About Yvonne de Bray
Lived 1887 – 1954 (aged 66). Yvonne de Bray was a French actor.
Yvonne de Bray (12 May 1889 – 1 February 1954) was a French stage and film actress. She was born Yvonne Laurence Blanche de Bray in Paris and died there.
In 1939, she and her partner Violette Morris invited Jean Cocteau to stay with them at their houseboat docked at Pont de Neuilly where he wrote the three-act play Les Monstres sacrés. She was a successful stage actress but it was Cocteau who introduced her as a film actress in his 1943 film, The Eternal Return.
Selected filmography The Eternal Return (1943) The Eagle with Two Heads (1948) Les Parents terribles (1948) Gigi (1949) Agnes of Nothing (1950) Chéri (1950) Olivia (1951) We Are All Murderers (1952)
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Who was Yvonne de Bray?
French actress (1887–1954)
When was Yvonne de Bray born?
Yvonne de Bray was born on 12 May 1887 in 9th arrondissement of Paris.
When did Yvonne de Bray die?
Yvonne de Bray died on 1 February 1954 in 8th arrondissement of Paris.
What was Yvonne de Bray's occupation?
Yvonne de Bray was an actor.
What nationality was Yvonne de Bray?
Yvonne de Bray was French.
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