Jeanne Aubert

Jeanne Aubert (born Jeanne Perrinot; 21 February 1900 – 6 March 1988) 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. She herself worked in an artificial flower factory, but the influence of war changed the direction of her life. 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. 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

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 singer 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.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes1920 Être aimé pour soi même 1929 La Possession Passerose 1935 The Scandalous Couple Jeanne Aubry 1936 Passé à vendre Maryse Lancret 1936 The Great Refrain Léone de Vinci - une chanteuse vedette 1936 The Blue Mouse Nénette 1937 Une femme qui se partage Èvelyne de Lagny 1937 À nous deux, madame la vie 1937 The Beauty of Montparnasse Claire 1938 Mirages Jeanne Dumont 1957 Sénéchal the Magnificent La colonelle Trochu 1957 Love Is at Stake Mme. Brémond 1961 Les croulants se portent bien Minouche Legrand 1962 Les Ennemis Mme de Lursac - la mère de Jean 1966 Un monde nouveau L'autre sage-femme