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    Mistinguett (French: [mistɛ̃ɡɛt], born Jeanne Florentine Bourgeois; 5 April 1873 – 5 January 1956) was a French actress and singer. She was at one time...
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    image of the Moulin Rouge. Jacques-Charles and Mistinguett were the originators of: 1925 : la Revue Mistinguett 1926 : Ça c'est Paris 1928 : Paris qui tourne...
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    Émilienne d'Alençon, Liane de Pougy, and La Bella Otero. The famous Mistinguett became one of the most popular French artists of her time while Madame...
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    dance known as the French Cancan. It helped make famous the singers Mistinguett and Édith Piaf and the painter Toulouse-Lautrec, who made posters for...
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    dance known as the French Cancan. It helped make famous the singers Mistinguett and Édith Piaf and the painter Toulouse-Lautrec, who made posters for...
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  • and starring Mistinguett, Harry Baur and Louis Paglieri. The tribulations of Margot, a poor seamstress who admires Mistinguett. Mistinguett as Margot Panard...
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    and was succeeded by Jo Anne Worley. In 2001, Montevecchi appeared as Mistinguett at the Théâtre National de l’Opéra Comique in Paris. In Seattle, Washington...
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    millionaire Henri de Rothschild, who offered a prize of 600 Fr, and the dancer Mistinguett, who offered 100 Fr. The winners were Goulet and Fogler, an American-Australian...
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    with Jo Bouillon who accompanied her on her tours, as he accompanied Mistinguett and Maurice Chevalier. Bouillon married Baker in 1947 and together they...
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    even bigger impact with it, partnered with Mistinguett, in the Moulin Rouge show, La Revue du Moulin. Mistinguett described the dance as, "an alternation...
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    means". Other former residents include Marlon Brando, actress and singer Mistinguett, and the blind writer Jorge Luis Borges, who said it seemed to have been...
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    designer Charles Gesmar became famous making posters for the singer Mistinguett and for Air France. Among the best-known French Art Deco poster designers...
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    partner Harry Pilcer, her most famous dance The Gaby Glide. The singer Mistinguett made her debut the Casino de Paris in 1895, and continued to appear regularly...
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    launched the careers of many French stars including Maurice Chevalier, Mistinguett, Josephine Baker, Fernandel and many others. In 1926, Baker, an African-American...
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  • spent time with dancer Josephine Baker, couturier Paul Poiret, actress Mistinguett, and actor Dooley Wilson. She also visited Zewditu, the Empress of Ethiopia...
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    splitting with Fréhel, he then started a relationship with 36-year-old Mistinguett at the Folies Bergère, where he was her younger dance partner; they eventually...
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    and Dans un fauteuil gave rise to stardom for Maurice Chevalier and Mistinguett. American influences such as musicals underlay the success of the Folies...
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    the former newspaper L'Évènement, founded by Victor Hugo. At No. 24, Mistinguett lived from 1905 to 1956. No. 25 was the former location of the Musée...
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    performer at top cabarets. Belle Époque dancers and singers such as Polaire, Mistinguett, Paulus, Eugénie Fougère, La Goulue and Jane Avril were Paris celebrities...
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    other music halls, and was made into an early recording, with the singer Mistinguett. Claude Debussy composed a cakewalk, called Colliwog's cake-walk, between...
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    the end of 1979, she released the semi-biographical song "Comme disait Mistinguett" where she, through music, speaks about herself in a fun way. Her debut...
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    Bristol, where Little Tich appeared on stage with the French actress Mistinguett, who presented him with a tributary gold statue of him wearing big boots...
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  • did not last long and after he left her for the much older megastar Mistinguett. At 19 years old, she attempted suicide. Following her suicide attempt...
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    star Mistinguett and her stage partner American dancer Harry Pilcer. Although the song originated in France –where it was a hit for Mistinguett– it was...
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    decades, performers who have played the Casino de Paris have included Mistinguett, Maurice Chevalier, Josephine Baker, Micheline Bernardini, Tino Rossi...
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  • silent film directed by André Hugon and starring Mistinguett and Harry Baur. Mistinguett as Mistinguett Harry Baur as Harry Rège p.511 Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia...
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  • title for "Mon Homme", a French song published in 1920, popularized by Mistinguett and Fanny Brice. My Man or my man may refer to: A boyfriend or husband...
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  • 1932) 1864 – Emil Kellenberger, Swiss target shooter (d. 1943) 1875 – Mistinguett, French actress and singer (d. 1956) 1876 – Margaret Anglin, Canadian...
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    Guilbert, Marcelle Lender, Aristide Bruant, La Goulue, Georges Guibourg, Mistinguett, Fréhel, Jane Avril, and Damia. During the Belle Époque from 1872 to...
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    his operettas of the 1920s and 1930s. Some of which were written for Mistinguett, at one time the best-paid female entertainer in the world. In the 1930s...
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