Jeanne Aubert

Jeanne Aubert (born Jeanne Perrinot, 21 February 1900 – 6 March 1988)[1] was a French singer and actress.

Jeanne Aubert
Jeanne Aubert (1926)
Born
Jeanne Perrinot

(1900-02-21)21 February 1900
Paris, France
Died6 March 1988(1988-03-06) (aged 88)
Coubert, Seine-et-Marne, France
Other namesJane Aubert
OccupationSinger, actress
Years active1911–1971

Biography

Aubert was born in Paris, France,[2] to a single mother, Augustine Marguerite Perrinot, who pushed her daughter into a career in show business. Preceding her birth, four generations of Auberts had made artificial flowers, but the influence of war changed the direction of her life.[3] At age five, she began performing on stage at the Théâtre du Châtelet. As a teenager, she was given voice and music lessons and at age eighteen appeared in an elaborate Mistinguett production at the Casino de Paris. She sang in the chorus at the Apollo theater in Paris[2] and had bit parts in revues at the Théâtre Édouard VII. She gained prominence when, as an understudy, she replaced the lead actress in Pennsylvania, Le Bon Juge. After that, she was signed for a featured role in a production in London and went on to perform in Belgium, Italy, and Switzerland. She came to the United States to perform in Gay Paree.[3]

In 1928, she helped organize the first female branch of the Jeunesse Ouvrière Chrétienne (JOC), a Roman Catholic apostolic organization for young people. Aubert served as the first president of the JOCF of France.

Using the stage name Jane Aubert, in 1929, she made her motion picture debut in the silent film, La Possession. Her film was seen by Nelson Swift Morris, son of Edward Morris of Chicago, Illinois a multi-millionaire whose family had made their fortune in meatpacking and who at the time was overseeing a meat processing operation in France. Morris used his connections to get to meet her and the two became involved. Eventually they moved to the United States and married but the marriage did not last. Morris opposed Aubert's acting so much that "He got out warrants forbidding her to appear in one show after another in Europe."[4] In May 1937, Nelson Morris survived the Hindenburg disaster. This is referenced in Hindenburg: The Untold Story. Nelson Morris talks to others in a story and says, "The moral of this story is, never marry an actress."

In 1931, Aubert was a guest star on a radio broadcast on WJZ, singing selections from the show America's Sweetheart[2] in which she appeared on Broadway. Her other Broadway credits included Princess Charming (1930), The Laugh Parade (1931), Ballyhoo of 1932 (1932), and Melody (1933).[5]

Following her divorce, Aubert began working in Broadway musical comedies as well as making an appearance in the 1934 East Coast film production "The Gem of the Ocean". In 1935, she returned to her native France where she acted in several films during the ensuing two years. In 1937, she returned to the stage, performing in musical varieties with the celebrated songstress Fréhel in Paris. She was part of a number of other shows in London and other cities throughout Europe including the original London production of Anything Goes by Cole Porter, in which she played the lead role of Reno Sweeney. Although never a headline star, for the next three decades her career was busy with numerous recordings, film and stage performances, and eventually roles on television.

Death

Aubert died on 6 March 1988, aged 88, in a retirement home in Coubert, Seine-et-Marne, France, and was interred in the Cimetière parisien de Pantin in Pantin.[1]

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1920Être aimé pour soi même
1929La PossessionPasserose
1935Les époux scandaleuxJeanne Aubry
1936Passé à vendreMaryse Lancret
1936Le grand refrainLéone de Vinci - une chnateuse vedette
1936La souris bleueNénette
1937Une femme qui se partageÈvelyne de Lagny
1937À nous deux, madame la vie
1937La belle de MontparnasseClaire
1938MiragesJeanne Dumont
1957Sénéchal le magnifiqueLa colonelle Trochu
1957Love Is at StakeMme. Brémond
1961Les croulants se portent bienMinouche Legrand
1962Les EnnemisMme de Lursac - la mère de Jean
1966Un monde nouveauL'autre sage-femme

References
  1. "Biographie de Jeanne Aubert (1900-1988)". Histoire-vesinet.org. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  2. "Parisian favorite joins radio stars". The Morning Post. New Jersey, Camden. 10 April 1931. p. 13. Retrieved 20 December 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Story of an Artificial Flower Girl". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. New York, Brooklyn. 26 March 1933. p. 49. Retrieved 20 December 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Woes of the Meat Packing Heirs With Their Pretty Actress Wives". The Independent Record. Montana, Helena. Every Week Magazine. 1 February 1931. p. 17. Retrieved 21 December 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Jeanne Aubert". Playbill. Playbill, Inc. Archived from the original on 21 December 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
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