films Poil de Carotte (1925 and the remake in 1932), Le Mystère de la Tour Eiffel (1927), David Golder (1933), Pepe Le Moko (1937), Un Carnet de Bal (1937)...[Read More] (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Cimetière de Rueil Malmaison (Hauts de Seine), Rueil-Malmaison, Departement des Hauts-de-Seine, Ile-de-France, France
Eiffel, Gustave b. December 15, 1832 d. December 27, 1923
Architect. He designed the Eiffel Tower and the Gabarit Bridge.
Cimetiere de Levallois-Perret, Levallois-Perret, Departement des Hauts-de-Seine, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Division 10
Faure, Renée b. November 4, 1918 d. May 2, 2005
Actress. She was born in Paris and died in Clamart (Hauts de Seine). She is best remembered for her film "La Chartreuse de Parme" (1948). She also appeared in "L'Assasinat du Père Nöel" (1941), "François Villon" (1945), "Adorables Créatures" (1952), "Le Judge et l'Assasin" (1976), "La Petite Voleuse" (1988), "Dédé" (1990), "À la Vitesse d'un Cheval au Galop" (1992) and "Nel Profondo Paese Straniero" (1997). On Television, she appeared in "David Copperfield" (1965), "Madame Bovary" (1974), "L'...[Read More] (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Cimetière de Meudon, Meudon, Departement des Hauts-de-Seine, Ile-de-France, France
Ferroud, Pierre-Octave b. January 6, 1900 d. September 17, 1936
Composer. His works include a "Serenade" (1927) and the "Symphony in A Major" (1930). But he was far more influential as a critic. He was an ardent champion of new French music, especially that of Francis Poulenc, who became his closest friend. He was fatally hit by a car while walking along a road in Debrecen, Hungary. The shock of Ferroud's death led Poulenc to return to the Catholic Church, and to compose his great sacred works. (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Cimètiere de Bagneux, Bagneux, Departement des Hauts-de-Seine, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Division 30
France, Anatole b. April 16, 1844 d. October 12, 1924
Nobel Prize Winner for Literature and Academician of France. Born François-Anatole Thibault, he was the son of an antiquarian bookseller. Known as a careful writer, refined, loyal to a tradition of Atticism and purity of form that is typical of classic French prose. The novels Le Lys rouge (1894) and Le jardin d'Epicure (1895) earned him a very wide international success. His most acclaimed novels were the tetralogy "Histoire Contemporaine." In 1921 he was awarded the Nobel Prize. (Bio by: Lucy Caldarelli)
Cimetière de Neuilly-sur-Seine (Ancien), Neuilly-sur-Seine, Departement des Hauts-de-Seine, Ile-de-France, France
Gautier, Jean-Jacques b. November 4, 1908 d. April 20, 1986
Acclaimed French Author. Born in the Essômes-on-Marne (Aisne), he first studied at College of Laon and then graduated with a bachelor's degree in Latin-Language-Philosophy from the Faculty of Arts at Caen and became a writer with L’Écho in Paris in 1934 where he was later promoted to assistant editor. Later a founder of L’Époque. WWII came along and he became a prisoner of war held by the Germans until released as a male nurse in 1941. Then joined le Figaro as a theatre critic under the...[Read More] (Bio by: Fred Beisser)
Cimètiere de Bagneux, Bagneux, Departement des Hauts-de-Seine, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Division 63

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