About Yvonne Baby
Lived 1931 – 2022 (aged 90). Yvonne Baby was a French journalist, film critic and writer.
Yvonne Baby (18 August 1931 – 3 August 2022) was a French journalist, novelist, and critic.
Life and career Yvonne was the daughter of historian and political activist Jean Baby and Ruta Assia, and the stepdaughter of writer and film historian Georges Sadoul.
A journalist and writer, Baby directed the cultural service of the newspaper Le Monde from 1970 to 1985, after which she became a film critic. In 1975, she traveled to Copenhagen to interview Paul Pavlowitch on the mystery of Émile Ajar. She was vice-president of the jury of the 1983 Cannes Film Festival.
Yvonne Baby died on 3 August 2022, at the age of 90. Le Troisième Ciel (2010) À l'encre bleu nuit (2014) Nirvanah (2016)
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French journalist and film critic (1931–2022)
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Yvonne Baby was born on 18 August 1931 in Le Touquet-Paris-Plage.
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Yvonne Baby died on 3 August 2022 in 6th arrondissement of Paris.
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Yvonne Baby was a journalist, film critic and writer.
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Yvonne Baby was French.
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