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


Biography

Aubert was born in Paris, France, 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
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. As a teenager, she was given voice and music lessons and at age eighteen appeared in an elaborate
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production at the
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. She sang in the chorus at the
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theater in Paris and had bit parts in revues at the
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. 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'', where she sang songs in English at the Winter Garden Theater in New York''.'' In 1928, she helped organize the first female branch of the ''
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'' (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
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, ''La Possession''. Her film was seen by Nelson Swift Morris, son of Edward Morris of
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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." 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'' 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). Following her divorce, Aubert began working in Broadway musical comedies as well as making an appearance in the 1934
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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
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in Paris. She was part of a number of other shows in London and other cities throughout Europe including the original London production of ''
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, 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
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Aubert, Jeanne 1900 births 1988 deaths French film actresses French television actresses French stage actresses French Roman Catholics Actresses from Paris Singers from Paris 20th-century French actresses 20th-century French women singers Morris family (meatpacking)